Comoros vs Mauritania: Youth mortality rate
Comoros
4.5 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mauritania
4.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Comoros rank
44th
Mauritania rank
47th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Comoros
- Mauritania
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 4.5 deaths per 100 live births against 4.34 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.16 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Comoros ahead.
Comoros ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 47th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.07 deaths per 100 live births | 14.89 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1818 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
| 1990s | 11.37 deaths per 100 live births | 12.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 7.77 deaths per 100 live births | 8.88 deaths per 100 live births | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 5.69 deaths per 100 live births | 5.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1939 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 4.69 deaths per 100 live births | 4.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0657 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Comoros or Mauritania?
- Comoros, at 4.5 deaths per 100 live births against 4.34 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Comoros and Mauritania?
- 0.16 deaths per 100 live births, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Mauritania?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Comoros and Mauritania rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Comoros ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 47th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.