Number of child deaths per woman in Gabon
Gabon: Number of child deaths per woman was 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.1086 under-five deaths per woman
Change on year
down 4.8%
World rank
51st
of 200 countries
All-time high
1.93 under-five deaths per woman
in 1944
All-time low
0.1086 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Years of data
81
1944–2024
Number of child deaths per woman in Gabon, 1944–2024
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in under-five deaths per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, number of child deaths per woman in Gabon stood at 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman. That is the lowest value across all 81 years on record.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of child deaths per woman in Gabon peaked at 1.93 under-five deaths per woman in 1944 and was at its lowest, 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman, in 2024.
That places Gabon 51st out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Number of child deaths per woman in Gabon, year by year
| Year | under-five deaths per woman | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1.93 under-five deaths per woman | — |
| 1945 | 1.86 under-five deaths per woman | -3.5% |
| 1946 | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | -3.7% |
| 1947 | 1.73 under-five deaths per woman | -3.4% |
| 1948 | 1.67 under-five deaths per woman | -3.6% |
| 1949 | 1.6 under-five deaths per woman | -3.7% |
| 1950 | 1.18 under-five deaths per woman | -26.3% |
| 1951 | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | -2.8% |
| 1952 | 1.12 under-five deaths per woman | -2.6% |
| 1953 | 1.09 under-five deaths per woman | -2.5% |
| 1954 | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | -2.3% |
| 1955 | 1.05 under-five deaths per woman | -2.0% |
| 1956 | 1.02 under-five deaths per woman | -2.0% |
| 1957 | 1 under-five deaths per woman | -1.9% |
| 1958 | 0.9917 under-five deaths per woman | -1.3% |
| 1959 | 0.9792 under-five deaths per woman | -1.3% |
| 1960 | 0.9674 under-five deaths per woman | -1.2% |
| 1961 | 0.9529 under-five deaths per woman | -1.5% |
| 1962 | 0.9389 under-five deaths per woman | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.9205 under-five deaths per woman | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 0.9026 under-five deaths per woman | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 0.8861 under-five deaths per woman | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 0.8713 under-five deaths per woman | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 0.8531 under-five deaths per woman | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 0.8358 under-five deaths per woman | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 0.8187 under-five deaths per woman | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.7997 under-five deaths per woman | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.7837 under-five deaths per woman | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 0.7683 under-five deaths per woman | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7501 under-five deaths per woman | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.73 under-five deaths per woman | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 0.7141 under-five deaths per woman | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6986 under-five deaths per woman | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6823 under-five deaths per woman | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 0.6651 under-five deaths per woman | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6467 under-five deaths per woman | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.6315 under-five deaths per woman | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.6166 under-five deaths per woman | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.5971 under-five deaths per woman | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.5795 under-five deaths per woman | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5587 under-five deaths per woman | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5409 under-five deaths per woman | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 0.5235 under-five deaths per woman | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.508 under-five deaths per woman | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.4928 under-five deaths per woman | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.4765 under-five deaths per woman | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.46 under-five deaths per woman | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 0.4454 under-five deaths per woman | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4326 under-five deaths per woman | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 0.419 under-five deaths per woman | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4032 under-five deaths per woman | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3868 under-five deaths per woman | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3715 under-five deaths per woman | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3604 under-five deaths per woman | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3489 under-five deaths per woman | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3371 under-five deaths per woman | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3274 under-five deaths per woman | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.3157 under-five deaths per woman | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3036 under-five deaths per woman | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2909 under-five deaths per woman | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 0.279 under-five deaths per woman | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2677 under-five deaths per woman | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2576 under-five deaths per woman | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.2471 under-five deaths per woman | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2371 under-five deaths per woman | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2299 under-five deaths per woman | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2217 under-five deaths per woman | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2131 under-five deaths per woman | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2017 under-five deaths per woman | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 0.1902 under-five deaths per woman | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.181 under-five deaths per woman | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 0.1726 under-five deaths per woman | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 0.1632 under-five deaths per woman | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1553 under-five deaths per woman | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.147 under-five deaths per woman | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1391 under-five deaths per woman | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 0.1305 under-five deaths per woman | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 0.125 under-five deaths per woman | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1189 under-five deaths per woman | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1142 under-five deaths per woman | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman | -4.8% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.027 under-five deaths per woman, 4.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2214 under-five deaths per woman, 49% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of child deaths per woman in Gabon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | -26.3% | 1.6 under-five deaths per woman | 1.18 under-five deaths per woman |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1.76 under-five deaths per woman | 1.6 under-five deaths per woman | 1.93 under-five deaths per woman | 6 |
| 1950s | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9792 under-five deaths per woman | 1.18 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8947 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8187 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9674 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.7239 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6467 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7997 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5525 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4765 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6315 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3965 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3371 under-five deaths per woman | 0.46 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2756 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2299 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3274 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1785 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1391 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2217 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1194 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1305 under-five deaths per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 48 Eswatini 0.1232 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 49 Djibouti 0.1197 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 50 Namibia 0.1188 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 52 Turkmenistan 0.1002 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 53 Iraq 0.0861 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 54 Tajikistan 0.0855 under-five deaths per woman compare
More reference data data for Gabon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0505 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0931 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0031 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0931 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.107 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1347 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2352 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5278 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of child deaths per woman in Gabon?
- Number of child deaths per woman in Gabon was 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of child deaths per woman recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 under-five deaths per woman in 1944.
- What is the lowest number of child deaths per woman recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman in 2024.
- How does Gabon rank for number of child deaths per woman?
- Gabon ranks 51st out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of child deaths per woman rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).