Guinea-Bissau vs Mozambique: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Guinea-Bissau
0.2741 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mozambique
0.2816 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
16th
Mozambique rank
15th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0075 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Mozambique ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th and Mozambique ranks 15th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 1.8 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1107 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 1970s | 1.65 under-five deaths per woman | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1355 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 1980s | 1.62 under-five deaths per woman | 1.64 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0162 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0028 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 0.8132 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7364 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0767 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 0.4471 under-five deaths per woman | 0.414 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0332 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 0.2953 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3022 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0069 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
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, Guinea-Bissau or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique?
- 0.0075 under-five deaths per woman, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th and Mozambique ranks 15th 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).