Benin vs Burkina Faso: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Benin
79.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso
79.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
11th
Burkina Faso rank
12th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Benin currently reports 79.9 per 1,000 live births against 79.1 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Benin ranks 11th and Burkina Faso ranks 12th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Burkina Faso in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 295.81 per 1,000 live births | 340.71 per 1,000 live births | 44.9 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 248.07 per 1,000 live births | 293.28 per 1,000 live births | 45.21 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 202.08 per 1,000 live births | 223.83 per 1,000 live births | 21.75 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 159.61 per 1,000 live births | 197.17 per 1,000 live births | 37.56 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 127.47 per 1,000 live births | 158.48 per 1,000 live births | 31.01 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 103.47 per 1,000 live births | 108.2 per 1,000 live births | 4.73 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 85 per 1,000 live births | 84.34 per 1,000 live births | 0.66 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Benin or Burkina Faso?
- Benin, at 79.9 per 1,000 live births against 79.1 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Benin 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, male?
- Benin ranks 11th and Burkina Faso ranks 12th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.