Guinea vs Mali: Number of child deaths per woman

Guinea
0.3935 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mali
0.389 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Guinea rank
7th
Mali rank
8th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Guinea
  • Mali
0123193719802024

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman against 0.389 under-five deaths per woman in Mali, a difference of 0.0045 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mali ahead.

Guinea ranks 7th and Mali ranks 8th of 200 countries.

Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Mali Difference Ahead
1960s 2.07 under-five deaths per woman 3.06 under-five deaths per woman 0.992 under-five deaths per woman Mali
1970s 1.94 under-five deaths per woman 2.54 under-five deaths per woman 0.6038 under-five deaths per woman Mali
1980s 1.72 under-five deaths per woman 1.96 under-five deaths per woman 0.2391 under-five deaths per woman Mali
1990s 1.3 under-five deaths per woman 1.52 under-five deaths per woman 0.2193 under-five deaths per woman Mali
2000s 0.8103 under-five deaths per woman 1.1 under-five deaths per woman 0.2934 under-five deaths per woman Mali
2010s 0.5719 under-five deaths per woman 0.719 under-five deaths per woman 0.1471 under-five deaths per woman Mali
2020s 0.4278 under-five deaths per woman 0.4536 under-five deaths per woman 0.0258 under-five deaths per woman Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Guinea or Mali?
Guinea, at 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman against 0.389 under-five deaths per woman in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Guinea and Mali?
0.0045 under-five deaths per woman, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Mali?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Mali rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Guinea ranks 7th and Mali ranks 8th 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).