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

28.5 per 1,000 live births, with Gambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and High income?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Gambia vs High income: Mortality rate, infant

Gambia

32.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

High income

4.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gambia rank

41st

High income rank

43rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Gambia
High income

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 32.7 per 1,000 live births against 4.2 per 1,000 live births in High income, a difference of 28.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Gambia's figure about 7.8 times High income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.

Gambia ranks 41st and High income ranks 43rd of 197 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	High income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	87.59 per 1,000 live births	9.49 per 1,000 live births	78.1 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2000s	62.95 per 1,000 live births	6.58 per 1,000 live births	56.37 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2010s	44.48 per 1,000 live births	4.94 per 1,000 live births	39.54 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2020s	34.8 per 1,000 live births	4.26 per 1,000 live births	30.54 per 1,000 live births	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Gambia or High income?: Gambia, at 32.7 per 1,000 live births against 4.2 per 1,000 live births in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Gambia and High income?: 28.5 per 1,000 live births, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and High income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Gambia and High income rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Gambia ranks 41st and High income ranks 43rd 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.