Benin vs Burkina Faso: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Benin
49.51 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Burkina Faso
50.22 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Benin rank
14th
Burkina Faso rank
12th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 50.22 deaths per 1,000 people against 49.51 deaths per 1,000 people in Benin, a difference of 0.71 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 14th and Burkina Faso ranks 12th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Burkina Faso in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 209.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 168.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 40.69 deaths per 1,000 people | Benin |
| 1960s | 175.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 158.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.33 deaths per 1,000 people | Benin |
| 1970s | 142.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 143.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.42 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 115.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 119.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.63 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 93.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 109.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 75.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 92.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 60.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 65.85 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.04 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 51.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 52.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 1 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Benin or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 50.22 deaths per 1,000 people against 49.51 deaths per 1,000 people in Benin as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 0.71 deaths per 1,000 people, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Burkina Faso rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Benin ranks 14th and Burkina Faso ranks 12th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.