What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Botswana and Gambia?

0.6 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.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Botswana vs Gambia: Mortality rate, infant

Botswana

32.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gambia

32.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Botswana rank

42nd

Gambia rank

41st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Botswana
Gambia

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 32.7 per 1,000 live births against 32.1 per 1,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.

Botswana ranks 42nd and Gambia ranks 41st 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	107.77 per 1,000 live births	152.17 per 1,000 live births	44.4 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
1970s	80.27 per 1,000 live births	137.38 per 1,000 live births	57.11 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
1980s	49.04 per 1,000 live births	114.4 per 1,000 live births	65.36 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
1990s	40.49 per 1,000 live births	87.59 per 1,000 live births	47.1 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2000s	44.85 per 1,000 live births	62.95 per 1,000 live births	18.1 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2010s	45.34 per 1,000 live births	44.48 per 1,000 live births	0.86 per 1,000 live births	Botswana
2020s	34.32 per 1,000 live births	34.8 per 1,000 live births	0.48 per 1,000 live births	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Botswana or Gambia?: Gambia, at 32.7 per 1,000 live births against 32.1 per 1,000 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Botswana and Gambia?: 0.6 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?: Botswana ranks 42nd 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 (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 (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: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.