What is the difference in child mortality rate between Mauritania and Tanzania?

0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?

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.

Mauritania vs Tanzania: Child mortality rate

Mauritania

3.69 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Tanzania

3.7 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Mauritania rank

49th

Tanzania rank

47th

Child mortality rate over time

Mauritania
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 3.7 deaths per 100 live births against 3.69 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 49th and Tanzania ranks 47th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Tanzania in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1970s	20.41 deaths per 100 live births	19.84 deaths per 100 live births	0.5645 deaths per 100 live births	Mauritania
1980s	14.18 deaths per 100 live births	17.66 deaths per 100 live births	3.48 deaths per 100 live births	Tanzania
1990s	11.04 deaths per 100 live births	15.51 deaths per 100 live births	4.47 deaths per 100 live births	Tanzania
2000s	7.65 deaths per 100 live births	9.73 deaths per 100 live births	2.08 deaths per 100 live births	Tanzania
2010s	4.99 deaths per 100 live births	5.59 deaths per 100 live births	0.5979 deaths per 100 live births	Tanzania
2020s	3.94 deaths per 100 live births	4.02 deaths per 100 live births	0.079 deaths per 100 live births	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Mauritania or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 3.7 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 rate between Mauritania and Tanzania?: 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Tanzania rank globally for child mortality rate?: Mauritania ranks 49th and Tanzania ranks 47th 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 .