What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Namibia and Turkmenistan?

0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Turkmenistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Turkmenistan?

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Namibia vs Turkmenistan: Child mortality by sex

Namibia

4.34 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Turkmenistan

4.4 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Namibia rank

39th

Turkmenistan rank

38th

Child mortality by sex over time

Namibia
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 4.4 deaths per 100 live births against 4.34 deaths per 100 live births in Namibia, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Turkmenistan ahead.

Namibia ranks 39th and Turkmenistan ranks 38th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and Turkmenistan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	10.86 deaths per 100 live births	13.86 deaths per 100 live births	3 deaths per 100 live births	Turkmenistan
1980s	9.55 deaths per 100 live births	10.79 deaths per 100 live births	1.24 deaths per 100 live births	Turkmenistan
1990s	7.92 deaths per 100 live births	8.64 deaths per 100 live births	0.7234 deaths per 100 live births	Turkmenistan
2000s	7.43 deaths per 100 live births	6.25 deaths per 100 live births	1.18 deaths per 100 live births	Namibia
2010s	5.49 deaths per 100 live births	4.9 deaths per 100 live births	0.5839 deaths per 100 live births	Namibia
2020s	4.61 deaths per 100 live births	4.63 deaths per 100 live births	0.0108 deaths per 100 live births	Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Namibia or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 4.4 deaths per 100 live births against 4.34 deaths per 100 live births in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Namibia and Turkmenistan?: 0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Turkmenistan?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Turkmenistan rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Namibia ranks 39th and Turkmenistan ranks 38th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .