Namibia vs Turkmenistan: Child mortality
Namibia
3.95 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turkmenistan
3.9 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Namibia rank
38th
Turkmenistan rank
41st
Child mortality over time
- Namibia
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 3.95 deaths per 100 live births against 3.9 deaths per 100 live births in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Namibia ranks 38th and Turkmenistan ranks 41st of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 6 and Turkmenistan in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 49.67 deaths per 100 live births | 8.44 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1810s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 49.42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.18 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1820s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 49.16 deaths per 100 live births | 7.92 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1830s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 48.9 deaths per 100 live births | 7.67 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1840s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 48.65 deaths per 100 live births | 7.41 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1850s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 48.39 deaths per 100 live births | 7.16 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1860s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 48.14 deaths per 100 live births | 6.91 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1870s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 47.89 deaths per 100 live births | 6.66 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1880s | 41.23 deaths per 100 live births | 47.64 deaths per 100 live births | 6.41 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1890s | 41.22 deaths per 100 live births | 47.39 deaths per 100 live births | 6.17 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1900s | 40.91 deaths per 100 live births | 44.2 deaths per 100 live births | 3.29 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1910s | 40.07 deaths per 100 live births | 38.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | Namibia |
| 1920s | 39.11 deaths per 100 live births | 32.7 deaths per 100 live births | 6.41 deaths per 100 live births | Namibia |
| 1930s | 34.5 deaths per 100 live births | 28.21 deaths per 100 live births | 6.29 deaths per 100 live births | Namibia |
| 1940s | 23.2 deaths per 100 live births | 24.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8377 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1950s | 14.61 deaths per 100 live births | 20.46 deaths per 100 live births | 5.86 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1960s | 10.66 deaths per 100 live births | 17.11 deaths per 100 live births | 6.45 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1970s | 9.98 deaths per 100 live births | 14.02 deaths per 100 live births | 4.04 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1980s | 8.97 deaths per 100 live births | 9.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6992 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1990s | 7.38 deaths per 100 live births | 7.66 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2868 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 2000s | 6.92 deaths per 100 live births | 5.52 deaths per 100 live births | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | Namibia |
| 2010s | 5.02 deaths per 100 live births | 4.34 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6757 deaths per 100 live births | Namibia |
| 2020s | 4.2 deaths per 100 live births | 4.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0973 deaths per 100 live births | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Namibia or Turkmenistan?
- Namibia, at 3.95 deaths per 100 live births against 3.9 deaths per 100 live births in Turkmenistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Namibia and Turkmenistan?
- 0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Turkmenistan?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Namibia and Turkmenistan rank globally for child mortality?
- Namibia ranks 38th and Turkmenistan ranks 41st 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
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.