Burundi vs South Sudan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.7 per 100 live births in Burundi and 9.7 per 100 live births in South Sudan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 5 per 100 live births, or 2.05 times that in Burundi.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

South Sudan has been higher since 1973, when it overtook Burundi.
In 2024, Burundi ranked 34 and South Sudan ranked 5 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Burundi	South Sudan	World
2024	4.7	9.7	3.7
2023	4.9	9.7	3.8
2022	5	9.7	4
2021	5.2	9.7	4
2020	5.4	9.7	3.9
2019	5.6	9.7	4
2018	5.9	13.4	4
2017	6.1	29.2	4.1
2016	6.4	27.3	4.2
2015	6.7	24.1	4.3
2014	7.1	18.3	4.4
2013	7.5	9.7	4.5
2012	8	9.9	4.7
2011	8.5	10.2	5
2010	9	10.7	5.1
2009	9.6	11.3	5.3
2008	10.3	11.9	5.5
2007	11	12.5	5.7
2006	11.7	13.2	6
2005	12.4	13.8	6.2
2004	13	14.6	6.6
2003	13.7	15.4	6.8
2002	14.2	16.2	7.1
2001	14.8	17.1	7.4
2000	15.2	18	7.7
1999	15.7	18.9	7.9
1998	16.1	43.1	8.3
1997	16.4	25.1	8.4
1996	19	26	8.6
1995	16.8	26.8	8.8
1994	16.9	22.8	8.9
1993	19.2	33.1	9.1
1992	17	33.7	9.2
1991	16.9	29.6	9.3
1990	16.9	30.1	9.4
1989	16.8	30.6	9.5
1988	16.8	78.1	10
1987	16.9	35.8	9.9
1986	17.2	26.5	10.3
1985	17.7	26.9	10.6
1984	18.4	27.3	10.9
1983	19.3	27.6	11.1
1982	20.3	27.9	11.2
1981	21.3	28.3	11.6
1980	22.4	28.6	11.9
1979	23.2	28.9	11.9
1978	24	29.3	12.3
1977	24.5	29.7	12.6
1976	24.8	30.1	12.8
1975	24.9	30.4	13.1
1974	25	30.7	13.3
1973	25	31.1	13.5
1972	31.8	31.4	13.7
1971	25	31.8	13.9
1970	25	40.5	14.2
1969	24.9	40.9	14.6
1968	24.8	40.4	15
1967	24.6	40.7	15.3
1966	24.4	41.1	15.1
1965	24.2	33.8	15.1
1964	24	34.1	15.7
1963	24.7	38.8	16.2
1962	24.8	34.7	17
1961	24.8	35	18.8
1960	24.9	35.3	20.2
1959	25	35.5	19.9
1958	–	35.7	19.7
1957	–	36	20.5
1956	–	36.3	21.3
1955	–	36.6	22.3
1954	–	36.8	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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