Comoros vs Mauritania: Number of child deaths per woman
Comoros
0.1493 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mauritania
0.1554 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Comoros rank
39th
Mauritania rank
36th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Comoros
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.1554 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1493 under-five deaths per woman in Comoros, a difference of 0.0061 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Comoros ahead.
Comoros ranks 39th and Mauritania ranks 36th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.9 under-five deaths per woman | 1.61 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2919 under-five deaths per woman | Comoros |
| 1970s | 1.46 under-five deaths per woman | 1.36 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0976 under-five deaths per woman | Comoros |
| 1980s | 1.03 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9041 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1271 under-five deaths per woman | Comoros |
| 1990s | 0.5978 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6462 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0484 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.3429 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4015 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0586 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.2224 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2415 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0191 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.1631 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1709 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0078 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Comoros or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.1554 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1493 under-five deaths per woman in Comoros as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Comoros and Mauritania?
- 0.0061 under-five deaths per woman, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Mauritania?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Comoros and Mauritania rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Comoros ranks 39th and Mauritania ranks 36th 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).