Botswana vs Gabon: Mortality rate, under-5
Botswana
33.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gabon
32.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
55th
Gabon rank
56th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Botswana
- Gabon
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 33.3 per 1,000 live births against 32.6 per 1,000 live births in Gabon, a difference of 0.7 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 196 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 | 148.12 per 1,000 live births | 189.23 per 1,000 live births | 41.11 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1970s | 102.43 per 1,000 live births | 135.33 per 1,000 live births | 32.9 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1980s | 59.26 per 1,000 live births | 97.11 per 1,000 live births | 37.85 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 1990s | 65.4 per 1,000 live births | 79.58 per 1,000 live births | 14.18 per 1,000 live births | Gabon |
| 2000s | 71.48 per 1,000 live births | 64.6 per 1,000 live births | 6.88 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2010s | 48.55 per 1,000 live births | 45.41 per 1,000 live births | 3.14 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 35.92 per 1,000 live births | 34.74 per 1,000 live births | 1.18 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, Botswana or Gabon?
- Botswana, at 33.3 per 1,000 live births against 32.6 per 1,000 live births in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Botswana and Gabon?
- 0.7 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?
- Botswana ranks 55th and Gabon ranks 56th 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.