Benin vs Burkina Faso: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Benin
0.3326 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Burkina Faso
0.3535 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Benin rank
13th
Burkina Faso rank
10th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in Benin, a difference of 0.0209 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 80 shared years of data; in 1945 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Benin ranks 13th and Burkina Faso ranks 10th of 200 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2.06 under-five deaths per woman | 2.34 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2818 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1950s | 1.97 under-five deaths per woman | 2.19 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2211 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 1.87 under-five deaths per woman | 2.11 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2462 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 1.63 under-five deaths per woman | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3101 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 1.35 under-five deaths per woman | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 0.205 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 0.9845 under-five deaths per woman | 1.3 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3173 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 0.6914 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9531 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2617 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 0.5161 under-five deaths per woman | 0.571 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0549 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 0.3761 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3843 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0082 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Benin or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 0.0209 under-five deaths per woman, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 80 years are reported by both, from 1945 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Burkina Faso rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Benin ranks 13th and Burkina Faso ranks 10th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).