Mauritania vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, infant
Mauritania
30.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
29.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
47th
Rwanda rank
48th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Mauritania
- Rwanda
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 30.2 per 1,000 live births against 29.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 47th and Rwanda ranks 48th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125.9 per 1,000 live births | 115.81 per 1,000 live births | 10.09 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 116.62 per 1,000 live births | 124.44 per 1,000 live births | 7.82 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 86.08 per 1,000 live births | 95.07 per 1,000 live births | 8.99 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 72.21 per 1,000 live births | 123.09 per 1,000 live births | 50.88 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 54.55 per 1,000 live births | 71.59 per 1,000 live births | 17.04 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 38.85 per 1,000 live births | 35.36 per 1,000 live births | 3.49 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 32.06 per 1,000 live births | 30.44 per 1,000 live births | 1.62 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Mauritania or Rwanda?
- Mauritania, at 30.2 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 Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Mauritania ranks 47th 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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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.