Myanmar vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Myanmar
36.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
37 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Myanmar rank
48th
Tanzania rank
47th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Myanmar
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 37 per 1,000 live births against 36.9 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Tanzania ahead.
Myanmar ranks 48th and Tanzania ranks 47th of 197 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178.15 per 1,000 live births | 219.75 per 1,000 live births | 41.6 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 157.25 per 1,000 live births | 198.42 per 1,000 live births | 41.17 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 127.44 per 1,000 live births | 176.61 per 1,000 live births | 49.17 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 102.88 per 1,000 live births | 155.11 per 1,000 live births | 52.23 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 80.77 per 1,000 live births | 97.28 per 1,000 live births | 16.51 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 52.09 per 1,000 live births | 55.91 per 1,000 live births | 3.82 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 39.48 per 1,000 live births | 40.22 per 1,000 live births | 0.74 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, Myanmar or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 37 per 1,000 live births against 36.9 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Myanmar and Tanzania?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Tanzania?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Myanmar and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Myanmar 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.