What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Mozambique and World?

14.5 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and World?

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.

Mozambique vs World: Mortality rate, infant, female

Mozambique

39.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

World

25.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mozambique rank

18th

World rank

19th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

Mozambique
World

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 39.8 per 1,000 live births against 25.3 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 14.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.6 times World's.

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

Mozambique ranks 18th and World ranks 19th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	World	Difference	Ahead
1990s	128.74 per 1,000 live births	56.86 per 1,000 live births	71.88 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2000s	79.14 per 1,000 live births	42.6 per 1,000 live births	36.54 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2010s	50.81 per 1,000 live births	29.95 per 1,000 live births	20.86 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2020s	42.06 per 1,000 live births	26.32 per 1,000 live births	15.74 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Mozambique or World?: Mozambique, at 39.8 per 1,000 live births against 25.3 per 1,000 live births in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Mozambique and World?: 14.5 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and World?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Mozambique and World rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?: Mozambique ranks 18th and World ranks 19th 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.