Botswana vs Gambia: Mortality rate, infant, female
Botswana
28.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gambia
28.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
41st
Gambia rank
41st
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Botswana
- Gambia
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 28.5 per 1,000 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Botswana ranks 41st and Gambia ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Gambia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98.06 per 1,000 live births | 139.74 per 1,000 live births | 41.68 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 72.12 per 1,000 live births | 125.59 per 1,000 live births | 53.47 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 43.21 per 1,000 live births | 103.72 per 1,000 live births | 60.51 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1990s | 35.77 per 1,000 live births | 78.64 per 1,000 live births | 42.87 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2000s | 40.03 per 1,000 live births | 55.57 per 1,000 live births | 15.54 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2010s | 40.57 per 1,000 live births | 38.84 per 1,000 live births | 1.73 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 30.44 per 1,000 live births | 30.28 per 1,000 live births | 0.16 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Botswana or Gambia?
- Botswana, at 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 28.5 per 1,000 live births in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Botswana and Gambia?
- 0 per 1,000 live births, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Gambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Gambia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Botswana ranks 41st and Gambia ranks 41st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.