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