Gambia vs Senegal: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.2 per 100 live births in Gambia and 3.7 per 100 live births in Senegal, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Gambia, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 1.16 times that in Senegal.

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

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What the numbers say

Gambia has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Senegal.
In 2024, Gambia ranked 37 and Senegal ranked 50 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	Gambia	Senegal	World
2024	4.2	3.7	3.7
2023	4.4	3.8	3.8
2022	4.5	4	4
2021	4.7	4.2	4
2020	4.9	4.4	3.9
2019	5	4.6	4
2018	5.2	4.8	4
2017	5.4	4.9	4.1
2016	5.7	5.1	4.2
2015	5.9	5.2	4.3
2014	6.1	5.4	4.4
2013	6.4	5.6	4.5
2012	6.7	5.8	4.7
2011	7	6	5
2010	7.3	6.3	5.1
2009	7.6	6.6	5.3
2008	7.9	7	5.5
2007	8.3	7.5	5.7
2006	8.7	8.1	6
2005	9.1	8.8	6.2
2004	9.5	9.6	6.6
2003	9.9	10.4	6.8
2002	10.4	11.3	7.1
2001	10.8	12.2	7.4
2000	11.3	12.9	7.7
1999	11.8	13.4	7.9
1998	12.3	13.7	8.3
1997	12.8	13.8	8.4
1996	13.3	13.8	8.6
1995	13.8	13.7	8.8
1994	14.4	13.6	8.9
1993	14.9	13.5	9.1
1992	15.5	13.5	9.2
1991	16.1	13.5	9.3
1990	16.6	13.7	9.4
1989	17.2	14.1	9.5
1988	17.8	14.7	10
1987	18.4	15.4	9.9
1986	19.1	16.3	10.3
1985	19.7	17.1	10.6
1984	20.4	17.9	10.9
1983	21.1	18.6	11.1
1982	21.7	19.2	11.2
1981	22.4	19.8	11.6
1980	23	20.4	11.9
1979	23.7	21.2	11.9
1978	24.3	22.1	12.3
1977	25	23.1	12.6
1976	25.6	24.2	12.8
1975	26.3	25.3	13.1
1974	26.9	26.2	13.3
1973	27.6	27	13.5
1972	28.3	27.7	13.7
1971	28.9	28.4	13.9
1970	29.6	28.8	14.2
1969	30.2	29.2	14.6
1968	30.8	29.4	15
1967	31.4	29.6	15.3
1966	32	29.7	15.1
1965	32.7	29.7	15.1
1964	33.3	29.7	15.7
1963	34	29.7	16.2
1962	34.6	29.6	17
1961	35.3	29.5	18.8
1960	36	29.5	20.2
1959	36.7	29.6	19.9
1958	37.5	29.8	19.7
1957	38.3	30.1	20.5
1956	39	30.5	21.3
1955	–	31	22.3
1954	–	31.5	22.8
1953	–	32.1	23.3
1952	–	32.6	23.9
1951	–	33.2	24.3
1950	–	33.7	24.7
1949	–	34.3	24.9
1948	–	34.9	24.9
1947	–	35.4	25.5
1946	–	36	25.8
1945	–	36.6	26.7
1944	–	37.1	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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