Mauritania vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Mauritania
40.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
41.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
46th
Rwanda rank
45th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Mauritania
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 41.2 per 1,000 live births against 40.7 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 46th and Rwanda ranks 45th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245.91 per 1,000 live births | 219.53 per 1,000 live births | 26.38 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 214.33 per 1,000 live births | 247.06 per 1,000 live births | 32.73 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 150.62 per 1,000 live births | 179.93 per 1,000 live births | 29.31 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 118.2 per 1,000 live births | 222.95 per 1,000 live births | 104.75 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 82.98 per 1,000 live births | 123.37 per 1,000 live births | 40.39 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 54.58 per 1,000 live births | 53.86 per 1,000 live births | 0.72 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 43.36 per 1,000 live births | 43.22 per 1,000 live births | 0.14 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, male, Mauritania or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 41.2 per 1,000 live births against 40.7 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Mauritania ranks 46th and Rwanda ranks 45th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.