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
510152025199020072024

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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Indicator
Child mortality rate by household wealth
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,710 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.