Senegal vs Tanzania: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.7 per 100 live births in Senegal and 3.7 per 100 live births in Tanzania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 0.1 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

Tanzania has been higher since 2023.
In 2024, Senegal ranked 50 and Tanzania ranked 47 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	Senegal	Tanzania	World
2024	3.7	3.7	3.7
2023	3.8	3.9	3.8
2022	4	4	4
2021	4.2	4.2	4
2020	4.4	4.4	3.9
2019	4.6	4.6	4
2018	4.8	4.8	4
2017	4.9	5	4.1
2016	5.1	5.2	4.2
2015	5.2	5.4	4.3
2014	5.4	5.6	4.4
2013	5.6	5.9	4.5
2012	5.8	6.2	4.7
2011	6	6.5	5
2010	6.3	6.8	5.1
2009	6.6	7.2	5.3
2008	7	7.7	5.5
2007	7.5	8.1	5.7
2006	8.1	8.7	6
2005	8.8	9.2	6.2
2004	9.6	9.8	6.6
2003	10.4	10.5	6.8
2002	11.3	11.2	7.1
2001	12.2	12	7.4
2000	12.9	12.8	7.7
1999	13.4	13.6	7.9
1998	13.7	14.2	8.3
1997	13.8	14.8	8.4
1996	13.8	15.2	8.6
1995	13.7	15.6	8.8
1994	13.6	15.9	8.9
1993	13.5	16.1	9.1
1992	13.5	16.4	9.2
1991	13.5	16.6	9.3
1990	13.7	16.8	9.4
1989	14.1	17	9.5
1988	14.7	17.2	10
1987	15.4	17.5	9.9
1986	16.3	17.7	10.3
1985	17.1	17.8	10.6
1984	17.9	17.9	10.9
1983	18.6	17.9	11.1
1982	19.2	17.9	11.2
1981	19.8	17.9	11.6
1980	20.4	18	11.9
1979	21.2	18.2	11.9
1978	22.1	18.5	12.3
1977	23.1	18.8	12.6
1976	24.2	19.3	12.8
1975	25.3	19.7	13.1
1974	26.2	20.1	13.3
1973	27	20.5	13.5
1972	27.7	20.8	13.7
1971	28.4	21.2	13.9
1970	28.8	21.5	14.2
1969	29.2	21.8	14.6
1968	29.4	22.1	15
1967	29.6	22.4	15.3
1966	29.7	22.7	15.1
1965	29.7	23	15.1
1964	29.7	23.3	15.7
1963	29.7	23.5	16.2
1962	29.6	23.7	17
1961	29.5	23.9	18.8
1960	29.5	24.1	20.2
1959	29.6	24.3	19.9
1958	29.8	24.4	19.7
1957	30.1	24.6	20.5
1956	30.5	24.8	21.3
1955	31	25	22.3
1954	31.5	25.2	22.8
1953	32.1	25.3	23.3
1952	32.6	25.5	23.9
1951	33.2	25.7	24.3
1950	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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