Burundi vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, infant
Burundi
30.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
31.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burundi rank
45th
Papua New Guinea rank
44th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Burundi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 31.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.5 per 1,000 live births in Burundi, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Burundi ranks 45th and Papua New Guinea ranks 44th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116.8 per 1,000 live births | 118.32 per 1,000 live births | 1.52 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 122.2 per 1,000 live births | 93.59 per 1,000 live births | 28.61 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 1980s | 97.87 per 1,000 live births | 72.78 per 1,000 live births | 25.09 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 1990s | 94.92 per 1,000 live births | 61.61 per 1,000 live births | 33.31 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 2000s | 74.62 per 1,000 live births | 51.96 per 1,000 live births | 22.66 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 2010s | 43.94 per 1,000 live births | 41.39 per 1,000 live births | 2.55 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 2020s | 32.48 per 1,000 live births | 33.18 per 1,000 live births | 0.7 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Burundi or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 31.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.5 per 1,000 live births in Burundi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Burundi ranks 45th and Papua New Guinea ranks 44th 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.