Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Burkina Faso
79.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
72.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
12th
Guinea-Bissau rank
15th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Guinea-Bissau
100200300400196019922024

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 79.1 per 1,000 live births against 72.9 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 6.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 12th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and Guinea-Bissau in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1980s 212.36 per 1,000 live births 247.16 per 1,000 live births 34.8 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau
1990s 197.17 per 1,000 live births 212.74 per 1,000 live births 15.57 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau
2000s 158.48 per 1,000 live births 157.78 per 1,000 live births 0.7 per 1,000 live births Burkina Faso
2010s 108.2 per 1,000 live births 101.86 per 1,000 live births 6.34 per 1,000 live births Burkina Faso
2020s 84.34 per 1,000 live births 77.82 per 1,000 live births 6.52 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, male, Burkina Faso or Guinea-Bissau?
Burkina Faso, at 79.1 per 1,000 live births against 72.9 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?
6.2 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?
40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Burkina Faso ranks 12th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau: Mortality rate, under-5, male. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-under-5-male-per-1-000-live-births/burkina-faso/guinea-bissau/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-under-5-male-per-1-000-live-births/burkina-faso/guinea-bissau/">Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau: Mortality rate, under-5, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, male (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, 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.