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Burkina Faso vs Cote d'Ivoire: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

Burkina Faso
43.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire
44.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
20th
Cote d'Ivoire rank
18th

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Cote d'Ivoire
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How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 44.8 per 1,000 live births against 43.6 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso, a difference of 1.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and Cote d'Ivoire in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1960s 166.03 per 1,000 live births 187.61 per 1,000 live births 21.58 per 1,000 live births Cote d'Ivoire
1970s 145.54 per 1,000 live births 138.74 per 1,000 live births 6.8 per 1,000 live births Burkina Faso
1980s 112.61 per 1,000 live births 105.1 per 1,000 live births 7.51 per 1,000 live births Burkina Faso
1990s 99.81 per 1,000 live births 98.45 per 1,000 live births 1.36 per 1,000 live births Burkina Faso
2000s 81.1 per 1,000 live births 81.13 per 1,000 live births 0.03 per 1,000 live births Cote d'Ivoire
2010s 57.53 per 1,000 live births 59.8 per 1,000 live births 2.27 per 1,000 live births Cote d'Ivoire
2020s 46.14 per 1,000 live births 47.48 per 1,000 live births 1.34 per 1,000 live births Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Burkina Faso or Cote d'Ivoire?
Cote d'Ivoire, at 44.8 per 1,000 live births against 43.6 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire?
1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.