Afghanistan vs Gambia: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Afghanistan
0.1872 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Gambia
0.2053 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
30th
Gambia rank
28th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Afghanistan
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 0.2053 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1872 under-five deaths per woman in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0181 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 68 shared years of data; in 1957 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 30th and Gambia ranks 28th of 200 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.63 under-five deaths per woman | 2.36 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2772 under-five deaths per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 2.4 under-five deaths per woman | 2.05 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3433 under-five deaths per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 2.15 under-five deaths per woman | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4559 under-five deaths per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 1.89 under-five deaths per woman | 1.27 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6166 under-five deaths per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 1.2 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8534 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3491 under-five deaths per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 0.7806 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5356 under-five deaths per woman | 0.245 under-five deaths per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 0.4094 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3254 under-five deaths per woman | 0.084 under-five deaths per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.2325 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2199 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0126 under-five deaths per woman | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Afghanistan or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 0.2053 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1872 under-five deaths per woman in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Afghanistan and Gambia?
- 0.0181 under-five deaths per woman, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Gambia?
- 68 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Gambia rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Afghanistan ranks 30th and Gambia ranks 28th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).