Eswatini vs Namibia: Mortality rate, under-5

Eswatini
45.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Namibia
39.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
35th
Namibia rank
38th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Eswatini
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 45.1 per 1,000 live births against 39.5 per 1,000 live births in Namibia, a difference of 5.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Eswatini ahead.

Globally, Eswatini ranks 35th and Namibia ranks 38th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.