What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Gambia and Upper middle income?

29.3 per 1,000 live births, with Gambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Upper middle income?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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.

Gambia vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, under-5

Gambia

42.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Upper middle income

13.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gambia rank

37th

Upper middle income rank

37th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Gambia
Upper middle income

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 42.4 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 29.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Gambia's figure about 3.2 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.

Gambia ranks 37th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 197 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Upper middle income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	141.36 per 1,000 live births	48.3 per 1,000 live births	93.06 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2000s	93.45 per 1,000 live births	29.49 per 1,000 live births	63.96 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2010s	60.71 per 1,000 live births	16.88 per 1,000 live births	43.83 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2020s	45.42 per 1,000 live births	13.72 per 1,000 live births	31.7 per 1,000 live births	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Gambia or Upper middle income?: Gambia, at 42.4 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 Gambia and Upper middle income?: 29.3 per 1,000 live births, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Upper middle income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Gambia ranks 37th and Upper middle income ranks 37th 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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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: 03 September 2026

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.