Burundi vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, infant, female
Burundi
26.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
26.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burundi rank
45th
Rwanda rank
47th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Burundi
- Rwanda
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 26.9 per 1,000 live births against 26.2 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Rwanda ahead.
Burundi ranks 45th and Rwanda ranks 47th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 5 and Rwanda in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107.08 per 1,000 live births | 106.74 per 1,000 live births | 0.34 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 1970s | 111.83 per 1,000 live births | 116.72 per 1,000 live births | 4.89 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 88.68 per 1,000 live births | 88.39 per 1,000 live births | 0.29 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 1990s | 86.36 per 1,000 live births | 116.34 per 1,000 live births | 29.98 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 67.11 per 1,000 live births | 66.25 per 1,000 live births | 0.86 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 2010s | 38.94 per 1,000 live births | 31.87 per 1,000 live births | 7.07 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 2020s | 28.64 per 1,000 live births | 27.22 per 1,000 live births | 1.42 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 Rwanda?
- Burundi, at 26.9 per 1,000 live births against 26.2 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Burundi and Rwanda?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Rwanda?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Burundi ranks 45th and Rwanda ranks 47th 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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About this data
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.