Mauritania vs Senegal: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Mauritania
40.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Senegal
40.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
46th
Senegal rank
47th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Mauritania
  • Senegal
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 40.7 per 1,000 live births against 40.5 per 1,000 live births in Senegal, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.

Mauritania ranks 46th and Senegal ranks 47th of 197 countries.

Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Senegal Difference Ahead
1960s 245.91 per 1,000 live births 299.93 per 1,000 live births 54.02 per 1,000 live births Senegal
1970s 214.33 per 1,000 live births 259.16 per 1,000 live births 44.83 per 1,000 live births Senegal
1980s 150.62 per 1,000 live births 180.88 per 1,000 live births 30.26 per 1,000 live births Senegal
1990s 118.2 per 1,000 live births 143.14 per 1,000 live births 24.94 per 1,000 live births Senegal
2000s 82.98 per 1,000 live births 100.28 per 1,000 live births 17.3 per 1,000 live births Senegal
2010s 54.58 per 1,000 live births 58.64 per 1,000 live births 4.06 per 1,000 live births Senegal
2020s 43.36 per 1,000 live births 44.54 per 1,000 live births 1.18 per 1,000 live births Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Mauritania or Senegal?
Mauritania, at 40.7 per 1,000 live births against 40.5 per 1,000 live births in Senegal as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Mauritania and Senegal?
0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Senegal?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Senegal rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Mauritania ranks 46th and Senegal 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, 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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, male (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
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.