Namibia vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Namibia
35.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
34.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Namibia rank
42nd
Rwanda rank
45th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Namibia
- Rwanda
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 35.4 per 1,000 live births against 34.1 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Rwanda ahead.
Namibia ranks 42nd and Rwanda ranks 45th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.97 per 1,000 live births | 204.3 per 1,000 live births | 113.33 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 93.93 per 1,000 live births | 226.82 per 1,000 live births | 132.89 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 83.61 per 1,000 live births | 161.97 per 1,000 live births | 78.36 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 68.07 per 1,000 live births | 205.7 per 1,000 live births | 137.63 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 63.86 per 1,000 live births | 111.75 per 1,000 live births | 47.89 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 45.14 per 1,000 live births | 46.01 per 1,000 live births | 0.87 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 37.7 per 1,000 live births | 35.94 per 1,000 live births | 1.76 per 1,000 live births | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Namibia or Rwanda?
- Namibia, at 35.4 per 1,000 live births against 34.1 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Namibia and Rwanda?
- 1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Rwanda?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
- How do Namibia and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Namibia ranks 42nd and Rwanda ranks 45th of 196 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.