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
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
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).