Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.7 per 100 live births in Guinea-Bissau and 3.7 per 100 live births in Senegal, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guinea-Bissau, by 3.1 per 100 live births, or 1.84 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

Guinea-Bissau has been higher since 1973, when it overtook Senegal.
In 2024, Guinea-Bissau ranked 15 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	Guinea-Bissau	Senegal	World
2024	6.7	3.7	3.7
2023	7	3.8	3.8
2022	7.2	4	4
2021	7.4	4.2	4
2020	7.7	4.4	3.9
2019	8	4.6	4
2018	8.2	4.8	4
2017	8.5	4.9	4.1
2016	8.8	5.1	4.2
2015	9.2	5.2	4.3
2014	9.5	5.4	4.4
2013	9.9	5.6	4.5
2012	10.4	5.8	4.7
2011	10.9	6	5
2010	11.4	6.3	5.1
2009	12	6.6	5.3
2008	12.7	7	5.5
2007	13.3	7.5	5.7
2006	13.9	8.1	6
2005	14.5	8.8	6.2
2004	15.2	9.6	6.6
2003	15.8	10.4	6.8
2002	16.4	11.3	7.1
2001	16.9	12.2	7.4
2000	17.5	12.9	7.7
1999	18	13.4	7.9
1998	18.5	13.7	8.3
1997	19	13.8	8.4
1996	19.5	13.8	8.6
1995	20	13.7	8.8
1994	20.5	13.6	8.9
1993	21	13.5	9.1
1992	21.5	13.5	9.2
1991	21.9	13.5	9.3
1990	22.4	13.7	9.4
1989	22.8	14.1	9.5
1988	23.2	14.7	10
1987	23.7	15.4	9.9
1986	24.1	16.3	10.3
1985	24.6	17.1	10.6
1984	24.5	17.9	10.9
1983	24.8	18.6	11.1
1982	25	19.2	11.2
1981	25.3	19.8	11.6
1980	25.6	20.4	11.9
1979	25.9	21.2	11.9
1978	26.1	22.1	12.3
1977	26.4	23.1	12.6
1976	26.6	24.2	12.8
1975	26.8	25.3	13.1
1974	27	26.2	13.3
1973	27.2	27	13.5
1972	27.3	27.7	13.7
1971	27.5	28.4	13.9
1970	27.7	28.8	14.2
1969	27.8	29.2	14.6
1968	28	29.4	15
1967	28.1	29.6	15.3
1966	28.2	29.7	15.1
1965	28.3	29.7	15.1
1964	28.4	29.7	15.7
1963	28.5	29.7	16.2
1962	28.6	29.6	17
1961	28.6	29.5	18.8
1960	28.7	29.5	20.2
1959	28.7	29.6	19.9
1958	28.7	29.8	19.7
1957	28.7	30.1	20.5
1956	28.7	30.5	21.3
1955	28.7	31	22.3
1954	28.7	31.5	22.8
1953	28.7	32.1	23.3
1952	28.6	32.6	23.9
1951	28.6	33.2	24.3
1950	28.6	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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