Botswana vs Gabon: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Botswana
36.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gabon
36.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
55th
Gabon rank
56th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Botswana
- Gabon
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 36.8 per 1,000 live births against 36.2 per 1,000 live births in Gabon, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gabon ahead.
Botswana ranks 55th and Gabon ranks 56th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Gabon in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 156.41 per 1,000 live births | 197.88 per 1,000 live births | 41.47 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1970s | 109.96 per 1,000 live births | 143.31 per 1,000 live births | 33.35 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1980s | 65.06 per 1,000 live births | 104.3 per 1,000 live births | 39.24 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1990s | 69.8 per 1,000 live births | 86.34 per 1,000 live births | 16.54 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 2000s | 75.86 per 1,000 live births | 70.32 per 1,000 live births | 5.54 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2010s | 53.33 per 1,000 live births | 49.99 per 1,000 live births | 3.34 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 39.56 per 1,000 live births | 38.52 per 1,000 live births | 1.04 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Botswana or Gabon?
- Botswana, at 36.8 per 1,000 live births against 36.2 per 1,000 live births in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Botswana and Gabon?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Gabon?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Gabon rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Botswana ranks 55th and Gabon ranks 56th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.