Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Burkina Faso or East Asia & Pacific?

East Asia & Pacific, at 140,695 against 17,516 in Burkina Faso as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Burkina Faso and East Asia & Pacific?

123,179, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and East Asia & Pacific?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs East Asia & Pacific: Number of neonatal deaths

Burkina Faso

17,516

in 2024

East Asia & Pacific

140,695

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

28th

East Asia & Pacific rank

27th

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Burkina Faso
East Asia & Pacific

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific currently reports 140,695 against 17,516 in Burkina Faso, a difference of 123,179.

That makes East Asia & Pacific's figure about 8.0 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 28th and East Asia & Pacific ranks 27th of 197 countries.

East Asia & Pacific has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	East Asia & Pacific	Difference	Ahead
1990s	20,358	859,823	839,464	East Asia & Pacific
2000s	21,698	481,831	460,132	East Asia & Pacific
2010s	20,769	275,557	254,789	East Asia & Pacific
2020s	17,764	157,064	139,300	East Asia & Pacific

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Burkina Faso or East Asia & Pacific?: East Asia & Pacific, at 140,695 against 17,516 in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Burkina Faso and East Asia & Pacific?: 123,179, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and East Asia & Pacific?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and East Asia & Pacific rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Burkina Faso ranks 28th and East Asia & Pacific ranks 27th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal deaths
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, 11,580 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.