Myanmar vs South Africa: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Myanmar
33 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Africa
32.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Myanmar rank
49th
South Africa rank
51st
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Myanmar
- South Africa
How they compare
Myanmar 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 Myanmar ahead.
Myanmar ranks 49th and South Africa ranks 51st of 197 countries.
Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 138.03 per 1,000 live births | 99.85 per 1,000 live births | 38.18 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 119.07 per 1,000 live births | 68.46 per 1,000 live births | 50.61 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 95.18 per 1,000 live births | 55.58 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 74.18 per 1,000 live births | 69.22 per 1,000 live births | 4.96 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 46.98 per 1,000 live births | 37.15 per 1,000 live births | 9.83 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 35.34 per 1,000 live births | 31.74 per 1,000 live births | 3.6 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Myanmar or South Africa?
- Myanmar, 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 Myanmar and South Africa?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and South Africa?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Myanmar and South Africa rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Myanmar 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.