Rwanda vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Rwanda
34.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
33.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda rank
45th
Tanzania rank
47th
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 34.1 per 1,000 live births against 33.2 per 1,000 live births in Tanzania, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tanzania ahead.
Rwanda ranks 45th and Tanzania ranks 47th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 3 and Tanzania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 202.44 per 1,000 live births | 221.86 per 1,000 live births | 19.42 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 226.82 per 1,000 live births | 189.88 per 1,000 live births | 36.94 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 161.97 per 1,000 live births | 169.21 per 1,000 live births | 7.24 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 205.7 per 1,000 live births | 148.26 per 1,000 live births | 57.44 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 111.75 per 1,000 live births | 91.49 per 1,000 live births | 20.26 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 46.01 per 1,000 live births | 51.04 per 1,000 live births | 5.03 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 35.94 per 1,000 live births | 36.18 per 1,000 live births | 0.24 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Rwanda or Tanzania?
- Rwanda, at 34.1 per 1,000 live births against 33.2 per 1,000 live births in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Rwanda and Tanzania?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Tanzania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Rwanda ranks 45th and Tanzania ranks 47th 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.