Equatorial Guinea vs Lower middle income: Mortality rate, under-5
Equatorial Guinea
68 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lower middle income
43.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Lower middle income rank
13th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 68 per 1,000 live births against 43.8 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income, a difference of 24.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 13th of 197 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 169.37 per 1,000 live births | 115.18 per 1,000 live births | 54.19 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 134.29 per 1,000 live births | 82.48 per 1,000 live births | 51.81 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 94.2 per 1,000 live births | 56.83 per 1,000 live births | 37.37 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 72.84 per 1,000 live births | 45.96 per 1,000 live births | 26.88 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 Lower middle income?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 68 per 1,000 live births against 43.8 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Equatorial Guinea and Lower middle income?
- 24.2 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Lower middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Lower middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 13th 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
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.