What is the difference in child mortality rate between Burkina Faso and Mali?

0.19 deaths per 100 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?

62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs Mali: Child mortality rate

Burkina Faso

7.49 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Mali

7.3 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

11th

Mali rank

13th

Child mortality rate over time

Burkina Faso
Mali

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 7.49 deaths per 100 live births against 7.3 deaths per 100 live births in Mali, a difference of 0.19 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Mali ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Mali ranks 13th of 199 countries.

Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	32.3 deaths per 100 live births	41.13 deaths per 100 live births	8.83 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
1970s	28.14 deaths per 100 live births	35.13 deaths per 100 live births	6.99 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
1980s	21.54 deaths per 100 live births	26.95 deaths per 100 live births	5.41 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
1990s	19.07 deaths per 100 live births	21.5 deaths per 100 live births	2.43 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
2000s	15.26 deaths per 100 live births	16.36 deaths per 100 live births	1.1 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
2010s	10.34 deaths per 100 live births	11.24 deaths per 100 live births	0.8939 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
2020s	7.99 deaths per 100 live births	8 deaths per 100 live births	0.0109 deaths per 100 live births	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Burkina Faso or Mali?: Burkina Faso, at 7.49 deaths per 100 live births against 7.3 deaths per 100 live births in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Burkina Faso and Mali?: 0.19 deaths per 100 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?: 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for child mortality rate?: Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Mali ranks 13th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .