What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?

189 deaths, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?

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

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Gambia

1,891 deaths

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau

2,080 deaths

in 2024

Gambia rank

76th

Guinea-Bissau rank

73rd

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Gambia
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 2,080 deaths against 1,891 deaths in Gambia, a difference of 189 deaths.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.

Gambia ranks 76th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 73rd of 199 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2,518 deaths	2,924 deaths	406.2 deaths	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	2,419 deaths	2,840 deaths	420.4 deaths	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	2,301 deaths	2,478 deaths	177.6 deaths	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	1,953 deaths	2,144 deaths	190.8 deaths	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Gambia or Guinea-Bissau?: Guinea-Bissau, at 2,080 deaths against 1,891 deaths in Gambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?: 189 deaths, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Gambia ranks 76th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 73rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .