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Gambia vs Malawi: Number of child deaths per woman

Gambia
0.2053 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Malawi
0.1976 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Gambia rank
28th
Malawi rank
29th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Gambia
  • Malawi
00.511.522.5195619902024

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 0.2053 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman in Malawi, a difference of 0.0077 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Gambia ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 29th of 200 countries.

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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).