What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Rwanda and Senegal?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Senegal?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Rwanda vs Senegal: Mortality rate, infant

Rwanda

29.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Senegal

28.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Rwanda rank

48th

Senegal rank

49th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Rwanda
Senegal

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 29.4 per 1,000 live births against 28.9 per 1,000 live births in Senegal, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.

Rwanda ranks 48th and Senegal ranks 49th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 4 and Senegal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	115.81 per 1,000 live births	124.63 per 1,000 live births	8.82 per 1,000 live births	Senegal
1970s	124.44 per 1,000 live births	112.81 per 1,000 live births	11.63 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1980s	95.07 per 1,000 live births	86.63 per 1,000 live births	8.44 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1990s	123.09 per 1,000 live births	74.96 per 1,000 live births	48.13 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2000s	71.59 per 1,000 live births	56.93 per 1,000 live births	14.66 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2010s	35.36 per 1,000 live births	37.83 per 1,000 live births	2.47 per 1,000 live births	Senegal
2020s	30.44 per 1,000 live births	31.26 per 1,000 live births	0.82 per 1,000 live births	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Rwanda or Senegal?: Rwanda, at 29.4 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 Rwanda and Senegal?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Senegal?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Senegal rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Rwanda ranks 48th 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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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.