Madagascar vs Mozambique: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Madagascar
57.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mozambique
55 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Madagascar rank
19th
Mozambique rank
21st

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Madagascar
  • Mozambique
50100150200250300196319932024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 57.1 per 1,000 live births against 55 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique, a difference of 2.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Mozambique ahead.

Madagascar ranks 19th and Mozambique ranks 21st of 197 countries.

Mozambique has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Mozambique Difference Ahead
1970s 154.88 per 1,000 live births 256.45 per 1,000 live births 101.57 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
1980s 198.72 per 1,000 live births 247.14 per 1,000 live births 48.42 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
1990s 125.18 per 1,000 live births 202.33 per 1,000 live births 77.15 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
2000s 80.71 per 1,000 live births 124.71 per 1,000 live births 44 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
2010s 60.78 per 1,000 live births 74.89 per 1,000 live births 14.11 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
2020s 58.7 per 1,000 live births 59.06 per 1,000 live births 0.36 per 1,000 live births Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Madagascar or Mozambique?
Madagascar, at 57.1 per 1,000 live births against 55 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Madagascar and Mozambique?
2.1 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mozambique?
53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Mozambique rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Madagascar ranks 19th and Mozambique ranks 21st 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

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.