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
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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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Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
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Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.