Ethiopia vs Guinea

Ethiopia vs Guinea: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 9.2 per 100 live births in Guinea, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guinea, by 4.8 per 100 live births, or 2.07 times that in Ethiopia.

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

Ethiopia vs Guinea: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 9.2 per 100 live births in Guinea, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guinea, by 4.8 per 100 live births, or 2.07 times that in Ethiopia.
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What the numbers say

  • Guinea has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 36 and Guinea ranked 6 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

YearEthiopiaGuineaWorld
20244.59.23.7
20235.29.53.8
20226.89.84
20217104
20205.210.33.9
20195.410.54
20185.610.84
20175.8114.1
20166.111.14.2
20156.411.44.3
20146.811.54.4
20137.111.74.5
20127.511.84.7
20117.9125
20108.312.25.1
20098.712.45.3
20089.212.75.5
20079.7135.7
200610.213.36
200510.813.76.2
200411.514.26.6
200312.114.76.8
200212.715.37.1
200113.415.97.4
20001416.67.7
199914.617.37.9
199815.3188.3
199715.918.78.4
199616.619.48.6
199517.220.18.8
199417.920.88.9
199318.621.49.1
199219.222.19.2
199119.722.89.3
199020.223.39.4
198920.723.99.5
198821.124.410
198721.524.89.9
19863025.310.3
198530.625.810.6
198431.726.210.9
198332.326.711.1
198223.627.211.2
198123.927.611.6
198024.228.111.9
197924.428.611.9
197824.629.112.3
197724.629.512.6
197624.73012.8
197528.530.413.1
197428.630.813.3
197328.831.113.5
197228.931.513.7
197124.931.813.9
19702532.114.2
19692532.414.6
19682532.715
196725.132.915.3
196625.133.215.1
1965–33.515.1
1964–33.715.7
1963–3416.2
1962–34.217
1961–34.418.8
1960–34.720.2
1959–34.819.9
1958–3519.7
1957–35.220.5
1956–35.321.3
1955–35.422.3
1954–35.522.8
1953–35.623.3
1952–35.623.9
1951–35.624.3
1950–35.524.7
1949–35.524.9
1948–35.524.9
1947–35.525.5
1946–35.425.8
1945–35.426.7
1944–35.327.4
1943–35.227.7
1942–35.227.9
1941–35.127.8
1940–35.127.9
1939–3528
1938–34.928.7
1937–34.828.8
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

Each country on its own

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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