Children died before five per woman in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Children died before five per woman was 0.2739 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.2739
Change on year
down 5.2%
World rank
17th
of 200 countries
All-time high
1.17
in 1982
All-time low
0.2739
in 2024
Years of data
43
1982–2024
Children died before five per woman in Equatorial Guinea, 1982–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children died before five per woman in Equatorial Guinea is 0.2739, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 43 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and down 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children died before five per woman in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 1.17 in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.2739, in 2024.
That places Equatorial Guinea 17th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Children died before five per woman in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1.17 | — |
| 1983 | 1.15 | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 1.13 | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 1.11 | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 1.1 | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 1.08 | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 1.08 | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 1.07 | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 1.06 | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 1.05 | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 1.04 | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 1.03 | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1.02 | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.01 | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 1 | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9822 | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.9595 | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9321 | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.9013 | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8689 | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8359 | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8028 | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7696 | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7358 | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7006 | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6661 | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6328 | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6001 | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5699 | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5414 | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5139 | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4881 | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4634 | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4398 | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4171 | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.396 | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3753 | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.3572 | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3384 | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3205 | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3043 | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2888 | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 0.2739 | -5.2% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.2739 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.027, 10.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.2739 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2214, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.17 | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.01 | 0.9321 | 1.06 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7514 | 0.6001 | 0.9013 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4562 | 0.3572 | 0.5699 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3052 | 0.2739 | 0.3384 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 14 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2856 compare
- 15 Mozambique 0.2816 compare
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 0.2741 compare
- 18 Cameroon 0.2723 compare
- 19 Angola 0.2519 compare
- 20 Sudan 0.2501 compare
More reference data data for Equatorial Guinea
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 14.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0402 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 0.0337 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5218 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 0.4882 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 0.9434 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 8.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 2.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 1.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0316 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children died before five per woman in Equatorial Guinea?
- Children died before five per woman in Equatorial Guinea was 0.2739 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest children died before five per woman recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 in 1982.
- What is the lowest children died before five per woman recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2739 in 2024.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for children died before five per woman?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children died before five per woman rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Children died before five per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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