Burkina Faso vs Liberia: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Burkina Faso
74.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Liberia
86.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
11th
Liberia rank
10th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Burkina Faso
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 86.4 per 1,000 live births against 74.9 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso, a difference of 11.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.2 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Liberia ranks 10th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 4 and Liberia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 327.9 per 1,000 live births | 303.75 per 1,000 live births | 24.15 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 281.41 per 1,000 live births | 266.88 per 1,000 live births | 14.53 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 215.38 per 1,000 live births | 248.56 per 1,000 live births | 33.18 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 1990s | 190.74 per 1,000 live births | 250.29 per 1,000 live births | 59.55 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 2000s | 152.62 per 1,000 live births | 145.07 per 1,000 live births | 7.55 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 103.41 per 1,000 live births | 95.47 per 1,000 live births | 7.94 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 79.92 per 1,000 live births | 87.56 per 1,000 live births | 7.64 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Burkina Faso or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 86.4 per 1,000 live births against 74.9 per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Burkina Faso and Liberia?
- 11.5 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Liberia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Liberia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Liberia ranks 10th 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.