Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia

Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.5 per 100 live births in Côte d’Ivoire and 8.6 per 100 live births in Liberia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Liberia, by 2.2 per 100 live births, or 1.34 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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

Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 6.5 per 100 live births in Côte d’Ivoire and 8.6 per 100 live births in Liberia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Liberia, by 2.2 per 100 live births, or 1.34 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
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What the numbers say

  • Liberia has been higher since 1962, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
  • In 2024, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 18 and Liberia ranked 10 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

YearCôte d’IvoireLiberiaWorld
20246.58.63.7
20236.78.73.8
20226.98.84
20217.18.84
20207.38.83.9
20197.58.94
20187.88.94
20178.194.1
20168.39.24.2
20158.69.34.3
20148.99.74.4
20139.29.74.5
20129.5104.7
20119.810.25
201010.210.65.1
200910.5115.3
200810.911.45.5
200711.4125.7
200611.712.76
200512.113.56.2
200412.514.56.6
200312.915.66.8
200213.316.97.1
200113.718.27.4
20001419.57.7
199914.420.87.9
199814.622.18.3
199714.923.38.4
199615.124.48.6
199515.225.48.8
199415.426.28.9
199315.426.89.1
199215.427.29.2
199115.427.29.3
199015.4279.4
198915.326.69.5
198815.32610
198715.325.39.9
198615.424.810.3
198515.524.410.6
198415.724.210.9
198315.924.111.1
198216.224.211.2
198116.624.411.6
19801724.711.9
197917.52511.9
197818.125.312.3
197718.825.712.6
197619.62612.8
197520.526.413.1
197421.326.813.3
197322.227.313.5
19722327.713.7
197123.828.113.9
197024.628.614.2
196925.329.114.6
19682629.515
196726.729.915.3
196627.430.315.1
196528.130.515.1
196428.830.715.7
196329.630.916.2
196230.43117
196131.13118.8
196031.93120.2
195932.830.919.9
195833.630.819.7
195734.530.620.5
195635.330.421.3
195536.230.322.3
1954–30.322.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––24.7
1949––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

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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