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
00.511.52195319882024

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

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).