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Under-five mortality rate — Gabon

Under-five mortality rate in Gabon in 2024 — 32.6 per 1,000. Ranked 141 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 85.1%.

2024 32.6 per 1,000 −3.55% vs 2023
World rank 141of 196
Period maximum 218.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 32.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Gabon, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 218.8 per 1,0001962: 204.7 per 1,0001964: 191.5 per 1,0001966: 179.2 per 1,0001968: 167.7 per 1,0001970: 156.9 per 1,0001972: 146.7 per 1,0001974: 137 per 1,0001976: 128 per 1,0001978: 119.5 per 1,0001980: 111.5 per 1,0001982: 104 per 1,0001984: 97.5 per 1,0001986: 92 per 1,0001988: 87.6 per 1,0001990: 84.3 per 1,0001992: 81.8 per 1,0001994: 79.9 per 1,0001996: 78.3 per 1,0001998: 76.3 per 1,0002000: 73.3 per 1,0002002: 69.6 per 1,0002004: 65.6 per 1,0002006: 61.8 per 1,0002008: 57.6 per 1,0002010: 53.4 per 1,0002012: 49.4 per 1,0002014: 45.8 per 1,0002016: 42.7 per 1,0002018: 39.9 per 1,0002020: 36.8 per 1,0002022: 34.7 per 1,0002024: 32.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −186.2 (−85.1%) Average annual rate: -2.93 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gabon

Gabon 32.6 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 77.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 32.6 −1.2 −3.55%
2023 33.8 −0.9 −2.59%
2022 34.7 −1.1 −3.07%
2021 35.8 −1 −2.72%
2020 36.8 −1.7 −4.42%
2019 38.5 −1.4 −3.51%
2018 39.9 −1.5 −3.62%
2017 41.4 −1.3 −3.04%
2016 42.7 −1.7 −3.83%
2015 44.4 −1.4 −3.06%
2014 45.8 −1.5 −3.17%
2013 47.3 −2.1 −4.25%
2012 49.4 −1.9 −3.7%
2011 51.3 −2.1 −3.93%
2010 53.4 −2.2 −3.96%
2009 55.6 −2 −3.47%
2008 57.6 −2.1 −3.52%
2007 59.7 −2.1 −3.4%
2006 61.8 −1.8 −2.83%
2005 63.6 −2 −3.05%
2004 65.6 −2.1 −3.1%
2003 67.7 −1.9 −2.73%
2002 69.6 −1.9 −2.66%
2001 71.5 −1.8 −2.46%
2000 73.3 −1.6 −2.14%
1999 74.9 −1.4 −1.83%
1998 76.3 −1.1 −1.42%
1997 77.4 −0.9 −1.15%
1996 78.3 −0.9 −1.14%
1995 79.2 −0.7 −0.88%
1994 79.9 −0.9 −1.11%
1993 80.8 −1 −1.22%
1992 81.8 −1.1 −1.33%
1991 82.9 −1.4 −1.66%
1990 84.3 −1.6 −1.86%
1989 85.9 −1.7 −1.94%
1988 87.6 −2 −2.23%
1987 89.6 −2.4 −2.61%
1986 92 −2.7 −2.85%
1985 94.7 −2.8 −2.87%
1984 97.5 −3.1 −3.08%
1983 100.6 −3.4 −3.27%
1982 104 −3.7 −3.44%
1981 107.7 −3.8 −3.41%
1980 111.5 −3.8 −3.3%
1979 115.3 −4.2 −3.51%
1978 119.5 −4.2 −3.4%
1977 123.7 −4.3 −3.36%
1976 128 −4.5 −3.4%
1975 132.5 −4.5 −3.28%
1974 137 −4.9 −3.45%
1973 141.9 −4.8 −3.27%
1972 146.7 −5.1 −3.36%
1971 151.8 −5.1 −3.25%
1970 156.9 −5.3 −3.27%
1969 162.2 −5.5 −3.28%
1968 167.7 −5.7 −3.29%
1967 173.4 −5.8 −3.24%
1966 179.2 −6 −3.24%
1965 185.2 −6.3 −3.29%
1964 191.5 −6.5 −3.28%
1963 198 −6.7 −3.27%
1962 204.7 −6.9 −3.26%
1961 211.6 −7.2 −3.29%
1960 218.8 — —

Middle Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ST Sao Tome and Principe 13.6 GA Gabon 32.6 CG Republic of the Congo 39.1 AO Angola 49 CM Cameroon 64.8 GQ Equatorial Guinea 68 CF Central African Republic 89.7 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 89.7 TD Chad 97.3
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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