Eswatini vs Gabon: Number of child deaths per woman

Eswatini
0.1232 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Gabon
0.1086 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Eswatini rank
48th
Gabon rank
51st

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Eswatini
  • Gabon
00.511.52194419842024

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 0.1232 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman in Gabon, a difference of 0.0146 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 48th and Gabon ranks 51st of 200 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 8 and Gabon in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Gabon Difference Ahead
1940s 1.63 under-five deaths per woman 1.6 under-five deaths per woman 0.0271 under-five deaths per woman Eswatini
1950s 1.51 under-five deaths per woman 1.07 under-five deaths per woman 0.4488 under-five deaths per woman Eswatini
1960s 1.31 under-five deaths per woman 0.8947 under-five deaths per woman 0.4121 under-five deaths per woman Eswatini
1970s 0.9725 under-five deaths per woman 0.7239 under-five deaths per woman 0.2486 under-five deaths per woman Eswatini
1980s 0.5558 under-five deaths per woman 0.5525 under-five deaths per woman 0.0032 under-five deaths per woman Eswatini
1990s 0.3699 under-five deaths per woman 0.3965 under-five deaths per woman 0.0265 under-five deaths per woman Gabon
2000s 0.4069 under-five deaths per woman 0.2756 under-five deaths per woman 0.1313 under-five deaths per woman Eswatini
2010s 0.1893 under-five deaths per woman 0.1785 under-five deaths per woman 0.0108 under-five deaths per woman Eswatini
2020s 0.1331 under-five deaths per woman 0.1194 under-five deaths per woman 0.0136 under-five deaths per woman Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Eswatini or Gabon?
Eswatini, at 0.1232 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman in Gabon as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Eswatini and Gabon?
0.0146 under-five deaths per woman, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Gabon?
76 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Gabon rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Eswatini ranks 48th and Gabon ranks 51st 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).