What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Eritrea and Senegal?

2.1 per 1,000 live births, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Senegal?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Eritrea vs Senegal: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Eritrea

30.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Senegal

32.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eritrea rank

54th

Senegal rank

52nd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Eritrea
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 32.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.2 per 1,000 live births in Eritrea, a difference of 2.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Senegal ahead.

Eritrea ranks 54th and Senegal ranks 52nd of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	198.86 per 1,000 live births	225.38 per 1,000 live births	26.52 per 1,000 live births	Senegal
1980s	194.15 per 1,000 live births	165.55 per 1,000 live births	28.6 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1990s	110.93 per 1,000 live births	128.75 per 1,000 live births	17.82 per 1,000 live births	Senegal
2000s	62.56 per 1,000 live births	88.01 per 1,000 live births	25.45 per 1,000 live births	Senegal
2010s	41.89 per 1,000 live births	48.31 per 1,000 live births	6.42 per 1,000 live births	Senegal
2020s	32.24 per 1,000 live births	35.7 per 1,000 live births	3.46 per 1,000 live births	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Eritrea or Senegal?: Senegal, at 32.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.2 per 1,000 live births in Eritrea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Eritrea and Senegal?: 2.1 per 1,000 live births, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Senegal?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Senegal rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Eritrea ranks 54th and Senegal ranks 52nd 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, 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

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.