Burkina Faso vs Liberia: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Burkina Faso
0.3535 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Liberia
0.3516 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
10th
Liberia rank
11th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Burkina Faso
- Liberia
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman in Liberia, a difference of 0.0019 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 10th and Liberia ranks 11th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 6 and Liberia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.18 under-five deaths per woman | 1.91 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2688 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 2.11 under-five deaths per woman | 1.99 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1198 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1437 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 1.66 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman | Liberia |
| 1990s | 1.3 under-five deaths per woman | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2471 under-five deaths per woman | Liberia |
| 2000s | 0.9531 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8082 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1449 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 0.571 under-five deaths per woman | 0.443 under-five deaths per woman | 0.128 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 0.3843 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3617 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0226 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, Burkina Faso or Liberia?
- Burkina Faso, at 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Burkina Faso and Liberia?
- 0.0019 under-five deaths per woman, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Liberia?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Liberia rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Burkina Faso ranks 10th and Liberia ranks 11th 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).