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

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

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 World: Mortality rate, infant

Burkina Faso

43.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

World

27.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

20th

World rank

19th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Burkina Faso
World

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 43.6 per 1,000 live births against 27.7 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 15.9 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.6 times World's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 20th and World ranks 19th 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	World	Difference	Ahead
1990s	99.81 per 1,000 live births	60.51 per 1,000 live births	39.3 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2000s	81.1 per 1,000 live births	45.37 per 1,000 live births	35.73 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2010s	57.53 per 1,000 live births	32.27 per 1,000 live births	25.26 per 1,000 live births	Burkina Faso
2020s	46.14 per 1,000 live births	28.76 per 1,000 live births	17.38 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 World?: Burkina Faso, at 43.6 per 1,000 live births against 27.7 per 1,000 live births in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Burkina Faso and World?: 15.9 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and World?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and World rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Burkina Faso ranks 20th and World 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: 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.