Botswana vs Eritrea: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Botswana
29.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eritrea
30.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
55th
Eritrea rank
54th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Botswana
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 30.2 per 1,000 live births against 29.6 per 1,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Eritrea ahead.
Botswana ranks 55th and Eritrea ranks 54th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Eritrea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 81.54 per 1,000 live births | 198.86 per 1,000 live births | 117.32 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 53.14 per 1,000 live births | 194.15 per 1,000 live births | 141.01 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 60.77 per 1,000 live births | 110.93 per 1,000 live births | 50.16 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 66.83 per 1,000 live births | 62.56 per 1,000 live births | 4.27 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2010s | 43.55 per 1,000 live births | 41.89 per 1,000 live births | 1.66 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 31.88 per 1,000 live births | 32.24 per 1,000 live births | 0.36 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Botswana or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 30.2 per 1,000 live births against 29.6 per 1,000 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Botswana and Eritrea?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Eritrea?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Eritrea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Botswana ranks 55th and Eritrea ranks 54th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5, 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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.