What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Burkina Faso and Mali?

1.9 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?

62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.

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.

Burkina Faso vs Mali: Mortality rate, under-5

Burkina Faso

74.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mali

73 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

11th

Mali rank

13th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Burkina Faso
Mali

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 74.9 per 1,000 live births against 73 per 1,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 1.9 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Mali ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Mali ranks 13th of 197 countries.

Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	323.04 per 1,000 live births	411.34 per 1,000 live births	88.3 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1970s	281.41 per 1,000 live births	351.3 per 1,000 live births	69.89 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1980s	215.38 per 1,000 live births	269.45 per 1,000 live births	54.07 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1990s	190.74 per 1,000 live births	215.05 per 1,000 live births	24.31 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2000s	152.62 per 1,000 live births	163.58 per 1,000 live births	10.96 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2010s	103.41 per 1,000 live births	112.35 per 1,000 live births	8.94 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2020s	79.92 per 1,000 live births	80.02 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Burkina Faso or Mali?: Burkina Faso, at 74.9 per 1,000 live births against 73 per 1,000 live births in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Burkina Faso and Mali?: 1.9 per 1,000 live births, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?: 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Burkina Faso ranks 11th and Mali 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.