Infant mortality rate in Africa 2000-2023

In 2020, the mortality rate among children under the age of one in Africa was around 43 deaths per thousand live births. Infant mortality on the continent decreased significantly compared to 2000, when approximately 86 newborn infants out of a thousand died before one year of age. Many African nations rank among the countries with the highest infant mortality rate worldwide.

于2020年，非洲地区一岁以下儿童死亡率约为每千名活产婴儿中有43人死亡。与2000年相比，该大洲的婴儿死亡率显著下降，当时每千名新生儿中约有86名在周岁前去世。许多非洲国家位列全球婴儿死亡率最高的国家之列。