Eswatini vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Eswatini
49.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
14.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
36th
Upper middle income rank
37th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Eswatini
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 49.7 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 35.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 3.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 197 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.81 per 1,000 live births | 51.45 per 1,000 live births | 37.36 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 116.11 per 1,000 live births | 31.54 per 1,000 live births | 84.57 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 65.58 per 1,000 live births | 18.12 per 1,000 live births | 47.46 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 52.2 per 1,000 live births | 14.82 per 1,000 live births | 37.38 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Eswatini or Upper middle income?
- Eswatini, at 49.7 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Eswatini and Upper middle income?
- 35.5 per 1,000 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Eswatini ranks 36th and Upper middle income 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, 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.