Gambia vs Mauritania: Infant mortality rate by sex

Gambia
2.85 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mauritania
2.68 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Gambia rank
43rd
Mauritania rank
46th

Infant mortality rate by sex over time

  • Gambia
  • Mauritania
2.557.51012.515195019872024

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 2.85 deaths per 100 live births against 2.68 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

Across all 69 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.

Gambia ranks 43rd and Mauritania ranks 46th of 199 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Mauritania Difference Ahead
1950s 14.71 deaths per 100 live births 12.82 deaths per 100 live births 1.89 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1960s 13.97 deaths per 100 live births 11.51 deaths per 100 live births 2.46 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1970s 12.56 deaths per 100 live births 10.63 deaths per 100 live births 1.92 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1980s 10.37 deaths per 100 live births 7.72 deaths per 100 live births 2.65 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1990s 7.86 deaths per 100 live births 6.45 deaths per 100 live births 1.42 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
2000s 5.56 deaths per 100 live births 4.84 deaths per 100 live births 0.7178 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
2010s 3.88 deaths per 100 live births 3.46 deaths per 100 live births 0.4227 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
2020s 3.03 deaths per 100 live births 2.85 deaths per 100 live births 0.1812 deaths per 100 live births Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Gambia or Mauritania?
Gambia, at 2.85 deaths per 100 live births against 2.68 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Gambia and Mauritania?
0.17 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Mauritania?
69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Mauritania rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
Gambia ranks 43rd and Mauritania ranks 46th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Infant mortality rate by sex
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .