Ethiopia vs Gambia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Ethiopia
38.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gambia
37.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
36th
Gambia rank
37th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 38.5 per 1,000 live births against 37.7 per 1,000 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Gambia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 36th and Gambia ranks 37th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 5 and Gambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 235.85 per 1,000 live births | 299.43 per 1,000 live births | 63.58 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 247.14 per 1,000 live births | 254.51 per 1,000 live births | 7.37 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 244.28 per 1,000 live births | 190.13 per 1,000 live births | 54.15 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 161.63 per 1,000 live births | 132.49 per 1,000 live births | 29.14 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 101.14 per 1,000 live births | 86.04 per 1,000 live births | 15.1 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 58.43 per 1,000 live births | 54.69 per 1,000 live births | 3.74 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 50.8 per 1,000 live births | 40.48 per 1,000 live births | 10.32 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Ethiopia or Gambia?
- Ethiopia, at 38.5 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 Ethiopia and Gambia?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Gambia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Gambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th 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.