Burkina Faso vs Low & middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Burkina Faso
70.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Low & middle income
37.91 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
11th
Low & middle income rank
14th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Burkina Faso
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 70.4 per 1,000 live births against 37.91 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income, a difference of 32.49 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.9 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Low & middle income ranks 14th 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 | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 183.94 per 1,000 live births | 94.81 per 1,000 live births | 89.13 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 146.47 per 1,000 live births | 68.26 per 1,000 live births | 78.21 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 98.25 per 1,000 live births | 45.73 per 1,000 live births | 52.52 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 75.24 per 1,000 live births | 39.73 per 1,000 live births | 35.51 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, Burkina Faso or Low & middle income?
- Burkina Faso, at 70.4 per 1,000 live births against 37.91 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Burkina Faso and Low & middle income?
- 32.49 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Low & middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Low & middle income ranks 14th 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.