What is the difference in child mortality rate between Myanmar and Rwanda?

0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Rwanda?

58 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Myanmar vs Rwanda: Child mortality rate

Myanmar

3.69 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Rwanda

3.77 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Myanmar rank

48th

Rwanda rank

46th

Child mortality rate over time

Myanmar
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 3.77 deaths per 100 live births against 3.69 deaths per 100 live births in Myanmar, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Myanmar ahead.

Myanmar ranks 48th and Rwanda ranks 46th of 200 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Myanmar	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	21.03 deaths per 100 live births	21.6 deaths per 100 live births	0.57 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
1970s	15.72 deaths per 100 live births	23.72 deaths per 100 live births	7.99 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
1980s	12.74 deaths per 100 live births	17.12 deaths per 100 live births	4.38 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
1990s	10.29 deaths per 100 live births	21.45 deaths per 100 live births	11.16 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
2000s	8.08 deaths per 100 live births	11.77 deaths per 100 live births	3.69 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
2010s	5.21 deaths per 100 live births	5 deaths per 100 live births	0.205 deaths per 100 live births	Myanmar
2020s	3.95 deaths per 100 live births	3.97 deaths per 100 live births	0.02 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Myanmar or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 3.77 deaths per 100 live births against 3.69 deaths per 100 live births in Myanmar as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Myanmar and Rwanda?: 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Rwanda?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Myanmar and Rwanda rank globally for child mortality rate?: Myanmar ranks 48th and Rwanda ranks 46th of 200 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 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: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.