What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Burundi and Tanzania?

0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Tanzania?

57 years are reported by both, from 1968 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Burundi

19.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Tanzania

19.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burundi rank

48th

Tanzania rank

46th

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) over time

Burundi
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 19.9 per 1,000 live births against 19.1 per 1,000 live births in Burundi, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 48th and Tanzania ranks 46th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 5 and Tanzania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	49.8 per 1,000 live births	47.65 per 1,000 live births	2.15 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
1970s	48.54 per 1,000 live births	43.65 per 1,000 live births	4.89 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
1980s	41.64 per 1,000 live births	42.78 per 1,000 live births	1.14 per 1,000 live births	Tanzania
1990s	38.35 per 1,000 live births	36.83 per 1,000 live births	1.52 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2000s	32.99 per 1,000 live births	28.38 per 1,000 live births	4.61 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2010s	24.15 per 1,000 live births	23.58 per 1,000 live births	0.57 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2020s	19.86 per 1,000 live births	21.14 per 1,000 live births	1.28 per 1,000 live births	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Burundi or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 19.9 per 1,000 live births against 19.1 per 1,000 live births in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Burundi and Tanzania?: 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Tanzania?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Burundi ranks 48th and Tanzania 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Burundi vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, neonatal. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 10 November 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-neonatal-per-1-000-live-births/burundi/tanzania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-neonatal-per-1-000-live-births/burundi/tanzania/">Burundi vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, neonatal</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Mortality rate, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.