Burkina Faso vs Mozambique: Mortality rate, infant, male

Burkina Faso
47.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mozambique
47.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
19th
Mozambique rank
20th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Mozambique
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 47.9 per 1,000 live births against 47.3 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 19th and Mozambique ranks 20th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and Mozambique in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Mozambique Difference Ahead
1960s 175.77 per 1,000 live births 156.13 per 1,000 live births 19.64 per 1,000 live births Burkina Faso
1970s 155.67 per 1,000 live births 160.66 per 1,000 live births 4.99 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
1980s 120.66 per 1,000 live births 162.72 per 1,000 live births 42.06 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
1990s 106.89 per 1,000 live births 140.96 per 1,000 live births 34.07 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
2000s 87.41 per 1,000 live births 87.83 per 1,000 live births 0.42 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
2010s 62.65 per 1,000 live births 58.81 per 1,000 live births 3.84 per 1,000 live births Burkina Faso
2020s 50.6 per 1,000 live births 49.8 per 1,000 live births 0.8 per 1,000 live births Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Burkina Faso or Mozambique?
Burkina Faso, at 47.9 per 1,000 live births against 47.3 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Burkina Faso and Mozambique?
0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mozambique?
62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Mozambique rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Burkina Faso ranks 19th and Mozambique ranks 20th 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.