Which has higher number of infant deaths, Dominican Republic or Mauritania?

Dominican Republic, at 5,578 against 5,244 in Mauritania as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Dominican Republic and Mauritania?

334, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Mauritania?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs Mauritania: Number of infant deaths

Dominican Republic

5,578

in 2024

Mauritania

5,244

in 2024

Dominican Republic rank

63rd

Mauritania rank

65th

Number of infant deaths over time

Dominican Republic
Mauritania

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 5,578 against 5,244 in Mauritania, a difference of 334.

That makes Dominican Republic's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Dominican Republic has been ahead every year.

Dominican Republic ranks 63rd and Mauritania ranks 65th of 197 countries.

Dominican Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	17,212	5,376	11,836	Dominican Republic
1970s	15,032	6,511	8,521	Dominican Republic
1980s	11,846	6,028	5,818	Dominican Republic
1990s	8,816	6,447	2,369	Dominican Republic
2000s	6,645	5,919	726.3	Dominican Republic
2010s	6,611	5,619	992	Dominican Republic
2020s	5,965	5,373	591.8	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Dominican Republic or Mauritania?: Dominican Republic, at 5,578 against 5,244 in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Dominican Republic and Mauritania?: 334, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Mauritania?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Dominican Republic and Mauritania rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Dominican Republic ranks 63rd and Mauritania ranks 65th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), 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
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,444 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.