What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burundi and High income?

26.3 per 1,000 live births, with Burundi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and High income?

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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs High income: Mortality rate, infant

Burundi

30.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

High income

4.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burundi rank

45th

High income rank

43rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Burundi
High income

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 30.5 per 1,000 live births against 4.2 per 1,000 live births in High income, a difference of 26.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Burundi's figure about 7.3 times High income's.

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

Burundi ranks 45th and High income ranks 43rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	High income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	94.92 per 1,000 live births	9.49 per 1,000 live births	85.43 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2000s	74.62 per 1,000 live births	6.58 per 1,000 live births	68.04 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2010s	43.94 per 1,000 live births	4.94 per 1,000 live births	39 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2020s	32.48 per 1,000 live births	4.26 per 1,000 live births	28.22 per 1,000 live births	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Burundi or High income?: Burundi, at 30.5 per 1,000 live births against 4.2 per 1,000 live births in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burundi and High income?: 26.3 per 1,000 live births, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and High income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Burundi and High income rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Burundi ranks 45th and High income ranks 43rd 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.