Gambia vs Zimbabwe: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Gambia
0.2053 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
0.2095 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Gambia rank
28th
Zimbabwe rank
27th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Gambia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.2095 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2053 under-five deaths per woman in Gambia, a difference of 0.0042 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 28th and Zimbabwe ranks 27th of 200 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.38 under-five deaths per woman | 1.14 under-five deaths per woman | 1.24 under-five deaths per woman | Gambia |
| 1960s | 2.05 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9978 under-five deaths per woman | 1.05 under-five deaths per woman | Gambia |
| 1970s | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8418 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8515 under-five deaths per woman | Gambia |
| 1980s | 1.27 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5765 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6981 under-five deaths per woman | Gambia |
| 1990s | 0.8534 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4189 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4345 under-five deaths per woman | Gambia |
| 2000s | 0.5356 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3515 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1842 under-five deaths per woman | Gambia |
| 2010s | 0.3254 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2502 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0752 under-five deaths per woman | Gambia |
| 2020s | 0.2199 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2143 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0056 under-five deaths per woman | Gambia |
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, Gambia or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.2095 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2053 under-five deaths per woman in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Gambia and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0042 under-five deaths per woman, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Zimbabwe?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Zimbabwe rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Gambia ranks 28th and Zimbabwe ranks 27th 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).