What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Laos and Tanzania?

1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Tanzania?

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 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.

Laos vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

Laos

27.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Tanzania

28.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Laos rank

53rd

Tanzania rank

50th

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time

Laos
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 28.7 per 1,000 live births against 27.2 per 1,000 live births in Laos, a difference of 1.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 53rd and Tanzania ranks 50th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 4 and Tanzania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Laos	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1970s	134.25 per 1,000 live births	105.3 per 1,000 live births	28.95 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1980s	123.22 per 1,000 live births	107.55 per 1,000 live births	15.67 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1990s	98.08 per 1,000 live births	100.24 per 1,000 live births	2.16 per 1,000 live births	Tanzania
2000s	67.95 per 1,000 live births	65.77 per 1,000 live births	2.18 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2010s	41.44 per 1,000 live births	41.31 per 1,000 live births	0.13 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2020s	29.42 per 1,000 live births	30.92 per 1,000 live births	1.5 per 1,000 live births	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Laos or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 28.7 per 1,000 live births against 27.2 per 1,000 live births in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Laos and Tanzania?: 1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Tanzania?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Laos and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Laos ranks 53rd and Tanzania ranks 50th 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: 29 October 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.