Mauritania vs Rwanda: Child mortality vs. health spending
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 vs. health spending 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 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 49th and Rwanda ranks 46th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 27.33 deaths per 100 live births | 23.46 deaths per 100 live births | 3.88 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 vs. health spending, 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 vs. health spending 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?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Rwanda rank globally for child mortality vs. health spending?
- Mauritania ranks 49th and Rwanda ranks 46th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .