Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau: Mortality rate, under-5

Equatorial Guinea
68 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
67.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Guinea-Bissau rank
15th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 68 per 1,000 live births against 67.3 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Guinea-Bissau in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1980s 182.02 per 1,000 live births 236.84 per 1,000 live births 54.82 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau
1990s 169.37 per 1,000 live births 202.21 per 1,000 live births 32.84 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau
2000s 134.29 per 1,000 live births 148.09 per 1,000 live births 13.8 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau
2010s 94.2 per 1,000 live births 94.74 per 1,000 live births 0.54 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau
2020s 72.84 per 1,000 live births 72 per 1,000 live births 0.84 per 1,000 live births Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau?
Equatorial Guinea, at 68 per 1,000 live births against 67.3 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th 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 (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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.