Mauritania vs Senegal: Mortality rate, infant
Mauritania
30.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Senegal
28.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
47th
Senegal rank
49th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Mauritania
- Senegal
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 30.2 per 1,000 live births against 28.9 per 1,000 live births in Senegal, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 47th and Senegal ranks 49th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 4 and Senegal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125.9 per 1,000 live births | 124.63 per 1,000 live births | 1.27 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 116.62 per 1,000 live births | 112.81 per 1,000 live births | 3.81 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 86.08 per 1,000 live births | 86.63 per 1,000 live births | 0.55 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1990s | 72.21 per 1,000 live births | 74.96 per 1,000 live births | 2.75 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2000s | 54.55 per 1,000 live births | 56.93 per 1,000 live births | 2.38 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2010s | 38.85 per 1,000 live births | 37.83 per 1,000 live births | 1.02 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 32.06 per 1,000 live births | 31.26 per 1,000 live births | 0.8 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 Senegal?
- Mauritania, at 30.2 per 1,000 live births against 28.9 per 1,000 live births in Senegal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Mauritania and Senegal?
- 1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Senegal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Senegal rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Mauritania ranks 47th and Senegal ranks 49th 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.