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
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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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

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.