Gabon - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Gabon was 2,052 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,265 in 2014 and a minimum value of 2,045 in 1980.

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
1968 2,098
1969 2,096
1970 2,092
1971 2,085
1972 2,078
1973 2,069
1974 2,062
1975 2,055
1976 2,052
1977 2,048
1978 2,046
1979 2,046
1980 2,045
1981 2,046
1982 2,046
1983 2,046
1984 2,048
1985 2,051
1986 2,056
1987 2,064
1988 2,075
1989 2,087
1990 2,101
1991 2,116
1992 2,132
1993 2,145
1994 2,157
1995 2,166
1996 2,171
1997 2,172
1998 2,168
1999 2,161
2000 2,149
2001 2,142
2002 2,136
2003 2,134
2004 2,134
2005 2,136
2006 2,150
2007 2,154
2008 2,170
2009 2,200
2010 2,212
2011 2,225
2012 2,232
2013 2,239
2014 2,265
2015 2,259
2016 2,216
2017 2,196
2018 2,150
2019 2,098
2020 2,052

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Gabon was 2,777 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,338 in 1998 and a minimum value of 2,777 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
1972 3,321
1973 3,296
1974 3,272
1975 3,249
1976 3,230
1977 3,210
1978 3,193
1979 3,180
1980 3,168
1981 3,157
1982 3,144
1983 3,135
1984 3,130
1985 3,126
1986 3,126
1987 3,131
1988 3,141
1989 3,158
1990 3,176
1991 3,198
1992 3,224
1993 3,250
1994 3,276
1995 3,300
1996 3,320
1997 3,334
1998 3,338
1999 3,333
2000 3,317
2001 3,302
2002 3,282
2003 3,266
2004 3,247
2005 3,232
2006 3,232
2007 3,220
2008 3,212
2009 3,203
2010 3,189
2011 3,182
2012 3,176
2013 3,163
2014 3,143
2015 3,088
2016 2,988
2017 2,931
2018 2,882
2019 2,844
2020 2,777

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Gabon was 1,324.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,391.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of 926.00 in 1978.

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
1978 926.00
1979 936.00
1980 949.00
1981 961.00
1982 974.00
1983 989.00
1984 1,006.00
1985 1,022.00
1986 1,038.00
1987 1,055.00
1988 1,070.00
1989 1,086.00
1990 1,100.00
1991 1,112.00
1992 1,119.00
1993 1,124.00
1994 1,124.00
1995 1,118.00
1996 1,113.00
1997 1,107.00
1998 1,103.00
1999 1,102.00
2000 1,103.00
2001 1,109.00
2002 1,117.00
2003 1,127.00
2004 1,143.00
2005 1,162.00
2006 1,185.00
2007 1,212.00
2008 1,241.00
2009 1,269.00
2010 1,297.00
2011 1,325.00
2012 1,347.00
2013 1,370.00
2014 1,382.00
2015 1,391.00
2016 1,388.00
2017 1,382.00
2018 1,368.00
2019 1,347.00
2020 1,324.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality