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

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

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

60 years are reported by both, from 1965 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 Rwanda: Mortality rate, infant

Burundi

30.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Rwanda

29.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burundi rank

45th

Rwanda rank

48th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Burundi
Rwanda

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 30.5 per 1,000 live births against 29.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 45th and Rwanda ranks 48th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 5 and Rwanda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	116.8 per 1,000 live births	113.88 per 1,000 live births	2.92 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
1970s	122.2 per 1,000 live births	124.44 per 1,000 live births	2.24 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1980s	97.87 per 1,000 live births	95.07 per 1,000 live births	2.8 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
1990s	94.92 per 1,000 live births	123.09 per 1,000 live births	28.17 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2000s	74.62 per 1,000 live births	71.59 per 1,000 live births	3.03 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2010s	43.94 per 1,000 live births	35.36 per 1,000 live births	8.58 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2020s	32.48 per 1,000 live births	30.44 per 1,000 live births	2.04 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 Rwanda?: Burundi, at 30.5 per 1,000 live births against 29.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burundi and Rwanda?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Rwanda?: 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Burundi ranks 45th and Rwanda ranks 48th 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: 20 August 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.