Namibia vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Number of under-five deaths

Namibia
3,038
in 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3,213
in 2024
Namibia rank
86th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
84th

Number of under-five deaths over time

  • Namibia
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k196019922024

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 3,213 against 3,038 in Namibia, a difference of 175.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.

Namibia ranks 86th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 84th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1970s 3,719 13,080 9,360 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1980s 3,681 8,699 5,018 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 4,056 5,752 1,696 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 3,965 4,361 395.7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 3,509 3,608 98.8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 3,179 3,143 35.4 Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Namibia or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 3,213 against 3,038 in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Namibia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
175, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Namibia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for number of under-five deaths?
Namibia ranks 86th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 84th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Namibia vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths/namibia/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths/namibia/united-kingdom/">Namibia vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Number of under-five deaths</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of under-five deaths
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Number of children dying before reaching age five.