Guinea-Bissau vs Madagascar: Child mortality rate by household wealth

Guinea-Bissau
6.92 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Madagascar
6.63 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
14th
Madagascar rank
17th

Child mortality rate by household wealth over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Madagascar
510152025199020072024

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 6.92 deaths per 100 live births against 6.63 deaths per 100 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 0.29 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 14th and Madagascar ranks 17th of 106 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Madagascar Difference Ahead
1990s 21.19 deaths per 100 live births 14.34 deaths per 100 live births 6.85 deaths per 100 live births Guinea-Bissau
2000s 15.53 deaths per 100 live births 9.4 deaths per 100 live births 6.13 deaths per 100 live births Guinea-Bissau
2010s 9.88 deaths per 100 live births 7.1 deaths per 100 live births 2.77 deaths per 100 live births Guinea-Bissau
2020s 7.43 deaths per 100 live births 6.83 deaths per 100 live births 0.5994 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, Guinea-Bissau or Madagascar?
Guinea-Bissau, at 6.92 deaths per 100 live births against 6.63 deaths per 100 live births in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?
0.29 deaths per 100 live births, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 14th and Madagascar ranks 17th 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.