Botswana vs Gabon: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Botswana
29.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gabon
28.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
55th
Gabon rank
56th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Botswana
- Gabon
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 29.6 per 1,000 live births against 28.9 per 1,000 live births in Gabon, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gabon ahead.
Botswana ranks 55th and Gabon ranks 56th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Gabon in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 139.36 per 1,000 live births | 180.02 per 1,000 live births | 40.66 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1970s | 94.53 per 1,000 live births | 126.88 per 1,000 live births | 32.35 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1980s | 53.14 per 1,000 live births | 89.57 per 1,000 live births | 36.43 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1990s | 60.77 per 1,000 live births | 72.47 per 1,000 live births | 11.7 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 2000s | 66.83 per 1,000 live births | 58.47 per 1,000 live births | 8.36 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2010s | 43.55 per 1,000 live births | 40.56 per 1,000 live births | 2.99 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 31.88 per 1,000 live births | 30.76 per 1,000 live births | 1.12 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Botswana or Gabon?
- Botswana, at 29.6 per 1,000 live births against 28.9 per 1,000 live births in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Botswana and Gabon?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Gabon?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Gabon rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Botswana ranks 55th and Gabon ranks 56th 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.