Côte d'Ivoire vs Guinea-Bissau: Child mortality
Côte d'Ivoire
6.45 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
6.73 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Côte d'Ivoire rank
18th
Guinea-Bissau rank
15th
Child mortality over time
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 6.73 deaths per 100 live births against 6.45 deaths per 100 live births in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.28 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Côte d'Ivoire averaged higher in 16 and Guinea-Bissau in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Côte d'Ivoire | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1810s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1820s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1830s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1840s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1850s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1860s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1870s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1880s | 42.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1890s | 42.77 deaths per 100 live births | 41.73 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1900s | 42.45 deaths per 100 live births | 41.41 deaths per 100 live births | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1910s | 41.58 deaths per 100 live births | 40.57 deaths per 100 live births | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1920s | 40.58 deaths per 100 live births | 39.59 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9882 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1930s | 40.15 deaths per 100 live births | 38.55 deaths per 100 live births | 1.6 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1940s | 40.23 deaths per 100 live births | 36.39 deaths per 100 live births | 3.84 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1950s | 36.37 deaths per 100 live births | 33.68 deaths per 100 live births | 2.68 deaths per 100 live births | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1960s | 28.53 deaths per 100 live births | 31.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 20.94 deaths per 100 live births | 27.71 deaths per 100 live births | 6.77 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 15.8 deaths per 100 live births | 24.42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.62 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 15.12 deaths per 100 live births | 20.22 deaths per 100 live births | 5.1 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 12.31 deaths per 100 live births | 14.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | 9.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6919 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 6.87 deaths per 100 live births | 7.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3321 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Côte d'Ivoire or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 6.73 deaths per 100 live births against 6.45 deaths per 100 live births in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.28 deaths per 100 live births, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for child mortality?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.