What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Namibia and Uganda?

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Uganda?

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 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.

Namibia vs Uganda: Mortality rate, infant

Namibia

36.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uganda

35.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia rank

30th

Uganda rank

31st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Namibia
Uganda

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 36.4 per 1,000 live births against 35.9 per 1,000 live births in Uganda, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Uganda ahead.

Namibia ranks 30th and Uganda ranks 31st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	60.27 per 1,000 live births	111.37 per 1,000 live births	51.1 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1970s	66.44 per 1,000 live births	116.02 per 1,000 live births	49.58 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1980s	65.68 per 1,000 live births	118.64 per 1,000 live births	52.96 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1990s	52.28 per 1,000 live births	99.34 per 1,000 live births	47.06 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2000s	44.1 per 1,000 live births	70.17 per 1,000 live births	26.07 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2010s	44.7 per 1,000 live births	41.75 per 1,000 live births	2.95 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2020s	39.1 per 1,000 live births	36.32 per 1,000 live births	2.78 per 1,000 live births	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Namibia or Uganda?: Namibia, at 36.4 per 1,000 live births against 35.9 per 1,000 live births in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Namibia and Uganda?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Uganda?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Namibia ranks 30th and Uganda ranks 31st 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.