Brazil vs Cape Verde: Number of child deaths per woman
Brazil
0.0233 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Cape Verde
0.0234 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Brazil rank
113th
Cape Verde rank
112th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Brazil
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 0.0234 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0233 under-five deaths per woman in Brazil, a difference of 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 80 shared years of data; in 1945 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Brazil ranks 113th and Cape Verde ranks 112th of 200 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1.4 under-five deaths per woman | 1.47 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0706 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1950s | 1.2 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0607 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1960s | 0.8611 under-five deaths per woman | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2125 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1970s | 0.5287 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6821 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1534 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 0.283 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4234 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1404 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 0.1303 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2377 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1075 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 0.0528 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0902 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0374 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 0.029 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0448 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0158 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 0.024 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0247 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0007 under-five deaths per woman | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Brazil or Cape Verde?
- Cape Verde, at 0.0234 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0233 under-five deaths per woman in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Brazil and Cape Verde?
- 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cape Verde?
- 80 years are reported by both, from 1945 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Cape Verde rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Brazil ranks 113th and Cape Verde ranks 112th 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
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).