Gabon vs India: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Gabon
28.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
India
26.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gabon rank
56th
India rank
59th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Gabon
  • India
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How they compare

Gabon currently reports 28.9 per 1,000 live births against 26.7 per 1,000 live births in India, a difference of 2.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was India ahead.

Gabon ranks 56th and India ranks 59th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 1 and India in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gabon India Difference Ahead
1960s 180.02 per 1,000 live births 234.35 per 1,000 live births 54.33 per 1,000 live births India
1970s 126.88 per 1,000 live births 202.77 per 1,000 live births 75.89 per 1,000 live births India
1980s 89.57 per 1,000 live births 154.85 per 1,000 live births 65.28 per 1,000 live births India
1990s 72.47 per 1,000 live births 116.67 per 1,000 live births 44.2 per 1,000 live births India
2000s 58.47 per 1,000 live births 80.29 per 1,000 live births 21.82 per 1,000 live births India
2010s 40.56 per 1,000 live births 47.3 per 1,000 live births 6.74 per 1,000 live births India
2020s 30.76 per 1,000 live births 29.92 per 1,000 live births 0.84 per 1,000 live births Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Gabon or India?
Gabon, at 28.9 per 1,000 live births against 26.7 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Gabon and India?
2.2 per 1,000 live births, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and India?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Gabon and India rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Gabon ranks 56th and India ranks 59th 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

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.