Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Burkina Faso or Upper middle income?

Upper middle income, at 384,951 against 54,009 in Burkina Faso as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Burkina Faso and Upper middle income?

330,942, with Upper middle income ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Upper middle income?

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 under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs Upper middle income: Number of under-five deaths

Burkina Faso

54,009

in 2024

Upper middle income

384,951

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

22nd

Upper middle income rank

25th

Number of under-five deaths over time

Burkina Faso
Upper middle income

How they compare

Upper middle income currently reports 384,951 against 54,009 in Burkina Faso, a difference of 330,942.

That makes Upper middle income's figure about 7.1 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Upper middle income has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 22nd and Upper middle income ranks 25th of 197 countries.

Upper middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Upper middle income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	86,339	2.17 million	2.09 million	Upper middle income
2000s	87,254	1.15 million	1.06 million	Upper middle income
2010s	73,804	685,493	611,689	Upper middle income
2020s	57,305	432,463	375,158	Upper middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Burkina Faso or Upper middle income?: Upper middle income, at 384,951 against 54,009 in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Burkina Faso and Upper middle income?: 330,942, with Upper middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Upper middle income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Upper middle income rank globally for number of under-five deaths?: Burkina Faso ranks 22nd and Upper middle income ranks 25th 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 under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of under-five 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, 13,104 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.