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
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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

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
243 places, 13,475 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.