Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Equatorial Guinea
6.74 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
6.92 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
15th
Guinea-Bissau rank
14th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 6.92 deaths per 100 live births against 6.74 deaths per 100 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 14th of 106 countries.
Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.01 deaths per 100 live births | 21.19 deaths per 100 live births | 4.18 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 13.49 deaths per 100 live births | 15.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 9.43 deaths per 100 live births | 9.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4432 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 7.23 deaths per 100 live births | 7.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1944 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 6.92 deaths per 100 live births against 6.74 deaths per 100 live births in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.18 deaths per 100 live births, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 14th of 106 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 rate by household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.