Equatorial Guinea vs Mozambique: Number of child deaths per woman
Equatorial Guinea
0.2739 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mozambique
0.2816 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
17th
Mozambique rank
15th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0077 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Mozambique ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th and Mozambique ranks 15th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Mozambique in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.11 under-five deaths per woman | 1.59 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4765 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 1.01 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2484 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 0.7514 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7364 under-five deaths per woman | 0.015 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.4562 under-five deaths per woman | 0.414 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0423 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.3052 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3022 under-five deaths per woman | 0.003 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Equatorial Guinea or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Equatorial Guinea and Mozambique?
- 0.0077 under-five deaths per woman, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Mozambique?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Mozambique rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th and Mozambique ranks 15th 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).