Number of infant deaths in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Number of infant deaths was 2,632 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of infant deaths in Equatorial Guinea, 1983–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of infant deaths in Equatorial Guinea is 2,632, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 3,312 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,761, in 1983.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 83rd of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,129 | 1,761 | 2,429 | 7 |
| 1990s | 2,756 | 2,497 | 2,942 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,188 | 2,952 | 3,312 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,108 | 2,907 | 3,263 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,731 | 2,632 | 2,855 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 18,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 19,983 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 20,266 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 362,847 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 19,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 19,578 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 18,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 15,708 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Equatorial Guinea?
- Number of infant deaths in Equatorial Guinea was 2,632 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3,312 in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,761 in 1983.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for number of infant deaths?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 83rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.