Rwanda vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
Rwanda
29.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
28.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda rank
48th
Tanzania rank
50th
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 29.4 per 1,000 live births against 28.7 per 1,000 live births in Tanzania, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.
Rwanda ranks 48th and Tanzania ranks 50th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 3 and Tanzania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115.81 per 1,000 live births | 119.75 per 1,000 live births | 3.94 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 124.44 per 1,000 live births | 110.02 per 1,000 live births | 14.42 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 95.07 per 1,000 live births | 107.55 per 1,000 live births | 12.48 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 123.09 per 1,000 live births | 100.24 per 1,000 live births | 22.85 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 71.59 per 1,000 live births | 65.77 per 1,000 live births | 5.82 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 35.36 per 1,000 live births | 41.31 per 1,000 live births | 5.95 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 30.44 per 1,000 live births | 30.92 per 1,000 live births | 0.48 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Rwanda or Tanzania?
- Rwanda, at 29.4 per 1,000 live births against 28.7 per 1,000 live births in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Rwanda and Tanzania?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Tanzania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Rwanda ranks 48th and Tanzania ranks 50th 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.