What is the highest child mortality rate vs. mean male height 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 vs. mean male height 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 vs. mean male height?

Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rate vs. mean male height 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 vs. mean male height. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality rate vs. mean male height in Equatorial Guinea

Name: Child mortality rate vs. mean male height in Equatorial Guinea
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Equatorial Guinea: Child mortality rate vs. mean male height was 6.8 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

6.8 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.5%

World rank

14th

of 199 countries

All-time high

19.86 deaths per 100 live births

in 1982

All-time low

6.8 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1982–2024

Child mortality rate vs. mean male height 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

Equatorial Guinea recorded 6.8 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality rate vs. mean male height in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 43 years on record.

The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality rate vs. mean male height 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.

That places Equatorial Guinea 14th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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 by region 0 deaths (2026)
Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 18,920 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,652 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,948 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 19,983 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 362,847 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 20,266 (2025)

All data for Equatorial Guinea →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality rate vs. mean male height in Equatorial Guinea?: Child mortality rate vs. mean male height 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 vs. mean male height 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 vs. mean male height 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 vs. mean male height?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rate vs. mean male height 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 vs. mean male height. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 43 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

About this data

Indicator: Child mortality rate vs. mean male height
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, 13,056 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .