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Under-five mortality rate — Gambia

Under-five mortality rate in the Gambia in 2024 — 42.4 per 1,000. Ranked 160 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 88.2%.

2024 42.4 per 1,000 −3.2% vs 2023
World rank 160of 196
Period maximum 360.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 42.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Gambia, 1960–2024010020030040019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 360.1 per 1,0001962: 346.4 per 1,0001964: 333.1 per 1,0001966: 320.4 per 1,0001968: 307.9 per 1,0001970: 295.6 per 1,0001972: 282.5 per 1,0001974: 269.2 per 1,0001976: 255.8 per 1,0001978: 243 per 1,0001980: 230.3 per 1,0001982: 217.2 per 1,0001984: 204.1 per 1,0001986: 190.7 per 1,0001988: 178.1 per 1,0001990: 166.2 per 1,0001992: 154.9 per 1,0001994: 143.7 per 1,0001996: 132.9 per 1,0001998: 122.6 per 1,0002000: 112.8 per 1,0002002: 103.6 per 1,0002004: 94.9 per 1,0002006: 86.8 per 1,0002008: 79.4 per 1,0002010: 72.7 per 1,0002012: 66.8 per 1,0002014: 61.4 per 1,0002016: 56.6 per 1,0002018: 52.3 per 1,0002020: 48.6 per 1,0002022: 45.3 per 1,0002024: 42.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −317.7 (−88.23%) Average annual rate: -3.29 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 42.4 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 92.4 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 42.4 −1.4 −3.2%
2023 43.8 −1.5 −3.31%
2022 45.3 −1.7 −3.62%
2021 47 −1.6 −3.29%
2020 48.6 −1.8 −3.57%
2019 50.4 −1.9 −3.63%
2018 52.3 −2 −3.68%
2017 54.3 −2.3 −4.06%
2016 56.6 −2.3 −3.9%
2015 58.9 −2.5 −4.07%
2014 61.4 −2.6 −4.06%
2013 64 −2.8 −4.19%
2012 66.8 −2.9 −4.16%
2011 69.7 −3 −4.13%
2010 72.7 −3.3 −4.34%
2009 76 −3.4 −4.28%
2008 79.4 −3.6 −4.34%
2007 83 −3.8 −4.38%
2006 86.8 −3.9 −4.3%
2005 90.7 −4.2 −4.43%
2004 94.9 −4.3 −4.33%
2003 99.2 −4.4 −4.25%
2002 103.6 −4.5 −4.16%
2001 108.1 −4.7 −4.17%
2000 112.8 −4.9 −4.16%
1999 117.7 −4.9 −4%
1998 122.6 −5 −3.92%
1997 127.6 −5.3 −3.99%
1996 132.9 −5.3 −3.84%
1995 138.2 −5.5 −3.83%
1994 143.7 −5.6 −3.75%
1993 149.3 −5.6 −3.62%
1992 154.9 −5.6 −3.49%
1991 160.5 −5.7 −3.43%
1990 166.2 −5.9 −3.43%
1989 172.1 −6 −3.37%
1988 178.1 −6.1 −3.31%
1987 184.2 −6.5 −3.41%
1986 190.7 −6.7 −3.39%
1985 197.4 −6.7 −3.28%
1984 204.1 −6.6 −3.13%
1983 210.7 −6.5 −2.99%
1982 217.2 −6.7 −2.99%
1981 223.9 −6.4 −2.78%
1980 230.3 −6.4 −2.7%
1979 236.7 −6.3 −2.59%
1978 243 −6.5 −2.61%
1977 249.5 −6.3 −2.46%
1976 255.8 −6.7 −2.55%
1975 262.5 −6.7 −2.49%
1974 269.2 −6.7 −2.43%
1973 275.9 −6.6 −2.34%
1972 282.5 −6.5 −2.25%
1971 289 −6.6 −2.23%
1970 295.6 −6.3 −2.09%
1969 301.9 −6 −1.95%
1968 307.9 −6.1 −1.94%
1967 314 −6.4 −2%
1966 320.4 −6.3 −1.93%
1965 326.7 −6.4 −1.92%
1964 333.1 −6.5 −1.91%
1963 339.6 −6.8 −1.96%
1962 346.4 −6.7 −1.9%
1961 353.1 −7 −1.94%
1960 360.1 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

CV Cabo Verde 11.1 GH Ghana 35.9 SN Senegal 36.5 MR Mauritania 36.9 GM Gambia 42.4 TG Togo 56.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 64.5 GW Guinea-Bissau 67.3 ML Mali 73 BJ Benin 74.7 BF Burkina Faso 74.9 LR Liberia 86.4 SL Sierra Leone 90.5 GN Guinea 92.1 NE Niger 110.7 NG Nigeria 115.6
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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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