Côte d’Ivoire vs South Africa: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.5 per 100 live births in Côte d’Ivoire and 3.5 per 100 live births in South Africa, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 2.9 per 100 live births, or 1.84 times that in South Africa.

Watch it change on the map

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

Côte d’IvoireSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Côte d’Ivoire has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1974.
In 2024, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 18 and South Africa ranked 53 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	Côte d’Ivoire	South Africa	World
2024	6.5	3.5	3.7
2023	6.7	3.5	3.8
2022	6.9	3.4	4
2021	7.1	3.4	4
2020	7.3	3.4	3.9
2019	7.5	3.4	4
2018	7.8	3.5	4
2017	8.1	3.6	4.1
2016	8.3	3.7	4.2
2015	8.6	3.8	4.3
2014	8.9	4	4.4
2013	9.2	4.1	4.5
2012	9.5	4.3	4.7
2011	9.8	4.6	5
2010	10.2	5	5.1
2009	10.5	5.7	5.3
2008	10.9	6.4	5.5
2007	11.4	7.1	5.7
2006	11.7	7.7	6
2005	12.1	8	6.2
2004	12.5	8.1	6.6
2003	12.9	7.9	6.8
2002	13.3	7.7	7.1
2001	13.7	7.5	7.4
2000	14	7.1	7.7
1999	14.4	6.9	7.9
1998	14.6	6.6	8.3
1997	14.9	6.3	8.4
1996	15.1	6.1	8.6
1995	15.2	5.9	8.8
1994	15.4	5.8	8.9
1993	15.4	5.7	9.1
1992	15.4	5.6	9.2
1991	15.4	5.7	9.3
1990	15.4	5.8	9.4
1989	15.3	6	9.5
1988	15.3	6.3	10
1987	15.3	6.6	9.9
1986	15.4	6.9	10.3
1985	15.5	7.2	10.6
1984	15.7	7.6	10.9
1983	15.9	8	11.1
1982	16.2	8.4	11.2
1981	16.6	8.9	11.6
1980	17	9.4	11.9
1979	17.5	9.9	11.9
1978	18.1	10.5	12.3
1977	18.8	11.1	12.6
1976	19.6	11.8	12.8
1975	20.5	12.5	13.1
1974	21.3	13.2	13.3
1973	22.2	–	13.5
1972	23	–	13.7
1971	23.8	–	13.9
1970	24.6	–	14.2
1969	25.3	–	14.6
1968	26	–	15
1967	26.7	–	15.3
1966	27.4	–	15.1
1965	28.1	–	15.1
1964	28.8	–	15.7
1963	29.6	–	16.2
1962	30.4	–	17
1961	31.1	–	18.8
1960	31.9	–	20.2
1959	32.8	–	19.9
1958	33.6	–	19.7
1957	34.5	–	20.5
1956	35.3	–	21.3
1955	36.2	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time