Gambia vs Mauritania: Probability of dying that year, among males
Gambia
3.3%
in 2023
Mauritania
3.4%
in 2023
Gambia rank
45th
Mauritania rank
43rd
Probability of dying that year, among males over time
- Gambia
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 3.4% against 3.3% in Gambia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Gambia ranks 45th and Mauritania ranks 43rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.4% | 18.7% | 3.3% | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 14.2% | 15.6% | 1.3% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 12.7% | 13.4% | 0.8% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 10.7% | 10.8% | 0.1% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 8.4% | 8.8% | 0.4% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 6.2% | 6.4% | 0.2% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 4.3% | 0.0% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.6% | 0.1% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying that year, among males, Gambia or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 3.4% against 3.3% in Gambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying that year, among males between Gambia and Mauritania?
- 0.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Mauritania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gambia and Mauritania rank globally for probability of dying that year, among males?
- Gambia ranks 45th and Mauritania ranks 43rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying that year, among males. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.