Mauritania vs Senegal: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Mauritania
33 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Senegal
32.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
49th
Senegal rank
52nd
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Mauritania
- Senegal
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 33 per 1,000 live births against 32.3 per 1,000 live births in Senegal, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.
Mauritania ranks 49th and Senegal ranks 52nd of 197 countries.
Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 223.7 per 1,000 live births | 291.25 per 1,000 live births | 67.55 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1970s | 193.32 per 1,000 live births | 248.58 per 1,000 live births | 55.26 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1980s | 132.63 per 1,000 live births | 165.55 per 1,000 live births | 32.92 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1990s | 102.27 per 1,000 live births | 128.75 per 1,000 live births | 26.48 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2000s | 69.67 per 1,000 live births | 88.01 per 1,000 live births | 18.34 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2010s | 45.03 per 1,000 live births | 48.31 per 1,000 live births | 3.28 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2020s | 35.24 per 1,000 live births | 35.7 per 1,000 live births | 0.46 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Mauritania or Senegal?
- Mauritania, at 33 per 1,000 live births against 32.3 per 1,000 live births in Senegal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Mauritania and Senegal?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Senegal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Senegal rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Mauritania ranks 49th and Senegal ranks 52nd 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.