Liberia vs Mali: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Liberia
0.3516 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mali
0.389 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Liberia rank
11th
Mali rank
8th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Liberia
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 0.389 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman in Liberia, a difference of 0.0374 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mali ahead.
Liberia ranks 11th and Mali ranks 8th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 1 and Mali in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.99 under-five deaths per woman | 3.06 under-five deaths per woman | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | Mali |
| 1970s | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 2.54 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7493 under-five deaths per woman | Mali |
| 1980s | 1.66 under-five deaths per woman | 1.96 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2964 under-five deaths per woman | Mali |
| 1990s | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 1.52 under-five deaths per woman | 0.032 under-five deaths per woman | Liberia |
| 2000s | 0.8082 under-five deaths per woman | 1.1 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2955 under-five deaths per woman | Mali |
| 2010s | 0.443 under-five deaths per woman | 0.719 under-five deaths per woman | 0.276 under-five deaths per woman | Mali |
| 2020s | 0.3617 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4536 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0919 under-five deaths per woman | Mali |
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, Liberia or Mali?
- Mali, at 0.389 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Liberia and Mali?
- 0.0374 under-five deaths per woman, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Mali?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Mali rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Liberia ranks 11th and Mali ranks 8th 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).