What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burkina Faso and Madagascar?

0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Madagascar?

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.

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.

Burkina Faso vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, infant

Burkina Faso

43.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Madagascar

43 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

20th

Madagascar rank

21st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Burkina Faso
Madagascar

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 43.6 per 1,000 live births against 43 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Madagascar ranks 21st of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 5 and Madagascar in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	142.1 per 1,000 live births	88.29 per 1,000 live births	53.81 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
1980s	112.61 per 1,000 live births	117.89 per 1,000 live births	5.28 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
1990s	99.81 per 1,000 live births	79.91 per 1,000 live births	19.9 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2000s	81.1 per 1,000 live births	55.59 per 1,000 live births	25.51 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2010s	57.53 per 1,000 live births	44.27 per 1,000 live births	13.26 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2020s	46.14 per 1,000 live births	43.9 per 1,000 live births	2.24 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 Madagascar?: Burkina Faso, at 43.6 per 1,000 live births against 43 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burkina Faso and Madagascar?: 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Madagascar?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Madagascar ranks 21st 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: 03 September 2026

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