What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Laos and Rwanda?

1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Rwanda?

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Laos vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

Laos

30.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Rwanda

32.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Laos rank

52nd

Rwanda rank

49th

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) over time

Laos
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 32.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.6 per 1,000 live births in Laos, a difference of 1.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 52nd and Rwanda ranks 49th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Laos	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1970s	144.5 per 1,000 live births	134.55 per 1,000 live births	9.95 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1980s	133.24 per 1,000 live births	101.41 per 1,000 live births	31.83 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1990s	107.5 per 1,000 live births	129.52 per 1,000 live births	22.02 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2000s	75.51 per 1,000 live births	76.65 per 1,000 live births	1.14 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2010s	46.49 per 1,000 live births	38.69 per 1,000 live births	7.8 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2020s	33.12 per 1,000 live births	33.42 per 1,000 live births	0.3 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Laos or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 32.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.6 per 1,000 live births in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Laos and Rwanda?: 1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Rwanda?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Laos and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?: Laos ranks 52nd and Rwanda ranks 49th 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, male (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, male (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: 29 October 2026

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