Togo vs Uganda: Number of child deaths per woman

Togo
0.2228 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Uganda
0.2387 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Togo rank
24th
Uganda rank
21st

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Togo
  • Uganda
00.511.52194419842024

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2228 under-five deaths per woman in Togo, a difference of 0.0159 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Togo's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Togo ahead.

Togo ranks 24th and Uganda ranks 21st of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Togo averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Togo Uganda Difference Ahead
1950s 1.77 under-five deaths per woman 1.63 under-five deaths per woman 0.1404 under-five deaths per woman Togo
1960s 1.69 under-five deaths per woman 1.47 under-five deaths per woman 0.2184 under-five deaths per woman Togo
1970s 1.45 under-five deaths per woman 1.47 under-five deaths per woman 0.019 under-five deaths per woman Uganda
1980s 1.07 under-five deaths per woman 1.44 under-five deaths per woman 0.3646 under-five deaths per woman Uganda
1990s 0.7793 under-five deaths per woman 1.15 under-five deaths per woman 0.3662 under-five deaths per woman Uganda
2000s 0.5357 under-five deaths per woman 0.7351 under-five deaths per woman 0.1994 under-five deaths per woman Uganda
2010s 0.3588 under-five deaths per woman 0.3325 under-five deaths per woman 0.0263 under-five deaths per woman Togo
2020s 0.2483 under-five deaths per woman 0.2412 under-five deaths per woman 0.0071 under-five deaths per woman Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Togo or Uganda?
Uganda, at 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2228 under-five deaths per woman in Togo as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Togo and Uganda?
0.0159 under-five deaths per woman, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Togo and Uganda?
72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
How do Togo and Uganda rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Togo ranks 24th 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).