Burundi vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Burundi
43 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
12 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burundi rank
34th
Upper middle income rank
35th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Burundi
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Burundi currently reports 43 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 31 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Burundi's figure about 3.6 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Burundi has been ahead every year.

Burundi ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 197 countries.

Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 163.06 per 1,000 live births 44.99 per 1,000 live births 118.07 per 1,000 live births Burundi
2000s 118.24 per 1,000 live births 27.29 per 1,000 live births 90.95 per 1,000 live births Burundi
2010s 65.22 per 1,000 live births 15.54 per 1,000 live births 49.68 per 1,000 live births Burundi
2020s 46.18 per 1,000 live births 12.54 per 1,000 live births 33.64 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 Upper middle income?
Burundi, at 43 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Burundi and Upper middle income?
31 per 1,000 live births, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Upper middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Burundi ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 35th 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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

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.