Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 3.33% to 78.5 in Equatorial Guinea in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea reached an all time high of 200 in 1982 and an all time low of 78.5 in 2020. When compared to Equatorial Guinea's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Cameroon amounted to 72.2, 44.6 in Congo, 41.7 in Gabon and 114 in Nigeria in 2020.
Equatorial Guinea has been ranked 13th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | 92.9 | 88.1 | 84.1 | 80.6 | 77.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 99.8 | 97.6 | 95.4 | 93.2 | 90.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 92.4 | 88.0 | 84.2 | 80.6 | 77.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 128 | 123 | 118 | 115 | 111 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 132 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 117 | |||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 54.4 | 52.6 | 50.8 | 49.1 | 47.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 99.2 | 95.9 | 92.8 | 89.6 | 86.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 96.8 | 93.2 | 90.0 | 86.9 | 83.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | 52.8 | 50.3 | 47.4 | 45.5 | 44.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 98.0 | 93.8 | 90.1 | 86.6 | 83.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 128 | 126 | 125 | 123 | 120 |
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