Mauritania vs Senegal: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.7 per 100 live births in Mauritania and 3.7 per 100 live births in Senegal, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mauritania, by 0 per 100 live births, or 1.01 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

Mauritania has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Senegal.
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	Mauritania	Senegal	World
2024	3.7	3.7	3.7
2023	3.8	3.8	3.8
2022	3.9	4	4
2021	4.1	4.2	4
2020	4.2	4.4	3.9
2019	4.3	4.6	4
2018	4.5	4.8	4
2017	4.6	4.9	4.1
2016	4.8	5.1	4.2
2015	4.9	5.2	4.3
2014	5.1	5.4	4.4
2013	5.2	5.6	4.5
2012	5.4	5.8	4.7
2011	5.5	6	5
2010	5.7	6.3	5.1
2009	5.9	6.6	5.3
2008	6.1	7	5.5
2007	6.4	7.5	5.7
2006	6.8	8.1	6
2005	7.3	8.8	6.2
2004	7.8	9.6	6.6
2003	8.3	10.4	6.8
2002	8.8	11.3	7.1
2001	9.3	12.2	7.4
2000	9.8	12.9	7.7
1999	10.2	13.4	7.9
1998	10.5	13.7	8.3
1997	10.8	13.8	8.4
1996	10.9	13.8	8.6
1995	11.1	13.7	8.8
1994	11.2	13.6	8.9
1993	11.3	13.5	9.1
1992	11.4	13.5	9.2
1991	11.5	13.5	9.3
1990	11.7	13.7	9.4
1989	11.9	14.1	9.5
1988	12.2	14.7	10
1987	12.7	15.4	9.9
1986	13.2	16.3	10.3
1985	13.9	17.1	10.6
1984	14.5	17.9	10.9
1983	15.1	18.6	11.1
1982	15.6	19.2	11.2
1981	16.1	19.8	11.6
1980	16.6	20.4	11.9
1979	17.2	21.2	11.9
1978	17.7	22.1	12.3
1977	18.2	23.1	12.6
1976	18.6	24.2	12.8
1975	18.9	25.3	13.1
1974	22.4	26.2	13.3
1973	22.5	27	13.5
1972	22.6	27.7	13.7
1971	22.8	28.4	13.9
1970	23.1	28.8	14.2
1969	23.6	29.2	14.6
1968	24.3	29.4	15
1967	21	29.6	15.3
1966	21.7	29.7	15.1
1965	22.4	29.7	15.1
1964	23.1	29.7	15.7
1963	23.8	29.7	16.2
1962	24.5	29.6	17
1961	25.1	29.5	18.8
1960	25.8	29.5	20.2
1959	26.4	29.6	19.9
1958	27.1	29.8	19.7
1957	27.6	30.1	20.5
1956	28.2	30.5	21.3
1955	28.8	31	22.3
1954	29.3	31.5	22.8
1953	29.8	32.1	23.3
1952	30.2	32.6	23.9
1951	30.6	33.2	24.3
1950	31	33.7	24.7
1949	31.4	34.3	24.9
1948	31.8	34.9	24.9
1947	32.1	35.4	25.5
1946	32.3	36	25.8
1945	32.6	36.6	26.7
1944	32.9	37.1	27.4
1943	33.1	–	27.7
1942	33.3	–	27.9
1941	33.5	–	27.8
1940	33.8	–	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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