Eritrea's life expectancy rose from 54.8 yrs in 1995 to 68.9 yrs in 2024.
Eritrea · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 20 with data
Eritrea's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 47.7 yrs in 2000 to 55.4 yrs in 2021.
Eritrea's infant mortality fell from 63.9 ‰ in 1995 to 24.7 ‰ in 2024.
Eritrea's under-5 mortality rate fell from 114.5 ‰ in 1995 to 34.3 ‰ in 2024.
Eritrea's maternal mortality ratio fell from 998.0 /100k in 1994 to 291.0 /100k in 2023.
Eritrea's ncd mortality fell from 33.8 % in 2000 to 27.3 % in 2021.
Eritrea's suicide mortality rate fell from 14.3 /100k in 2000 to 13.2 /100k in 2021.
Eritrea's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 31.3 /100k in 2000 to 37.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.2 pts163rd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +4.5 %183rd of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −5.8 pts157th of 192
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- Physiciansup +3.5 %122nd of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +8.9 %98th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −1.9 %62nd of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts74th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts59th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts68th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −22.8 %149th of 208
›No data available (3)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Eritrea.
- SmokingNo data
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data