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Number of child deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea: Number of child deaths per woman was 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.2739 under-five deaths per woman
Change on year
down 5.2%
World rank
17th
of 200 countries
All-time high
1.17 under-five deaths per woman
in 1982
All-time low
0.2739 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Years of data
43
1982–2024

Number of child deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea, 1982–2024

0.20.40.60.811.21982200320241982: 1.2 under-five deaths per woman1983: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman1984: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman1985: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman1986: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman1987: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman1988: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman1989: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman1990: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman1991: 1 under-five deaths per woman1992: 1 under-five deaths per woman1993: 1 under-five deaths per woman1994: 1 under-five deaths per woman1995: 1 under-five deaths per woman1996: 1 under-five deaths per woman1997: 0.982 under-five deaths per woman1998: 0.96 under-five deaths per woman1999: 0.932 under-five deaths per woman2000: 0.901 under-five deaths per woman2001: 0.869 under-five deaths per woman2002: 0.836 under-five deaths per woman2003: 0.803 under-five deaths per woman2004: 0.77 under-five deaths per woman2005: 0.736 under-five deaths per woman2006: 0.701 under-five deaths per woman2007: 0.666 under-five deaths per woman2008: 0.633 under-five deaths per woman2009: 0.6 under-five deaths per woman2010: 0.57 under-five deaths per woman2011: 0.541 under-five deaths per woman2012: 0.514 under-five deaths per woman2013: 0.488 under-five deaths per woman2014: 0.463 under-five deaths per woman2015: 0.44 under-five deaths per woman2016: 0.417 under-five deaths per woman2017: 0.396 under-five deaths per woman2018: 0.375 under-five deaths per woman2019: 0.357 under-five deaths per woman2020: 0.338 under-five deaths per woman2021: 0.32 under-five deaths per woman2022: 0.304 under-five deaths per woman2023: 0.289 under-five deaths per woman2024: 0.274 under-five deaths per woman

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

The most recent figure for number of child deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea is 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman, 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, number of child deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 1.17 under-five deaths per woman in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman, 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.11 under-five deaths per woman 1.07 under-five deaths per woman 1.17 under-five deaths per woman 8
1990s 1.01 under-five deaths per woman 0.9321 under-five deaths per woman 1.06 under-five deaths per woman 10
2000s 0.7514 under-five deaths per woman 0.6001 under-five deaths per woman 0.9013 under-five deaths per woman 10
2010s 0.4562 under-five deaths per woman 0.3572 under-five deaths per woman 0.5699 under-five deaths per woman 10
2020s 0.3052 under-five deaths per woman 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman 0.3384 under-five deaths per woman 5

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 14 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2856 under-five deaths per woman compare
  2. 15 Mozambique 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman compare
  3. 16 Guinea-Bissau 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman compare
  4. 18 Cameroon 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman compare
  5. 19 Angola 0.2519 under-five deaths per woman compare
  6. 20 Sudan 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of child deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea?
Number of child deaths per woman in Equatorial Guinea was 0.2739 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 Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 1.17 under-five deaths per woman in 1982.
What is the lowest number of child deaths per woman recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman in 2024.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for number of child deaths per woman?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of child deaths 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 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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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).