What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Burundi and North America?

21.9 per 1,000 live births, with Burundi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and North America?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs North America: Mortality rate, infant, female

Burundi

26.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

North America

5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burundi rank

45th

North America rank

42nd

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

Burundi
North America

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 26.9 per 1,000 live births against 5 per 1,000 live births in North America, a difference of 21.9 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Burundi's figure about 5.4 times North America's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Burundi has been ahead every year.

Burundi ranks 45th and North America ranks 42nd of 197 countries.

Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	North America	Difference	Ahead
1990s	86.36 per 1,000 live births	7.12 per 1,000 live births	79.24 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2000s	67.11 per 1,000 live births	5.97 per 1,000 live births	61.14 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2010s	38.94 per 1,000 live births	5.2 per 1,000 live births	33.74 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2020s	28.64 per 1,000 live births	4.98 per 1,000 live births	23.66 per 1,000 live births	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Burundi or North America?: Burundi, at 26.9 per 1,000 live births against 5 per 1,000 live births in North America as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Burundi and North America?: 21.9 per 1,000 live births, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and North America?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Burundi and North America rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?: Burundi ranks 45th and North America ranks 42nd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.