What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Myanmar and North America?

27.4 per 1,000 live births, with Myanmar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and North America?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Myanmar vs North America: Mortality rate, infant

Myanmar

32.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

North America

5.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Myanmar rank

40th

North America rank

42nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Myanmar
North America

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 32.8 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in North America, a difference of 27.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 6.1 times North America's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Myanmar has been ahead every year.

Myanmar ranks 40th and North America ranks 42nd of 197 countries.

Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Myanmar	North America	Difference	Ahead
1990s	83.12 per 1,000 live births	7.98 per 1,000 live births	75.14 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
2000s	66.69 per 1,000 live births	6.65 per 1,000 live births	60.04 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
2010s	45.43 per 1,000 live births	5.72 per 1,000 live births	39.71 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
2020s	34.94 per 1,000 live births	5.4 per 1,000 live births	29.54 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Myanmar or North America?: Myanmar, at 32.8 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in North America as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Myanmar and North America?: 27.4 per 1,000 live births, with Myanmar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and North America?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Myanmar and North America rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Myanmar ranks 40th and North America ranks 42nd 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: 03 September 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.