Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Equatorial Guinea
0.2739 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
0.2741 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
17th
Guinea-Bissau rank
16th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Guinea-Bissau in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.11 under-five deaths per woman | 1.61 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5042 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 1.01 under-five deaths per woman | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2456 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 0.7514 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8132 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0618 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 0.4562 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4471 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0091 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.3052 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2953 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0099 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
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, Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th 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).