Child mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Child mortality rate was 6.8 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea, 1982–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for child mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea is 6.8 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 43 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 19.86 deaths per 100 live births in 1982 and was at its lowest, 6.8 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.67 deaths per 100 live births | 17.81 deaths per 100 live births | 19.86 deaths per 100 live births | 8 |
| 1990s | 16.94 deaths per 100 live births | 15.86 deaths per 100 live births | 17.67 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.43 deaths per 100 live births | 11.35 deaths per 100 live births | 15.45 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.07 deaths per 100 live births | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.28 deaths per 100 live births | 6.8 deaths per 100 live births | 7.79 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 11 Burkina Faso 7.49 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 12 Benin 7.47 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 13 Mali 7.3 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 6.73 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 16 Cameroon 6.48 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 17 Zimbabwe 6.47 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 863.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 843 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 14,503 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 12,954 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 14,859 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 13,343 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 15,304 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 13,881 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea?
- Child mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea was 6.8 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 19.86 deaths per 100 live births in 1982.
- What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for child mortality rate?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .