Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Burundi

Under-five mortality rate in Burundi in 2024 — 47.1 per 1,000. Ranked 163 in the world out of 196. Since 1964, the indicator has fallen by 80.4%.

2024 47.1 per 1,000 −3.29% vs 2023
World rank 163of 196
Period maximum 317.5 per 1,0001972
Period minimum 47.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1964–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Burundi, 1964–20240100200300400196419701976198219881994200020062012201820241964: 240.2 per 1,0001966: 244.2 per 1,0001968: 248 per 1,0001970: 249.8 per 1,0001972: 317.5 per 1,0001974: 249.8 per 1,0001976: 247.9 per 1,0001978: 239.6 per 1,0001980: 223.5 per 1,0001982: 202.9 per 1,0001984: 183.9 per 1,0001986: 172 per 1,0001988: 168.1 per 1,0001990: 168.6 per 1,0001992: 169.7 per 1,0001994: 169.4 per 1,0001996: 189.6 per 1,0001998: 160.8 per 1,0002000: 152.4 per 1,0002002: 142.3 per 1,0002004: 130.4 per 1,0002006: 116.6 per 1,0002008: 102.6 per 1,0002010: 90.2 per 1,0002012: 79.6 per 1,0002014: 70.6 per 1,0002016: 63.7 per 1,0002018: 58.5 per 1,0002020: 54.3 per 1,0002022: 50.3 per 1,0002024: 47.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −193.1 (−80.39%) Average annual rate: -2.68 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burundi

Burundi 47.1 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 49.6 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 47.1 −1.6 −3.29%
2023 48.7 −1.6 −3.18%
2022 50.3 −2 −3.82%
2021 52.3 −2 −3.68%
2020 54.3 −1.9 −3.38%
2019 56.2 −2.3 −3.93%
2018 58.5 −2.4 −3.94%
2017 60.9 −2.8 −4.4%
2016 63.7 −3.2 −4.78%
2015 66.9 −3.7 −5.24%
2014 70.6 −4.3 −5.74%
2013 74.9 −4.7 −5.9%
2012 79.6 −5.1 −6.02%
2011 84.7 −5.5 −6.1%
2010 90.2 −5.9 −6.14%
2009 96.1 −6.5 −6.34%
2008 102.6 −6.9 −6.3%
2007 109.5 −7.1 −6.09%
2006 116.6 −7.1 −5.74%
2005 123.7 −6.7 −5.14%
2004 130.4 −6.2 −4.54%
2003 136.6 −5.7 −4.01%
2002 142.3 −5.2 −3.53%
2001 147.5 −4.9 −3.22%
2000 152.4 −4.5 −2.87%
1999 156.9 −3.9 −2.43%
1998 160.8 −3.3 −2.01%
1997 164.1 −25.5 −13.45%
1996 189.6 +21.4 +12.72%
1995 168.2 −1.2 −0.71%
1994 169.4 −22.8 −11.86%
1993 192.2 +22.5 +13.26%
1992 169.7 +0.4 +0.24%
1991 169.3 +0.7 +0.42%
1990 168.6 +0.5 +0.3%
1989 168.1 +0 +0%
1988 168.1 −1.1 −0.65%
1987 169.2 −2.8 −1.63%
1986 172 −4.9 −2.77%
1985 176.9 −7 −3.81%
1984 183.9 −8.8 −4.57%
1983 192.7 −10.2 −5.03%
1982 202.9 −10.5 −4.92%
1981 213.4 −10.1 −4.52%
1980 223.5 −8.8 −3.79%
1979 232.3 −7.3 −3.05%
1978 239.6 −5.3 −2.16%
1977 244.9 −3 −1.21%
1976 247.9 −1.4 −0.56%
1975 249.3 −0.5 −0.2%
1974 249.8 −0.4 −0.16%
1973 250.2 −67.3 −21.2%
1972 317.5 +67.5 +27%
1971 250 +0.2 +0.08%
1970 249.8 +0.7 +0.28%
1969 249.1 +1.1 +0.44%
1968 248 +1.6 +0.65%
1967 246.4 +2.2 +0.9%
1966 244.2 +2.2 +0.91%
1965 242 +1.8 +0.75%
1964 240.2

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.