Burundi vs Malawi: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Burundi
43 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi
43.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burundi rank
34th
Malawi rank
31st
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Burundi
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 43 per 1,000 live births in Burundi, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Malawi ahead.
Burundi ranks 34th and Malawi ranks 31st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.54 per 1,000 live births | 333.52 per 1,000 live births | 92.98 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 247.35 per 1,000 live births | 293.55 per 1,000 live births | 46.2 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 180.23 per 1,000 live births | 239 per 1,000 live births | 58.77 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 163.06 per 1,000 live births | 202.38 per 1,000 live births | 39.32 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 118.24 per 1,000 live births | 120.23 per 1,000 live births | 1.99 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 65.22 per 1,000 live births | 55.35 per 1,000 live births | 9.87 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
| 2020s | 46.18 per 1,000 live births | 44.34 per 1,000 live births | 1.84 per 1,000 live births | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Burundi or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 43 per 1,000 live births in Burundi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Burundi and Malawi?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Malawi?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and Malawi rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Burundi ranks 34th and Malawi 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.