Afghanistan vs Gambia: Children died before five per woman

Afghanistan
0.1872
in 2024
Gambia
0.2053
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
30th
Gambia rank
28th

Children died before five per woman over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Gambia
00.511.522.5195619902024

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 0.2053 against 0.1872 in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0181.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 68 shared years of data; in 1957 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 30th and Gambia ranks 28th of 196 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Gambia Difference Ahead
1950s 2.63 2.36 0.2772 Afghanistan
1960s 2.4 2.05 0.3433 Afghanistan
1970s 2.15 1.69 0.4559 Afghanistan
1980s 1.89 1.27 0.6166 Afghanistan
1990s 1.2 0.8534 0.3491 Afghanistan
2000s 0.7806 0.5356 0.245 Afghanistan
2010s 0.4094 0.3254 0.084 Afghanistan
2020s 0.2325 0.2199 0.0126 Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children died before five per woman, Afghanistan or Gambia?
Gambia, at 0.2053 against 0.1872 in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in children died before five per woman between Afghanistan and Gambia?
0.0181, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Gambia?
68 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Gambia rank globally for children died before five per woman?
Afghanistan ranks 30th and Gambia ranks 28th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Children died before five per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Children died before five per woman
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed