What is the difference in child mortality rate between Rwanda and Palestine?

0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Palestine ahead.

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

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 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 Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Rwanda vs Palestine: Child mortality rate

Rwanda

3.77 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Palestine

3.79 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Rwanda rank

46th

Palestine rank

45th

Child mortality rate over time

Rwanda
Palestine

How they compare

Palestine currently reports 3.79 deaths per 100 live births against 3.77 deaths per 100 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Rwanda ahead.

Rwanda ranks 46th and Palestine ranks 45th of 199 countries.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Palestine	Difference	Ahead
1970s	24.55 deaths per 100 live births	9.67 deaths per 100 live births	14.89 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
1980s	17.12 deaths per 100 live births	6.21 deaths per 100 live births	10.91 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
1990s	21.45 deaths per 100 live births	3.75 deaths per 100 live births	17.7 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
2000s	11.77 deaths per 100 live births	2.64 deaths per 100 live births	9.13 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
2010s	5 deaths per 100 live births	1.89 deaths per 100 live births	3.11 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda
2020s	3.97 deaths per 100 live births	2.47 deaths per 100 live births	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Rwanda or Palestine?: Palestine, at 3.79 deaths per 100 live births against 3.77 deaths per 100 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Rwanda and Palestine?: 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Palestine?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Palestine rank globally for child mortality rate?: Rwanda ranks 46th and Palestine ranks 45th 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 Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .