Mauritania vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Mauritania
36.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
37 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
48th
Tanzania rank
47th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Mauritania
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 37 per 1,000 live births against 36.9 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1 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 48th and Tanzania ranks 47th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 235.1 per 1,000 live births | 230.67 per 1,000 live births | 4.43 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 204.05 per 1,000 live births | 198.42 per 1,000 live births | 5.63 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 141.83 per 1,000 live births | 176.61 per 1,000 live births | 34.78 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 110.41 per 1,000 live births | 155.11 per 1,000 live births | 44.7 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 76.49 per 1,000 live births | 97.28 per 1,000 live births | 20.79 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 49.92 per 1,000 live births | 55.91 per 1,000 live births | 5.99 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 39.42 per 1,000 live births | 40.22 per 1,000 live births | 0.8 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, Mauritania or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 37 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 Tanzania?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Mauritania ranks 48th 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 (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.