Which has higher number of youth deaths, Burundi or United States of America?

United States of America, at 29,856 deaths against 28,848 deaths in Burundi as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Burundi and United States of America?

1,008 deaths, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and United States of America?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs United States of America: Number of youth deaths

Burundi

28,848 deaths

in 2024

United States of America

29,856 deaths

in 2024

Burundi rank

40th

United States of America rank

39th

Number of youth deaths over time

Burundi
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 29,856 deaths against 28,848 deaths in Burundi, a difference of 1,008 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States of America ahead.

Burundi ranks 40th and United States of America ranks 39th of 199 countries.

Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1990s	57,248 deaths	46,969 deaths	10,279 deaths	Burundi
2000s	47,961 deaths	38,634 deaths	9,326 deaths	Burundi
2010s	37,649 deaths	32,514 deaths	5,135 deaths	Burundi
2020s	30,226 deaths	30,052 deaths	174 deaths	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, Burundi or United States of America?: United States of America, at 29,856 deaths against 28,848 deaths in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Burundi and United States of America?: 1,008 deaths, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and United States of America?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Burundi and United States of America rank globally for number of youth deaths?: Burundi ranks 40th and United States of America 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 youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of youth 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, 6,965 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.