Argentina vs Mauritius: Number of child deaths per woman

Argentina
0.0207 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mauritius
0.0221 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Argentina rank
119th
Mauritius rank
117th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Argentina
  • Mauritius
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How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 0.0221 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0207 under-five deaths per woman in Argentina, a difference of 0.0014 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.1 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Mauritius ahead.

Argentina ranks 119th and Mauritius ranks 117th of 200 countries.

Across the 12 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 4 and Mauritius in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Mauritius Difference Ahead
1910s 1.09 under-five deaths per woman 1.31 under-five deaths per woman 0.2188 under-five deaths per woman Mauritius
1920s 0.803 under-five deaths per woman 1.2 under-five deaths per woman 0.3952 under-five deaths per woman Mauritius
1930s 0.5311 under-five deaths per woman 1.08 under-five deaths per woman 0.5492 under-five deaths per woman Mauritius
1940s 0.3731 under-five deaths per woman 1.15 under-five deaths per woman 0.7806 under-five deaths per woman Mauritius
1950s 0.2725 under-five deaths per woman 0.724 under-five deaths per woman 0.4515 under-five deaths per woman Mauritius
1960s 0.1847 under-five deaths per woman 0.4512 under-five deaths per woman 0.2664 under-five deaths per woman Mauritius
1970s 0.2017 under-five deaths per woman 0.2219 under-five deaths per woman 0.0201 under-five deaths per woman Mauritius
1980s 0.1045 under-five deaths per woman 0.0724 under-five deaths per woman 0.0321 under-five deaths per woman Argentina
1990s 0.071 under-five deaths per woman 0.0474 under-five deaths per woman 0.0235 under-five deaths per woman Argentina
2000s 0.0417 under-five deaths per woman 0.0296 under-five deaths per woman 0.0121 under-five deaths per woman Argentina
2010s 0.0274 under-five deaths per woman 0.0217 under-five deaths per woman 0.0058 under-five deaths per woman Argentina
2020s 0.0205 under-five deaths per woman 0.0222 under-five deaths per woman 0.0017 under-five deaths per woman Mauritius

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Argentina or Mauritius?
Mauritius, at 0.0221 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0207 under-five deaths per woman in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Argentina and Mauritius?
0.0014 under-five deaths per woman, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Mauritius?
108 years are reported by both, from 1911 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Mauritius rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Argentina ranks 119th and Mauritius ranks 117th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).