Mauritania vs South Africa: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Mauritania
33 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Africa
32.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
49th
South Africa rank
51st
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Mauritania
- South Africa
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 33 per 1,000 live births against 32.4 per 1,000 live births in South Africa, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 49th and South Africa ranks 51st of 197 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 168.65 per 1,000 live births | 99.85 per 1,000 live births | 68.8 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 132.63 per 1,000 live births | 68.46 per 1,000 live births | 64.17 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 102.27 per 1,000 live births | 55.58 per 1,000 live births | 46.69 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 69.67 per 1,000 live births | 69.22 per 1,000 live births | 0.45 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 45.03 per 1,000 live births | 37.15 per 1,000 live births | 7.88 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 35.24 per 1,000 live births | 31.74 per 1,000 live births | 3.5 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Mauritania or South Africa?
- Mauritania, at 33 per 1,000 live births against 32.4 per 1,000 live births in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Mauritania and South Africa?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and South Africa?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and South Africa rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Mauritania ranks 49th and South Africa ranks 51st 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.