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