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Sex gap in life expectancy in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Sex gap in life expectancy was 4.3 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
4.3 years
Change on year
up 13.7%
World rank
160th
of 236 countries
All-time high
4.3 years
in 2023
All-time low
1.88 years
in 1989
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Sex gap in life expectancy in Burkina Faso, 1950–2023

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Burkina Faso recorded 4.3 years for sex gap in life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.7% on the previous year and up 37.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sex gap in life expectancy in Burkina Faso peaked at 4.3 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.88 years, in 1989.

That places Burkina Faso 160th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Sex gap in life expectancy in Burkina Faso, year by year

Year years Change
1950 2.07 years —
1951 2.05 years -1.1%
1952 2.09 years +1.7%
1953 2.13 years +2.2%
1954 2.13 years -0.2%
1955 2.13 years +0.3%
1956 2.14 years +0.5%
1957 2.1 years -2.1%
1958 2.24 years +6.6%
1959 2.28 years +1.9%
1960 2.25 years -1.1%
1961 2.3 years +2.2%
1962 2.31 years +0.1%
1963 2.32 years +0.8%
1964 2.41 years +3.7%
1965 2.4 years -0.3%
1966 2.48 years +3.2%
1967 2.49 years +0.5%
1968 2.55 years +2.1%
1969 2.6 years +2.0%
1970 2.74 years +5.5%
1971 2.79 years +1.9%
1972 2.66 years -4.8%
1973 2.66 years +0.1%
1974 2.61 years -1.8%
1975 2.61 years +0.0%
1976 2.56 years -2.1%
1977 2.56 years +0.1%
1978 2.57 years +0.5%
1979 2.55 years -0.9%
1980 2.57 years +0.8%
1981 2.46 years -4.2%
1982 2.41 years -2.3%
1983 2.31 years -3.9%
1984 2.23 years -3.7%
1985 2.15 years -3.5%
1986 2.07 years -3.7%
1987 2.06 years -0.5%
1988 1.92 years -6.8%
1989 1.88 years -1.9%
1990 1.9 years +0.9%
1991 1.98 years +4.0%
1992 2.08 years +5.2%
1993 2.19 years +5.2%
1994 2.3 years +5.0%
1995 2.41 years +4.6%
1996 2.52 years +4.8%
1997 2.6 years +3.2%
1998 2.72 years +4.4%
1999 2.81 years +3.3%
2000 2.88 years +2.8%
2001 2.93 years +1.5%
2002 2.91 years -0.8%
2003 2.9 years -0.3%
2004 2.85 years -1.6%
2005 2.87 years +0.6%
2006 2.96 years +3.4%
2007 2.96 years -0.2%
2008 2.99 years +1.2%
2009 2.98 years -0.5%
2010 3 years +0.7%
2011 3.09 years +3.1%
2012 3.1 years +0.2%
2013 3.13 years +1.0%
2014 3.19 years +1.9%
2015 3.28 years +2.7%
2016 3.29 years +0.5%
2017 3.33 years +1.3%
2018 3.36 years +0.8%
2019 3.61 years +7.5%
2020 3.81 years +5.4%
2021 3.64 years -4.4%
2022 3.78 years +3.9%
2023 4.3 years +13.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 2.14 years 2.05 years 2.28 years 10
1960s 2.41 years 2.25 years 2.6 years 10
1970s 2.63 years 2.55 years 2.79 years 10
1980s 2.21 years 1.88 years 2.57 years 10
1990s 2.35 years 1.9 years 2.81 years 10
2000s 2.92 years 2.85 years 2.99 years 10
2010s 3.24 years 3 years 3.61 years 10
2020s 3.88 years 3.64 years 4.3 years 4

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 157 Vatican 4.34 years compare
  2. 158 Faroe Islands 4.33 years compare
  3. 159 Egypt 4.32 years compare
  4. 161 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 4.29 years compare
  5. 162 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.25 years compare
  6. 163 Mayotte 4.24 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sex gap in life expectancy in Burkina Faso?
Sex gap in life expectancy in Burkina Faso was 4.3 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest sex gap in life expectancy recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 4.3 years in 2023.
What is the lowest sex gap in life expectancy recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 1.88 years in 1989.
How does Burkina Faso rank for sex gap in life expectancy?
Burkina Faso ranks 160th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is sex gap in life expectancy rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sex gap in life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sex gap in life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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