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Burundi — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Burundi, 1965–2024.
Latest value · 2024
30.5
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -73.3% since 1965
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
30.5
First (1965)
114.2
Change
-73.3%
Highest
136.6
in 1972
Lowest
30.5
in 2024
Average
84.7
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.21%
Years of data
60
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.5 |
| 2023 | 31.4 |
| 2022 | 32.4 |
| 2021 | 33.5 |
| 2020 | 34.6 |
| 2019 | 35.7 |
| 2018 | 37 |
| 2017 | 38.4 |
| 2016 | 40 |
| 2015 | 41.8 |
| 2014 | 43.9 |
| 2013 | 46.4 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.