Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone: Life expectancy at age 15

Burkina Faso
73.98 years
in 2100
Sierra Leone
74.45 years
in 2100
Burkina Faso rank
226th
Sierra Leone rank
223rd

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Sierra Leone
020406080195020252100

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 74.45 years against 73.98 years in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.47 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 226th and Sierra Leone ranks 223rd of 236 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1950s 57.08 years 57.48 years 0.397 years Sierra Leone
1960s 58.65 years 59.42 years 0.7721 years Sierra Leone
1970s 61.2 years 61.71 years 0.5081 years Sierra Leone
1980s 63.53 years 62.29 years 1.23 years Burkina Faso
1990s 63.34 years 59.79 years 3.54 years Burkina Faso
2000s 64.38 years 61.89 years 2.49 years Burkina Faso
2010s 66.56 years 65.49 years 1.08 years Burkina Faso
2020s 67.67 years 69.13 years 1.46 years Sierra Leone
2030s 68.83 years 70.07 years 1.24 years Sierra Leone
2040s 69.67 years 70.74 years 1.08 years Sierra Leone
2050s 70.46 years 71.38 years 0.9126 years Sierra Leone
2060s 71.22 years 71.99 years 0.7677 years Sierra Leone
2070s 71.97 years 72.63 years 0.658 years Sierra Leone
2080s 72.7 years 73.28 years 0.5784 years Sierra Leone
2090s 73.52 years 74.02 years 0.5012 years Sierra Leone
2100s 73.98 years 74.45 years 0.468 years Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at age 15, Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 74.45 years against 73.98 years in Burkina Faso as of 2100.
What is the difference in life expectancy at age 15 between Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
0.47 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
151 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone rank globally for life expectancy at age 15?
Burkina Faso ranks 226th and Sierra Leone ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Life expectancy at age 15
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
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Total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.