Eswatini vs Mozambique: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Eswatini and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 1.32 times that in Eswatini.

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

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What the numbers say

Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
In 2024, Eswatini ranked 35 and Mozambique ranked 22 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

Year	Eswatini	Mozambique	World
2024	4.5	5.9	3.7
2023	4.6	6.2	3.8
2022	4.7	6.4	4
2021	4.8	6.6	4
2020	5.1	6.8	3.9
2019	5.2	6.9	4
2018	5	7	4
2017	5.4	7.2	4.1
2016	5.4	7.3	4.2
2015	5.8	7.6	4.3
2014	6	8	4.4
2013	6	8.3	4.5
2012	6.3	8.7	4.7
2011	6.8	9.1	5
2010	8.2	9.6	5.1
2009	9.2	9.8	5.3
2008	9.8	10.4	5.5
2007	10	11.1	5.7
2006	10.6	11.9	6
2005	11.7	12.6	6.2
2004	11.8	13.3	6.6
2003	11.8	14	6.8
2002	11.7	14.8	7.1
2001	11.6	15.6	7.4
2000	11.3	16.5	7.7
1999	10.8	17.4	7.9
1998	10.2	18.4	8.3
1997	9.5	19.4	8.4
1996	8.8	20.3	8.6
1995	8.1	21.1	8.8
1994	7.5	21.7	8.9
1993	7	22.3	9.1
1992	6.7	22.8	9.2
1991	6.6	23.2	9.3
1990	6.6	23.5	9.4
1989	6.9	23.8	9.5
1988	7.2	24.1	10
1987	7.6	24.4	9.9
1986	8	24.8	10.3
1985	8.5	25.1	10.6
1984	9.1	25.5	10.9
1983	10.7	25.8	11.1
1982	10.2	26	11.2
1981	10.8	30.9	11.6
1980	11.3	26.2	11.9
1979	11.9	26.3	11.9
1978	12.5	26.4	12.3
1977	13	26.5	12.6
1976	13.6	26.6	12.8
1975	14.2	26.7	13.1
1974	14.8	26.9	13.3
1973	15.4	27	13.5
1972	16	27.2	13.7
1971	16.5	27.3	13.9
1970	17	27.3	14.2
1969	17.5	27.4	14.6
1968	17.9	27.4	15
1967	18.3	27.4	15.3
1966	18.7	27.3	15.1
1965	19.1	27.2	15.1
1964	19.5	27.1	15.7
1963	19.9	27	16.2
1962	20.2	28	17
1961	20.6	–	18.8
1960	20.9	–	20.2
1959	21.2	–	19.9
1958	21.5	–	19.7
1957	21.8	–	20.5
1956	22.1	–	21.3
1955	22.4	–	22.3
1954	22.7	–	22.8
1953	23.1	–	23.3
1952	23.3	–	23.9
1951	23.7	–	24.3
1950	24	–	24.7
1949	24.3	–	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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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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