Which has higher number of infant deaths, Brazil or Burkina Faso?

Burkina Faso, at 31,762 deaths against 31,647 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Brazil and Burkina Faso?

115 deaths, with Burkina Faso ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Burkina Faso: Number of infant deaths

Brazil

31,647 deaths

in 2024

Burkina Faso

31,762 deaths

in 2024

Brazil rank

27th

Burkina Faso rank

26th

Number of infant deaths over time

Brazil
Burkina Faso

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 31,762 deaths against 31,647 deaths in Brazil, a difference of 115 deaths.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 27th and Burkina Faso ranks 26th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 7 and Burkina Faso in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Burkina Faso	Difference	Ahead
1950s	391,778 deaths	34,481 deaths	357,296 deaths	Brazil
1960s	369,484 deaths	38,630 deaths	330,854 deaths	Brazil
1970s	321,223 deaths	41,310 deaths	279,913 deaths	Brazil
1980s	249,859 deaths	41,802 deaths	208,056 deaths	Brazil
1990s	148,458 deaths	46,052 deaths	102,405 deaths	Brazil
2000s	71,779 deaths	47,754 deaths	24,025 deaths	Brazil
2010s	41,532 deaths	41,593 deaths	61.2 deaths	Burkina Faso
2020s	33,360 deaths	32,901 deaths	458.8 deaths	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Brazil or Burkina Faso?: Burkina Faso, at 31,762 deaths against 31,647 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Brazil and Burkina Faso?: 115 deaths, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Burkina Faso?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Burkina Faso rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Brazil ranks 27th and Burkina Faso ranks 26th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,788 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 1 .