Eswatini - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Eswatini was 1,101 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,442 in 1973 and a minimum value of 1,101 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 2,160
1961 2,177
1962 2,196
1963 2,216
1964 2,238
1965 2,257
1966 2,280
1967 2,309
1968 2,342
1969 2,376
1970 2,407
1971 2,429
1972 2,442
1973 2,442
1974 2,432
1975 2,415
1976 2,391
1977 2,370
1978 2,349
1979 2,326
1980 2,295
1981 2,254
1982 2,198
1983 2,309
1984 2,042
1985 1,954
1986 1,865
1987 1,782
1988 1,709
1989 1,655
1990 1,624
1991 1,621
1992 1,650
1993 1,709
1994 1,781
1995 1,852
1996 1,920
1997 1,981
1998 2,043
1999 2,102
2000 2,161
2001 2,205
2002 2,230
2003 2,251
2004 2,242
2005 2,232
2006 1,931
2007 1,951
2008 2,006
2009 1,886
2010 1,765
2011 1,638
2012 1,588
2013 1,532
2014 1,535
2015 1,372
2016 1,288
2017 1,306
2018 1,177
2019 1,117
2020 1,101

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Eswatini was 1,377 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,889 in 2005 and a minimum value of 1,377 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 3,189
1961 3,207
1962 3,229
1963 3,251
1964 3,274
1965 3,292
1966 3,315
1967 3,348
1968 3,385
1969 3,421
1970 3,453
1971 3,473
1972 3,479
1973 3,467
1974 3,442
1975 3,408
1976 3,364
1977 3,321
1978 3,278
1979 3,231
1980 3,174
1981 3,103
1982 3,014
1983 3,229
1984 2,777
1985 2,645
1986 2,510
1987 2,383
1988 2,270
1989 2,182
1990 2,127
1991 2,121
1992 2,177
1993 2,301
1994 2,482
1995 2,697
1996 2,907
1997 3,103
1998 3,287
1999 3,449
2000 3,606
2001 3,721
2002 3,789
2003 3,849
2004 3,881
2005 3,889
2006 3,551
2007 3,401
2008 3,346
2009 3,139
2010 2,772
2011 2,352
2012 2,085
2013 1,951
2014 1,926
2015 1,748
2016 1,688
2017 1,748
2018 1,566
2019 1,428
2020 1,377

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Eswatini was 598.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 816.00 in 2001 and a minimum value of 598.00 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1984 759.00
1985 749.00
1986 735.00
1987 723.00
1988 718.00
1989 714.00
1990 714.00
1991 719.00
1992 728.00
1993 737.00
1994 747.00
1995 758.00
1996 771.00
1997 785.00
1998 798.00
1999 809.00
2000 815.00
2001 816.00
2002 810.00
2003 800.00
2004 786.00
2005 770.00
2006 757.00
2007 746.00
2008 737.00
2009 731.00
2010 725.00
2011 719.00
2012 710.00
2013 700.00
2014 688.00
2015 675.00
2016 662.00
2017 647.00
2018 632.00
2019 615.00
2020 598.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality