Burkina Faso vs Mali: Mortality rate, infant, male

Burkina Faso
47.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mali
51.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
19th
Mali rank
16th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Mali
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How they compare

Mali currently reports 51.6 per 1,000 live births against 47.9 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso, a difference of 3.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 19th and Mali ranks 16th of 197 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 174.17 per 1,000 live births 215.8 per 1,000 live births 41.63 per 1,000 live births Mali
1970s 155.67 per 1,000 live births 190.72 per 1,000 live births 35.05 per 1,000 live births Mali
1980s 120.66 per 1,000 live births 150.41 per 1,000 live births 29.75 per 1,000 live births Mali
1990s 106.89 per 1,000 live births 124.03 per 1,000 live births 17.14 per 1,000 live births Mali
2000s 87.41 per 1,000 live births 96.53 per 1,000 live births 9.12 per 1,000 live births Mali
2010s 62.65 per 1,000 live births 72.45 per 1,000 live births 9.8 per 1,000 live births Mali
2020s 50.6 per 1,000 live births 55.6 per 1,000 live births 5 per 1,000 live births Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Burkina Faso or Mali?
Mali, at 51.6 per 1,000 live births against 47.9 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Burkina Faso and Mali?
3.7 per 1,000 live births, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?
59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Burkina Faso ranks 19th and Mali ranks 16th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.