Burundi vs Gambia: Infant mortality rate by sex
Burundi
2.69 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Gambia
2.85 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Burundi rank
45th
Gambia rank
43rd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Burundi
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 2.85 deaths per 100 live births against 2.69 deaths per 100 live births in Burundi, a difference of 0.16 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Gambia ahead.
Burundi ranks 45th and Gambia ranks 43rd of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 3 and Gambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.71 deaths per 100 live births | 13.71 deaths per 100 live births | 3 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 11.18 deaths per 100 live births | 12.56 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 8.87 deaths per 100 live births | 10.37 deaths per 100 live births | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1990s | 8.64 deaths per 100 live births | 7.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7712 deaths per 100 live births | Burundi |
| 2000s | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | 5.56 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Burundi |
| 2010s | 3.89 deaths per 100 live births | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0107 deaths per 100 live births | Burundi |
| 2020s | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | 3.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1627 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Burundi or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 2.85 deaths per 100 live births against 2.69 deaths per 100 live births in Burundi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Burundi and Gambia?
- 0.16 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Gambia?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and Gambia rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Burundi ranks 45th and Gambia ranks 43rd 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 Infant mortality rate by sex. 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .