Eswatini vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, under-5
Eswatini
45.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
13.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
35th
Upper middle income rank
37th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Eswatini
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 45.1 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 32 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 3.4 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 196 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.84 per 1,000 live births | 48.3 per 1,000 live births | 33.54 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 109.51 per 1,000 live births | 29.49 per 1,000 live births | 80.02 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 59.95 per 1,000 live births | 16.88 per 1,000 live births | 43.07 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 47.4 per 1,000 live births | 13.72 per 1,000 live births | 33.68 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Eswatini or Upper middle income?
- Eswatini, at 45.1 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Eswatini and Upper middle income?
- 32 per 1,000 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Eswatini ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 37th 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.