Mauritania vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, infant, male

Mauritania
33.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
32.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
47th
Rwanda rank
49th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Mauritania
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 33.4 per 1,000 live births against 32.3 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 47th and Rwanda ranks 49th 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 136.13 per 1,000 live births 122.36 per 1,000 live births 13.77 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
1970s 126.48 per 1,000 live births 131.78 per 1,000 live births 5.3 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
1980s 94.48 per 1,000 live births 101.41 per 1,000 live births 6.93 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
1990s 79.59 per 1,000 live births 129.52 per 1,000 live births 49.93 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
2000s 60.44 per 1,000 live births 76.65 per 1,000 live births 16.21 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
2010s 42.89 per 1,000 live births 38.69 per 1,000 live births 4.2 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
2020s 35.42 per 1,000 live births 33.42 per 1,000 live births 2 per 1,000 live births Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Mauritania or Rwanda?
Mauritania, at 33.4 per 1,000 live births against 32.3 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Mauritania and Rwanda?
1.1 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, male?
Mauritania ranks 47th 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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About this data

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

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.