Eswatini vs Gambia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Eswatini
40.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gambia
37.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
35th
Gambia rank
37th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Eswatini
- Gambia
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 37.7 per 1,000 live births in Gambia, a difference of 2.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Eswatini ranks 35th and Gambia ranks 37th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 2 and Gambia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 182.47 per 1,000 live births | 318.63 per 1,000 live births | 136.16 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 135.59 per 1,000 live births | 254.51 per 1,000 live births | 118.92 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 82.29 per 1,000 live births | 190.13 per 1,000 live births | 107.84 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1990s | 74.49 per 1,000 live births | 132.49 per 1,000 live births | 58 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2000s | 102.58 per 1,000 live births | 86.04 per 1,000 live births | 16.54 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 53.97 per 1,000 live births | 54.69 per 1,000 live births | 0.72 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2020s | 42.28 per 1,000 live births | 40.48 per 1,000 live births | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Eswatini or Gambia?
- Eswatini, at 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 37.7 per 1,000 live births in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Eswatini and Gambia?
- 2.5 per 1,000 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Gambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Gambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Eswatini ranks 35th and Gambia ranks 37th 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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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.