Burundi vs Uganda: Number of child deaths per woman

Burundi
0.2386 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Uganda
0.2387 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Burundi rank
22nd
Uganda rank
21st

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Burundi
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2386 under-five deaths per woman in Burundi, a difference of 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 22nd and Uganda ranks 21st of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 7 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Uganda Difference Ahead
1950s 1.75 under-five deaths per woman 1.57 under-five deaths per woman 0.1789 under-five deaths per woman Burundi
1960s 1.75 under-five deaths per woman 1.47 under-five deaths per woman 0.2766 under-five deaths per woman Burundi
1970s 1.83 under-five deaths per woman 1.47 under-five deaths per woman 0.3609 under-five deaths per woman Burundi
1980s 1.37 under-five deaths per woman 1.44 under-five deaths per woman 0.0668 under-five deaths per woman Uganda
1990s 1.23 under-five deaths per woman 1.15 under-five deaths per woman 0.0805 under-five deaths per woman Burundi
2000s 0.8447 under-five deaths per woman 0.7351 under-five deaths per woman 0.1096 under-five deaths per woman Burundi
2010s 0.4091 under-five deaths per woman 0.3325 under-five deaths per woman 0.0766 under-five deaths per woman Burundi
2020s 0.2596 under-five deaths per woman 0.2412 under-five deaths per woman 0.0184 under-five deaths per woman Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Burundi or Uganda?
Uganda, at 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2386 under-five deaths per woman in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Burundi and Uganda?
0.0001 under-five deaths per woman, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Uganda?
66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Uganda rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Burundi ranks 22nd and Uganda ranks 21st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).