Which has higher number of infant deaths, Haiti or Rwanda?

Rwanda, at 11,626 deaths against 10,005 deaths in Haiti as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Haiti and Rwanda?

1,621 deaths, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Rwanda?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 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 infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Haiti vs Rwanda: Number of infant deaths

Haiti

10,005 deaths

in 2024

Rwanda

11,626 deaths

in 2024

Haiti rank

52nd

Rwanda rank

49th

Number of infant deaths over time

Haiti
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 11,626 deaths against 10,005 deaths in Haiti, a difference of 1,621 deaths.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.2 times Haiti's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Haiti ahead.

Haiti ranks 52nd and Rwanda ranks 49th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Haiti	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	31,348 deaths	18,829 deaths	12,519 deaths	Haiti
1970s	29,801 deaths	27,584 deaths	2,217 deaths	Haiti
1980s	26,836 deaths	28,593 deaths	1,757 deaths	Rwanda
1990s	22,229 deaths	37,238 deaths	15,009 deaths	Rwanda
2000s	16,581 deaths	25,203 deaths	8,623 deaths	Rwanda
2010s	13,989 deaths	13,018 deaths	970.8 deaths	Haiti
2020s	10,681 deaths	11,926 deaths	1,246 deaths	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Haiti or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 11,626 deaths against 10,005 deaths in Haiti as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Haiti and Rwanda?: 1,621 deaths, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Rwanda?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Haiti and Rwanda rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Haiti ranks 52nd and Rwanda ranks 49th 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 infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant 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, 12,788 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 1 .