Burkina Faso vs Mali: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Burkina Faso
70.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mali
68.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
11th
Mali rank
13th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Burkina Faso
- Mali
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 70.4 per 1,000 live births against 68.7 per 1,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 1.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Mali ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Mali ranks 13th of 197 countries.
Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 305.18 per 1,000 live births | 391.85 per 1,000 live births | 86.68 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 1970s | 269.06 per 1,000 live births | 342.66 per 1,000 live births | 73.6 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 1980s | 206.48 per 1,000 live births | 261.21 per 1,000 live births | 54.73 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 1990s | 183.94 per 1,000 live births | 206.33 per 1,000 live births | 22.39 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 2000s | 146.47 per 1,000 live births | 156.81 per 1,000 live births | 10.34 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 2010s | 98.25 per 1,000 live births | 106.88 per 1,000 live births | 8.63 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 2020s | 75.24 per 1,000 live births | 75.64 per 1,000 live births | 0.4 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Burkina Faso or Mali?
- Burkina Faso, at 70.4 per 1,000 live births against 68.7 per 1,000 live births in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Burkina Faso and Mali?
- 1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Mali ranks 13th 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.