Ethiopia vs Gambia: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Ethiopia
4.45 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Gambia
4.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
36th
Gambia rank
37th
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 4.45 deaths per 100 live births against 4.24 deaths per 100 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0.21 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Gambia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 36th and Gambia ranks 37th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 5 and Gambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.07 deaths per 100 live births | 31.11 deaths per 100 live births | 6.04 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 26.29 deaths per 100 live births | 26.6 deaths per 100 live births | 0.302 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 25.96 deaths per 100 live births | 20.09 deaths per 100 live births | 5.87 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 17.51 deaths per 100 live births | 14.14 deaths per 100 live births | 3.37 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 11.23 deaths per 100 live births | 9.35 deaths per 100 live births | 1.89 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 6.68 deaths per 100 live births | 6.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.614 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | 4.54 deaths per 100 live births | 1.18 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Ethiopia or Gambia?
- Ethiopia, at 4.45 deaths per 100 live births against 4.24 deaths per 100 live births in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Ethiopia and Gambia?
- 0.21 deaths per 100 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Gambia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Gambia rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th and Gambia ranks 37th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.