Guinea vs Mozambique: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 9.2 per 100 live births in Guinea and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guinea, by 3.3 per 100 live births, or 1.55 times that in Mozambique.

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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 has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Mozambique.
In 2024, Guinea ranked 6 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	Guinea	Mozambique	World
2024	9.2	5.9	3.7
2023	9.5	6.2	3.8
2022	9.8	6.4	4
2021	10	6.6	4
2020	10.3	6.8	3.9
2019	10.5	6.9	4
2018	10.8	7	4
2017	11	7.2	4.1
2016	11.1	7.3	4.2
2015	11.4	7.6	4.3
2014	11.5	8	4.4
2013	11.7	8.3	4.5
2012	11.8	8.7	4.7
2011	12	9.1	5
2010	12.2	9.6	5.1
2009	12.4	9.8	5.3
2008	12.7	10.4	5.5
2007	13	11.1	5.7
2006	13.3	11.9	6
2005	13.7	12.6	6.2
2004	14.2	13.3	6.6
2003	14.7	14	6.8
2002	15.3	14.8	7.1
2001	15.9	15.6	7.4
2000	16.6	16.5	7.7
1999	17.3	17.4	7.9
1998	18	18.4	8.3
1997	18.7	19.4	8.4
1996	19.4	20.3	8.6
1995	20.1	21.1	8.8
1994	20.8	21.7	8.9
1993	21.4	22.3	9.1
1992	22.1	22.8	9.2
1991	22.8	23.2	9.3
1990	23.3	23.5	9.4
1989	23.9	23.8	9.5
1988	24.4	24.1	10
1987	24.8	24.4	9.9
1986	25.3	24.8	10.3
1985	25.8	25.1	10.6
1984	26.2	25.5	10.9
1983	26.7	25.8	11.1
1982	27.2	26	11.2
1981	27.6	30.9	11.6
1980	28.1	26.2	11.9
1979	28.6	26.3	11.9
1978	29.1	26.4	12.3
1977	29.5	26.5	12.6
1976	30	26.6	12.8
1975	30.4	26.7	13.1
1974	30.8	26.9	13.3
1973	31.1	27	13.5
1972	31.5	27.2	13.7
1971	31.8	27.3	13.9
1970	32.1	27.3	14.2
1969	32.4	27.4	14.6
1968	32.7	27.4	15
1967	32.9	27.4	15.3
1966	33.2	27.3	15.1
1965	33.5	27.2	15.1
1964	33.7	27.1	15.7
1963	34	27	16.2
1962	34.2	28	17
1961	34.4	–	18.8
1960	34.7	–	20.2
1959	34.8	–	19.9
1958	35	–	19.7
1957	35.2	–	20.5
1956	35.3	–	21.3
1955	35.4	–	22.3
1954	35.5	–	22.8
1953	35.6	–	23.3
1952	35.6	–	23.9
1951	35.6	–	24.3
1950	35.5	–	24.7
1949	35.5	–	24.9
1948	35.5	–	24.9
1947	35.5	–	25.5
1946	35.4	–	25.8
1945	35.4	–	26.7
1944	35.3	–	27.4
1943	35.2	–	27.7
1942	35.2	–	27.9
1941	35.1	–	27.8
1940	35.1	–	27.9
1939	35	–	28
1938	34.9	–	28.7
1937	34.8	–	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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