Botswana vs Namibia

Botswana vs Namibia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.3 per 100 live births in Botswana and 4 per 100 live births in Namibia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Namibia, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 1.19 times that in Botswana.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Botswana vs Namibia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 3.3 per 100 live births in Botswana and 4 per 100 live births in Namibia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Namibia, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 1.19 times that in Botswana.
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What the numbers say

  • Namibia has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Botswana.
  • In 2024, Botswana ranked 55 and Namibia ranked 38 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearBotswanaNamibiaWorld
20243.343.7
20233.54.13.8
20223.64.24
20213.74.34
20203.94.53.9
201944.74
20184.14.94
20174.254.1
20164.55.14.2
20154.75.24.3
20144.954.4
201355.14.5
20125.45.34.7
20115.955
20105.855.1
20096.15.35.3
20086.45.85.5
20076.46.25.7
20066.66.66
20057.17.16.2
20047.67.46.6
20037.77.66.8
20027.87.77.1
20017.97.87.4
200087.87.7
19997.97.87.9
19987.57.78.3
19977.37.68.4
199677.48.6
19956.67.38.8
19946.67.28.9
19936.27.19.1
19925.77.29.2
19915.47.29.3
19905.27.49.4
19895.17.59.5
19885.17.810
19875.28.19.9
19865.48.410.3
19855.78.810.6
19845.99.210.9
19836.29.611.1
19826.59.911.2
19816.910.111.6
19807.310.311.9
19797.810.311.9
19788.310.312.3
19778.910.212.6
19769.510.112.8
1975101013.1
197410.69.913.3
197311.19.813.5
197211.69.813.7
197112.19.713.9
197012.59.714.2
1969139.714.6
196813.49.715
196713.89.615.3
196614.2–15.1
196514.6–15.1
196415–15.7
196315.4–16.2
196215.8–17
196116.3–18.8
196016.815.320.2
195917.3–19.9
195817.8–19.7
195718.3–20.5
195618.9–21.3
195519.5–22.3
195420.1–22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––24.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––36
1910––36.4
1909––36.6
1908––37.2
1907––37.4
1906––38.1
1905––38.8
1904––38.9
1903––39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––42.3
1833––42.2
1832––42.2
1831––42.2
1830––42.2
1829––42.1
1828––42.1
1827––42.1
1826––42.1
1825––42.1
1824––42.1
1823––42.1
1822––42.1
1821––42.1
1820––42.1
1819––42.2
1818––42.2
1817––42.2
1816––42.2
1815––42.2
1814––42.3
1813––42.3
1812––42.4
1811––42.4
1810––42.5
1809––42.5
1808––42.5
1807––42.5
1806––42.6
1805––42.6
1804––42.6
1803––42.6
1802––42.7
1801––42.7
1800––42.8

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Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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