Which has higher number of child deaths, Burundi or Viet Nam?

Viet Nam, at 24,085 deaths against 21,573 deaths in Burundi as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Burundi and Viet Nam?

2,512 deaths, with Viet Nam ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Viet Nam?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Viet Nam: Number of child deaths

Burundi

21,573 deaths

in 2024

Viet Nam

24,085 deaths

in 2024

Burundi rank

42nd

Viet Nam rank

39th

Number of child deaths over time

Burundi
Viet Nam

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 24,085 deaths against 21,573 deaths in Burundi, a difference of 2,512 deaths.

That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Viet Nam ahead.

Burundi ranks 42nd and Viet Nam ranks 39th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 1 and Viet Nam in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1970s	43,962 deaths	144,583 deaths	100,620 deaths	Viet Nam
1980s	42,699 deaths	113,555 deaths	70,856 deaths	Viet Nam
1990s	44,014 deaths	70,660 deaths	26,646 deaths	Viet Nam
2000s	39,229 deaths	37,306 deaths	1,923 deaths	Burundi
2010s	30,977 deaths	34,410 deaths	3,433 deaths	Viet Nam
2020s	22,817 deaths	26,825 deaths	4,008 deaths	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Burundi or Viet Nam?: Viet Nam, at 24,085 deaths against 21,573 deaths in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Burundi and Viet Nam?: 2,512 deaths, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Viet Nam?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Viet Nam rank globally for number of child deaths?: Burundi ranks 42nd and Viet Nam ranks 39th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .