Benin vs Burkina Faso: Mortality rates at age 25
Benin
0.4836 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Burkina Faso
0.5058 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Benin rank
10th
Burkina Faso rank
9th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 0.5058 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.4836 deaths per 1,000 people in Benin, a difference of 0.0222 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Benin ranks 10th and Burkina Faso ranks 9th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Burkina Faso in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0732 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 0.9299 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9851 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0552 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 0.828 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7983 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0297 deaths per 1,000 people | Benin |
| 1980s | 0.738 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6169 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.121 deaths per 1,000 people | Benin |
| 1990s | 0.566 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6402 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0741 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 0.4944 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5906 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0962 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 0.4812 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4635 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0177 deaths per 1,000 people | Benin |
| 2020s | 0.4697 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4475 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0222 deaths per 1,000 people | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Benin or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 0.5058 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.4836 deaths per 1,000 people in Benin as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 0.0222 deaths per 1,000 people, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Burkina Faso rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Benin ranks 10th and Burkina Faso ranks 9th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.