Burkina Faso vs Mozambique: Mortality rate, infant
Burkina Faso
43.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mozambique
43.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
20th
Mozambique rank
19th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Burkina Faso
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 43.7 per 1,000 live births against 43.6 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Mozambique ranks 19th 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 | 164.29 per 1,000 live births | 148.06 per 1,000 live births | 16.23 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 145.54 per 1,000 live births | 152.64 per 1,000 live births | 7.1 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 1980s | 112.61 per 1,000 live births | 155.42 per 1,000 live births | 42.81 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 99.81 per 1,000 live births | 135.01 per 1,000 live births | 35.2 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 81.1 per 1,000 live births | 83.59 per 1,000 live births | 2.49 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 57.53 per 1,000 live births | 54.92 per 1,000 live births | 2.61 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 46.14 per 1,000 live births | 46.04 per 1,000 live births | 0.1 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 Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 43.7 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 Mozambique?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique 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?
- Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Mozambique ranks 19th 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.