Botswana vs Eritrea: Mortality rate, under-5
Botswana
33.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eritrea
34.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
55th
Eritrea rank
54th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Botswana
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 34.3 per 1,000 live births against 33.3 per 1,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Eritrea ahead.
Botswana ranks 55th and Eritrea ranks 54th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Eritrea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 91.88 per 1,000 live births | 215.32 per 1,000 live births | 123.43 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 59.26 per 1,000 live births | 208.69 per 1,000 live births | 149.43 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 65.4 per 1,000 live births | 121.9 per 1,000 live births | 56.5 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 71.48 per 1,000 live births | 69.91 per 1,000 live births | 1.57 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2010s | 48.55 per 1,000 live births | 47.45 per 1,000 live births | 1.1 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 35.92 per 1,000 live births | 36.64 per 1,000 live births | 0.72 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Botswana or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 34.3 per 1,000 live births against 33.3 per 1,000 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Botswana and Eritrea?
- 1 per 1,000 live births, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Eritrea?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Eritrea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Botswana ranks 55th and Eritrea ranks 54th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.