Number of infant deaths in Eswatini
Eswatini: Number of infant deaths was 1,236 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Eswatini, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, number of infant deaths in Eswatini stood at 1,236. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Eswatini peaked at 2,627 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1,236, in 2024.
Eswatini ranks 101st of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,308 | 2,165 | 2,481 | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,598 | 2,525 | 2,627 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,306 | 1,982 | 2,605 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,121 | 1,968 | 2,315 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,373 | 2,181 | 2,512 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,741 | 1,449 | 2,079 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,348 | 1,236 | 1,427 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More health data for Eswatini
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 13,814 (2025)
- Population, male 49.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 13,835 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 400,169 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 414,486 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 14,062 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 13,811 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 13,989 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 13,666 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 13,604 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Eswatini?
- Number of infant deaths in Eswatini was 1,236 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2,627 in 1975.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,236 in 2024.
- How does Eswatini rank for number of infant deaths?
- Eswatini ranks 101st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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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About this data
Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.