Mauritania vs Rwanda: Child mortality
Mauritania
3.69 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
3.77 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
49th
Rwanda rank
46th
Child mortality over time
- Mauritania
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 3.77 deaths per 100 live births against 3.69 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Rwanda ahead.
Mauritania ranks 49th and Rwanda ranks 46th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 4 and Rwanda in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1810s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1820s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1830s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1840s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1850s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1860s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1870s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1880s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1890s | 41.73 deaths per 100 live births | 41.99 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2603 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1900s | 41.41 deaths per 100 live births | 41.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2584 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1910s | 40.57 deaths per 100 live births | 40.82 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2532 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1920s | 39.59 deaths per 100 live births | 39.84 deaths per 100 live births | 0.247 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1930s | 38.58 deaths per 100 live births | 36.43 deaths per 100 live births | 2.15 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1940s | 32.66 deaths per 100 live births | 30.19 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1950s | 28.89 deaths per 100 live births | 24.72 deaths per 100 live births | 4.17 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 23.51 deaths per 100 live births | 21.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2.38 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 20.41 deaths per 100 live births | 23.72 deaths per 100 live births | 3.31 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 14.18 deaths per 100 live births | 17.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 11.04 deaths per 100 live births | 21.45 deaths per 100 live births | 10.41 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 7.65 deaths per 100 live births | 11.77 deaths per 100 live births | 4.12 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 4.99 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0107 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 3.94 deaths per 100 live births | 3.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0245 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Mauritania or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 3.77 deaths per 100 live births against 3.69 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Rwanda rank globally for child mortality?
- Mauritania ranks 49th and Rwanda ranks 46th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.