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
0.511.52196219932024

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

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).