What is the difference in child mortality rate between Burundi and Gambia?

0.47 deaths per 100 live births, with Burundi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Gambia?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Gambia: Child mortality rate

Burundi

4.71 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Gambia

4.24 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Burundi rank

34th

Gambia rank

37th

Child mortality rate over time

Burundi
Gambia

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 4.71 deaths per 100 live births against 4.24 deaths per 100 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0.47 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Gambia ahead.

Burundi ranks 34th and Gambia ranks 37th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 4 and Gambia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Gambia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	25.31 deaths per 100 live births	26.6 deaths per 100 live births	1.28 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia
1980s	18.71 deaths per 100 live births	20.09 deaths per 100 live births	1.38 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia
1990s	17.09 deaths per 100 live births	14.13 deaths per 100 live births	2.95 deaths per 100 live births	Burundi
2000s	12.58 deaths per 100 live births	9.35 deaths per 100 live births	3.23 deaths per 100 live births	Burundi
2010s	7.06 deaths per 100 live births	6.07 deaths per 100 live births	0.9892 deaths per 100 live births	Burundi
2020s	5.05 deaths per 100 live births	4.54 deaths per 100 live births	0.5086 deaths per 100 live births	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Burundi or Gambia?: Burundi, at 4.71 deaths per 100 live births against 4.24 deaths per 100 live births in Gambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Burundi and Gambia?: 0.47 deaths per 100 live births, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Gambia?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Gambia rank globally for child mortality rate?: Burundi ranks 34th and Gambia ranks 37th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,614 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .