What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Gambia and Tanzania?

0.24 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Tanzania?

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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gambia vs Tanzania: Youth mortality rate

Gambia

5.08 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Tanzania

4.84 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Gambia rank

38th

Tanzania rank

39th

Youth mortality rate over time

Gambia
Tanzania

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 5.08 deaths per 100 live births against 4.84 deaths per 100 live births in Tanzania, a difference of 0.24 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Gambia ahead.

Gambia ranks 38th and Tanzania ranks 39th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	16.52 deaths per 100 live births	17.56 deaths per 100 live births	1.04 deaths per 100 live births	Tanzania
2000s	11.04 deaths per 100 live births	11.2 deaths per 100 live births	0.1637 deaths per 100 live births	Tanzania
2010s	7.23 deaths per 100 live births	6.9 deaths per 100 live births	0.3329 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia
2020s	5.43 deaths per 100 live births	5.22 deaths per 100 live births	0.2192 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Gambia or Tanzania?: Gambia, at 5.08 deaths per 100 live births against 4.84 deaths per 100 live births in Tanzania as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Gambia and Tanzania?: 0.24 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Tanzania?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Tanzania rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Gambia ranks 38th and Tanzania ranks 39th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.