Burkina Faso vs Lower middle income: Mortality rate, under-5
Burkina Faso
74.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lower middle income
43.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
11th
Lower middle income rank
13th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Burkina Faso
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 74.9 per 1,000 live births against 43.8 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income, a difference of 31.1 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.7 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Lower middle income ranks 13th of 197 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 190.74 per 1,000 live births | 115.18 per 1,000 live births | 75.56 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 152.62 per 1,000 live births | 82.48 per 1,000 live births | 70.14 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 103.41 per 1,000 live births | 56.83 per 1,000 live births | 46.58 per 1,000 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 79.92 per 1,000 live births | 45.96 per 1,000 live births | 33.96 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, Burkina Faso or Lower middle income?
- Burkina Faso, at 74.9 per 1,000 live births against 43.8 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Burkina Faso and Lower middle income?
- 31.1 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Lower middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Lower middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Lower middle income 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 (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.