Ethiopia vs Gambia: Mortality rate, infant, female

Ethiopia
29.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gambia
28.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
40th
Gambia rank
41st

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 28.5 per 1,000 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Gambia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 40th and Gambia ranks 41st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 6 and Gambia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Gambia Difference Ahead
1960s 129.68 per 1,000 live births 136.5 per 1,000 live births 6.82 per 1,000 live births Gambia
1970s 140.88 per 1,000 live births 125.59 per 1,000 live births 15.29 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
1980s 144.91 per 1,000 live births 103.72 per 1,000 live births 41.19 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
1990s 98.98 per 1,000 live births 78.64 per 1,000 live births 20.34 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2000s 65.75 per 1,000 live births 55.57 per 1,000 live births 10.18 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2010s 41.51 per 1,000 live births 38.84 per 1,000 live births 2.67 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2020s 36.34 per 1,000 live births 30.28 per 1,000 live births 6.06 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Ethiopia or Gambia?
Ethiopia, at 29.1 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 Ethiopia and Gambia?
0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Gambia?
59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Gambia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Ethiopia ranks 40th 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.