Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 3.52% to 49.4 in Gambia in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Gambia reached an all time high of 360 in 1960 and an all time low of 49.4 in 2020. When compared to Gambia's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Guinea Bissau amounted to 76.8, 91.0 in Mali, 70.7 in Mauritania and 38.1 in Senegal in 2020.
Gambia has been ranked 34th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 2 places 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 |
| Algeria | 25.5 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 101 | 97.5 | 94.1 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | 62.4 | 59.8 | 57.4 | 55.1 | 53.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 109 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | 95.7 | 92.1 | 88.7 | 85.5 | 82.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 112 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 85.1 | 82.7 | 80.1 | 77.7 | 75.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | 24.9 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 21.2 | 20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 98.0 | 93.8 | 90.1 | 86.6 | 83.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 52.3 | 49.4 | 46.5 | 44.0 | 41.7 |
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