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

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

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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 Sudan: Mortality rate, infant

Burkina Faso

43.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sudan

42.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

20th

Sudan rank

23rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Burkina Faso
Sudan

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 43.6 per 1,000 live births against 42.9 per 1,000 live births in Sudan, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Sudan ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	166.03 per 1,000 live births	91.66 per 1,000 live births	74.37 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
1970s	145.54 per 1,000 live births	90.87 per 1,000 live births	54.67 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
1980s	112.61 per 1,000 live births	104.27 per 1,000 live births	8.34 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
1990s	99.81 per 1,000 live births	81.36 per 1,000 live births	18.45 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2000s	81.1 per 1,000 live births	63.5 per 1,000 live births	17.6 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2010s	57.53 per 1,000 live births	48.93 per 1,000 live births	8.6 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2020s	46.14 per 1,000 live births	41.98 per 1,000 live births	4.16 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 Sudan?: Burkina Faso, at 43.6 per 1,000 live births against 42.9 per 1,000 live births in Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burkina Faso and Sudan?: 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sudan?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Burkina Faso ranks 20th and Sudan ranks 23rd 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.