Benin vs Burkina Faso: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Benin
69.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso
70.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Burkina Faso rank
11th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 70.4 per 1,000 live births against 69.3 per 1,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 12th and Burkina Faso ranks 11th of 197 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 274.8 per 1,000 live births | 314.29 per 1,000 live births | 39.49 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 227.44 per 1,000 live births | 269.06 per 1,000 live births | 41.62 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 184.14 per 1,000 live births | 206.48 per 1,000 live births | 22.34 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 147.99 per 1,000 live births | 183.94 per 1,000 live births | 35.95 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 115.41 per 1,000 live births | 146.47 per 1,000 live births | 31.06 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 90.73 per 1,000 live births | 98.25 per 1,000 live births | 7.52 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 73.96 per 1,000 live births | 75.24 per 1,000 live births | 1.28 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Benin or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 70.4 per 1,000 live births against 69.3 per 1,000 live births in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Burkina Faso rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Benin ranks 12th and Burkina Faso ranks 11th 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.