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
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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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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.