High income vs Namibia: Mortality rate, under-5, female

High income
4.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Namibia
35.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
High income rank
43rd
Namibia rank
42nd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • High income
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 35.4 per 1,000 live births against 4.6 per 1,000 live births in High income, a difference of 30.8 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Namibia's figure about 7.7 times High income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

High income ranks 43rd and Namibia ranks 42nd of 47 groups.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Namibia Difference Ahead
1990s 10.21 per 1,000 live births 68.07 per 1,000 live births 57.86 per 1,000 live births Namibia
2000s 7.12 per 1,000 live births 63.86 per 1,000 live births 56.74 per 1,000 live births Namibia
2010s 5.39 per 1,000 live births 45.14 per 1,000 live births 39.75 per 1,000 live births Namibia
2020s 4.68 per 1,000 live births 37.7 per 1,000 live births 33.02 per 1,000 live births Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, High income or Namibia?
Namibia, at 35.4 per 1,000 live births against 4.6 per 1,000 live births in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between High income and Namibia?
30.8 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Namibia?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do High income and Namibia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
High income ranks 43rd and Namibia ranks 42nd of 47 groups.
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.