Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women was 6.8 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women in Equatorial Guinea, 1982–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women in Equatorial Guinea stood at 6.8 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 43 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 19.86 deaths per 100 live births in 1982 and was at its lowest, 6.8 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.67 deaths per 100 live births | 17.81 deaths per 100 live births | 19.86 deaths per 100 live births | 8 |
| 1990s | 16.94 deaths per 100 live births | 15.86 deaths per 100 live births | 17.67 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.43 deaths per 100 live births | 11.35 deaths per 100 live births | 15.45 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.07 deaths per 100 live births | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.28 deaths per 100 live births | 6.8 deaths per 100 live births | 7.79 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 11 Burkina Faso 7.49 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 12 Benin 7.47 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 13 Mali 7.3 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 6.73 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 16 Cameroon 6.48 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 17 Zimbabwe 6.47 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 16,851 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 18,301 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 17,359 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 17,715 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 22,668 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 16,653 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 17,373 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 15,708 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 356,050 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 13,343 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women in Equatorial Guinea?
- Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women in Equatorial Guinea was 6.8 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 19.86 deaths per 100 live births in 1982.
- What is the lowest child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .