Botswana vs Gambia: Mortality rate, infant, male

Botswana
35.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gambia
36.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
42nd
Gambia rank
39th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Botswana
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Gambia currently reports 36.7 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 1.2 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 42nd and Gambia ranks 39th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Gambia Difference Ahead
1960s 116.94 per 1,000 live births 163.95 per 1,000 live births 47.01 per 1,000 live births Gambia
1970s 88.03 per 1,000 live births 148.59 per 1,000 live births 60.56 per 1,000 live births Gambia
1980s 54.57 per 1,000 live births 124.69 per 1,000 live births 70.12 per 1,000 live births Gambia
1990s 44.99 per 1,000 live births 96.14 per 1,000 live births 51.15 per 1,000 live births Gambia
2000s 49.39 per 1,000 live births 69.94 per 1,000 live births 20.55 per 1,000 live births Gambia
2010s 49.89 per 1,000 live births 49.82 per 1,000 live births 0.07 per 1,000 live births Botswana
2020s 37.9 per 1,000 live births 39.04 per 1,000 live births 1.14 per 1,000 live births Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Botswana or Gambia?
Gambia, at 36.7 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Botswana and Gambia?
1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Gambia 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, male?
Botswana ranks 42nd and Gambia ranks 39th 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, male (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

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.