Mauritania vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, infant, female

Mauritania
26.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
26.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
46th
Rwanda rank
47th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Mauritania
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 26.8 per 1,000 live births against 26.2 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 46th and Rwanda ranks 47th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 115.1 per 1,000 live births 108.85 per 1,000 live births 6.25 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
1970s 106.36 per 1,000 live births 116.72 per 1,000 live births 10.36 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
1980s 77.24 per 1,000 live births 88.39 per 1,000 live births 11.15 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
1990s 64.48 per 1,000 live births 116.34 per 1,000 live births 51.86 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
2000s 48.37 per 1,000 live births 66.25 per 1,000 live births 17.88 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
2010s 34.59 per 1,000 live births 31.87 per 1,000 live births 2.72 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
2020s 28.44 per 1,000 live births 27.22 per 1,000 live births 1.22 per 1,000 live births Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Mauritania or Rwanda?
Mauritania, at 26.8 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 Mauritania and Rwanda?
0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Rwanda?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Mauritania ranks 46th 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

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

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.