Botswana vs Myanmar: Mortality rate, infant
Botswana
32.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Myanmar
32.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
42nd
Myanmar rank
40th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Botswana
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 32.8 per 1,000 live births against 32.1 per 1,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Myanmar ahead.
Botswana ranks 42nd and Myanmar ranks 40th of 197 countries.
Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99 per 1,000 live births | 126.5 per 1,000 live births | 27.5 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 80.27 per 1,000 live births | 114.85 per 1,000 live births | 34.58 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 49.04 per 1,000 live births | 97.77 per 1,000 live births | 48.73 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 40.49 per 1,000 live births | 83.12 per 1,000 live births | 42.63 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 44.85 per 1,000 live births | 66.69 per 1,000 live births | 21.84 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 45.34 per 1,000 live births | 45.43 per 1,000 live births | 0.09 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 34.32 per 1,000 live births | 34.94 per 1,000 live births | 0.62 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Botswana or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 32.8 per 1,000 live births against 32.1 per 1,000 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Botswana and Myanmar?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Myanmar?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Myanmar rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Botswana ranks 42nd and Myanmar ranks 40th 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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.