Ethiopia vs Mauritania: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Ethiopia
0.1509 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mauritania
0.1554 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
38th
Mauritania rank
36th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Ethiopia
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.1554 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1509 under-five deaths per woman in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0045 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 38th and Mauritania ranks 36th of 200 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.73 under-five deaths per woman | 1.51 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2198 under-five deaths per woman | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 1.88 under-five deaths per woman | 1.36 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5146 under-five deaths per woman | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 1.91 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9041 under-five deaths per woman | 1 under-five deaths per woman | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 1.23 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6462 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5823 under-five deaths per woman | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 0.6835 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4015 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2821 under-five deaths per woman | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 0.3138 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2415 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0723 under-five deaths per woman | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 0.2166 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1709 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0457 under-five deaths per woman | Ethiopia |
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, Ethiopia or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.1554 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1509 under-five deaths per woman in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Ethiopia and Mauritania?
- 0.0045 under-five deaths per woman, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Mauritania?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Mauritania rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Ethiopia ranks 38th and Mauritania ranks 36th 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).