Gabon vs Namibia: Number of child deaths per woman
Gabon
0.1086 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Namibia
0.1188 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Gabon rank
51st
Namibia rank
50th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Gabon
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 0.1188 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman in Gabon, a difference of 0.0102 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gabon ahead.
Gabon ranks 51st and Namibia ranks 50th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 5 and Namibia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8687 under-five deaths per woman | 0.71 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1588 under-five deaths per woman | Gabon |
| 1970s | 0.7239 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6482 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0757 under-five deaths per woman | Gabon |
| 1980s | 0.5525 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5294 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0232 under-five deaths per woman | Gabon |
| 1990s | 0.3965 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3402 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0563 under-five deaths per woman | Gabon |
| 2000s | 0.2756 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2537 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0219 under-five deaths per woman | Gabon |
| 2010s | 0.1785 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1797 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0012 under-five deaths per woman | Namibia |
| 2020s | 0.1194 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1331 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0137 under-five deaths per woman | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Gabon or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 0.1188 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 Gabon and Namibia?
- 0.0102 under-five deaths per woman, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Namibia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Gabon and Namibia rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Gabon ranks 51st and Namibia ranks 50th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).