Burkina Faso vs Low & middle income: Mortality rate, infant
Burkina Faso
43.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Low & middle income
30.15 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
20th
Low & middle income rank
17th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Burkina Faso
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 43.6 per 1,000 live births against 30.15 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income, a difference of 13.45 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.4 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Low & middle income ranks 17th of 197 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.81 per 1,000 live births | 66.81 per 1,000 live births | 33 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 81.1 per 1,000 live births | 49.93 per 1,000 live births | 31.17 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 57.53 per 1,000 live births | 35.38 per 1,000 live births | 22.15 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 46.14 per 1,000 live births | 31.38 per 1,000 live births | 14.76 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, Burkina Faso or Low & middle income?
- Burkina Faso, at 43.6 per 1,000 live births against 30.15 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burkina Faso and Low & middle income?
- 13.45 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Low & middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Low & middle income ranks 17th 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.