Burundi vs Papua New Guinea: Infant mortality rate by sex
Burundi
2.69 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
2.85 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Burundi rank
45th
Papua New Guinea rank
42nd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Burundi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea'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 Papua New Guinea ahead.
Burundi ranks 45th and Papua New Guinea ranks 42nd of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.71 deaths per 100 live births | 11.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4927 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 11.18 deaths per 100 live births | 8.82 deaths per 100 live births | 2.37 deaths per 100 live births | Burundi |
| 1980s | 8.87 deaths per 100 live births | 6.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | Burundi |
| 1990s | 8.64 deaths per 100 live births | 5.78 deaths per 100 live births | 2.85 deaths per 100 live births | Burundi |
| 2000s | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | 4.84 deaths per 100 live births | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | Burundi |
| 2010s | 3.89 deaths per 100 live births | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0825 deaths per 100 live births | Burundi |
| 2020s | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | 3.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1619 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Burundi or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea?
- 0.16 deaths per 100 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Burundi ranks 45th and Papua New Guinea ranks 42nd 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 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 .