Benin vs Burkina Faso: Mortality rate, under-5, male
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 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.