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

1 per 1,000 live births, with Turkmenistan ahead.

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

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 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 Turkmenistan: Mortality rate, infant

Rwanda

29.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Turkmenistan

30.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Rwanda rank

48th

Turkmenistan rank

46th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Rwanda
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 30.4 per 1,000 live births against 29.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Rwanda ahead.

Rwanda ranks 48th and Turkmenistan ranks 46th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 5 and Turkmenistan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	128.6 per 1,000 live births	114.43 per 1,000 live births	14.17 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1980s	95.07 per 1,000 live births	86.37 per 1,000 live births	8.7 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1990s	123.09 per 1,000 live births	65.73 per 1,000 live births	57.36 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2000s	71.59 per 1,000 live births	45.4 per 1,000 live births	26.19 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2010s	35.36 per 1,000 live births	34.22 per 1,000 live births	1.14 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2020s	30.44 per 1,000 live births	31.96 per 1,000 live births	1.52 per 1,000 live births	Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Rwanda or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 30.4 per 1,000 live births against 29.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Rwanda and Turkmenistan?: 1 per 1,000 live births, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Turkmenistan?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Turkmenistan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Rwanda ranks 48th and Turkmenistan ranks 46th 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.