Burundi — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Burundi, 1965–2024.
Infant mortality for Burundi was 30.5 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1965 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 136.6 in 1972. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.21% per year.
Burundi ranks 45 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Burundi sits below it. It peaked in 1972 and has fallen 78% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 31%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 35 of 48 economies; Mauritania (30.2) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 13% in 1972. That is 16% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 47th of 140 in 1965 → 43rd of 155 in 1970 → 32nd of 179 in 1980 → 35th of 196 in 1990 → 25th of 196 in 2000 → 27th of 196 in 2010 → 44th of 196 in 2020 → 45th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1965 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.5 | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 31.4 | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 32.4 | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 33.5 | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 34.6 | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 35.7 | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 37 | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 38.4 | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 40 | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 41.8 | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 43.9 | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 46.4 | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 49.1 | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 52 | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 55.1 | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 58.4 | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 62.1 | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 66 | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 69.9 | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 73.8 | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 77.4 | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 80.6 | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 83.5 | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 86.1 | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 88.4 | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 90.5 | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 92.3 | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 93.7 | -9.6% |
| 1996 | 103.7 | +9.3% |
| 1995 | 94.9 | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 95 | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 99.7 | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 94 | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 93.2 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 92.2 | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 91.3 | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 90.6 | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 90.5 | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 91.3 | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 93.1 | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 96 | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 99.8 | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 104.2 | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 108.8 | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 113.1 | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 116.6 | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 119.5 | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 121.4 | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 122.2 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 122.2 | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 121.8 | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 121.4 | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 136.6 | +13.5% |
| 1971 | 120.4 | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 119.9 | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 119.1 | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 118.2 | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 116.9 | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 115.6 | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 114.2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Burundi’s Infant mortality in 1966?
115.6 (1966). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Burundi’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Burundi’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1965 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -73.3% in total — about 2.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 30.5; 2023: 31.4; 2022: 32.4; 2021: 33.5; 2020: 34.6. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.