Sudan vs Uganda: Number of child deaths per woman
Sudan
0.2501 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Uganda
0.2387 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sudan rank
20th
Uganda rank
21st
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Sudan
- Uganda
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman in Uganda, a difference of 0.0114 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Uganda ahead.
Sudan ranks 20th and Uganda ranks 21st of 200 countries.
Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sudan | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.27 under-five deaths per woman | 1.63 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3572 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1960s | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | 1.47 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3244 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1970s | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 1.47 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4014 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1980s | 1.09 under-five deaths per woman | 1.44 under-five deaths per woman | 0.344 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1990s | 0.7152 under-five deaths per woman | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4304 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2000s | 0.4665 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7351 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2685 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.3134 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3325 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0191 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.2408 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2412 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Sudan or Uganda?
- Sudan, at 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Sudan and Uganda?
- 0.0114 under-five deaths per woman, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Uganda?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
- How do Sudan and Uganda rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Sudan ranks 20th and Uganda ranks 21st 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).