Burkina Faso vs Liberia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Burkina Faso
70.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Liberia
79 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
11th
Liberia rank
10th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Burkina Faso
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 79 per 1,000 live births against 70.4 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso, a difference of 8.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Liberia ranks 10th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 4 and Liberia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 314.29 per 1,000 live births | 285.73 per 1,000 live births | 28.56 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 269.06 per 1,000 live births | 250.47 per 1,000 live births | 18.59 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 206.48 per 1,000 live births | 233.62 per 1,000 live births | 27.14 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 1990s | 183.94 per 1,000 live births | 235.99 per 1,000 live births | 52.05 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 2000s | 146.47 per 1,000 live births | 135.18 per 1,000 live births | 11.29 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 98.25 per 1,000 live births | 87.58 per 1,000 live births | 10.67 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 75.24 per 1,000 live births | 80.12 per 1,000 live births | 4.88 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Burkina Faso or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 79 per 1,000 live births against 70.4 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Burkina Faso and Liberia?
- 8.6 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Liberia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Liberia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Liberia ranks 10th 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.