Mauritania vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, under-5
Mauritania
36.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
37.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
48th
Rwanda rank
46th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Mauritania
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 37.7 per 1,000 live births against 36.9 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 48th and Rwanda ranks 46th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 235.1 per 1,000 live births | 211.25 per 1,000 live births | 23.85 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 204.05 per 1,000 live births | 237.18 per 1,000 live births | 33.13 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 141.83 per 1,000 live births | 171.2 per 1,000 live births | 29.37 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 110.41 per 1,000 live births | 214.51 per 1,000 live births | 104.1 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 76.49 per 1,000 live births | 117.71 per 1,000 live births | 41.22 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 49.92 per 1,000 live births | 50.04 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 39.42 per 1,000 live births | 39.68 per 1,000 live births | 0.26 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Mauritania or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 37.7 per 1,000 live births against 36.9 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 0.8 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?
- Mauritania ranks 48th and Rwanda ranks 46th 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.