Gabon vs Laos: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Gabon
36.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Laos
32.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gabon rank
56th
Laos rank
58th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Gabon
- Laos
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 36.2 per 1,000 live births against 32.9 per 1,000 live births in Laos, a difference of 3.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Laos ahead.
Gabon ranks 56th and Laos ranks 58th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 1 and Laos in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 125.1 per 1,000 live births | 219.05 per 1,000 live births | 93.95 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 1980s | 104.3 per 1,000 live births | 186.5 per 1,000 live births | 82.2 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 1990s | 86.34 per 1,000 live births | 135.12 per 1,000 live births | 48.78 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 2000s | 70.32 per 1,000 live births | 88.15 per 1,000 live births | 17.83 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 2010s | 49.99 per 1,000 live births | 51.71 per 1,000 live births | 1.72 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 2020s | 38.52 per 1,000 live births | 35.82 per 1,000 live births | 2.7 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, male, Gabon or Laos?
- Gabon, at 36.2 per 1,000 live births against 32.9 per 1,000 live births in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Gabon and Laos?
- 3.3 per 1,000 live births, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Laos?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
- How do Gabon and Laos rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Gabon ranks 56th and Laos ranks 58th 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.