What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Ethiopia and Gambia?

0.16 deaths per 100 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Gambia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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.

Ethiopia vs Gambia: Child mortality rate by household wealth

Ethiopia

4.56 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Gambia

4.4 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

34th

Gambia rank

36th

Child mortality rate by household wealth over time

Ethiopia
Gambia

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 4.56 deaths per 100 live births against 4.4 deaths per 100 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0.16 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 34th and Gambia ranks 36th of 106 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Gambia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	18.93 deaths per 100 live births	15.27 deaths per 100 live births	3.65 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia
2000s	12.08 deaths per 100 live births	10.07 deaths per 100 live births	2.01 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia
2010s	7.01 deaths per 100 live births	6.42 deaths per 100 live births	0.581 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia
2020s	5.85 deaths per 100 live births	4.73 deaths per 100 live births	1.12 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Ethiopia or Gambia?: Ethiopia, at 4.56 deaths per 100 live births against 4.4 deaths per 100 live births in Gambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Ethiopia and Gambia?: 0.16 deaths per 100 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Gambia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Gambia rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?: Ethiopia ranks 34th and Gambia ranks 36th 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: 28 August 2026

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.