Dominica vs Gambia: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Dominica
26.31 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Gambia
26.44 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Dominica rank
49th
Gambia rank
47th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Dominica
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 26.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 26.31 deaths per 1,000 people in Dominica, a difference of 0.13 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Dominica ahead.
Dominica ranks 49th and Gambia ranks 47th of 236 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominica | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 130.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 147.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.1 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1960s | 70.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 135.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 64.71 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1970s | 31.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 118.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 87.37 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1980s | 16.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 98.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 81.49 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1990s | 13.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 75.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 61.95 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2000s | 15.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 53.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.8 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2010s | 22.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 36.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.37 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2020s | 25.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 27.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.37 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Dominica or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 26.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 26.31 deaths per 1,000 people in Dominica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Dominica and Gambia?
- 0.13 deaths per 1,000 people, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Gambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Dominica and Gambia rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Dominica ranks 49th and Gambia ranks 47th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.