Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Burkina Faso

Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 61.3 years. Ranked 208 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 69.9%.

2024 61.3 years +0.33% vs 2023
World rank 208of 217
Period maximum 61.3 years2024
Period minimum 36.1 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Burkina Faso, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 36.1 years1962: 36.8 years1964: 37.4 years1966: 38.1 years1968: 38.8 years1970: 39.5 years1972: 40.4 years1974: 41.7 years1976: 43.3 years1978: 45 years1980: 46.5 years1982: 47.6 years1984: 48.5 years1986: 49 years1988: 49.2 years1990: 49.3 years1992: 49.4 years1994: 49.5 years1996: 49.7 years1998: 50.2 years2000: 50.8 years2002: 51.4 years2004: 52.6 years2006: 53.8 years2008: 55.2 years2010: 56.3 years2012: 57.5 years2014: 58.3 years2016: 59.2 years2018: 60 years2020: 60.5 years2022: 60.7 years2024: 61.3 years
Change over the period: +25.2 (+69.91%) Average annual rate: 0.83 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 61.3 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Western Africa computed 58.7 years
Low-income countries computed 65.2 years
Life expectancy at birth — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 61.3 +0.2 +0.33%
2023 61.1 +0.4 +0.65%
2022 60.7 +0.7 +1.09%
2021 60 −0.4 −0.67%
2020 60.5 +0.3 +0.45%
2019 60.2 +0.2 +0.35%
2018 60 +0.4 +0.66%
2017 59.6 +0.4 +0.68%
2016 59.2 +0.4 +0.67%
2015 58.8 +0.4 +0.77%
2014 58.3 +0.4 +0.74%
2013 57.9 +0.4 +0.78%
2012 57.5 +0.5 +0.8%
2011 57 +0.7 +1.17%
2010 56.3 +0.6 +0.99%
2009 55.8 +0.6 +1.07%
2008 55.2 +0.8 +1.51%
2007 54.4 +0.6 +1.1%
2006 53.8 +0.5 +0.96%
2005 53.3 +0.7 +1.28%
2004 52.6 +0.6 +1.23%
2003 52 +0.5 +1%
2002 51.4 +0.3 +0.51%
2001 51.2 +0.4 +0.75%
2000 50.8 +0.3 +0.68%
1999 50.5 +0.3 +0.6%
1998 50.2 +0.6 +1.22%
1997 49.6 −0.1 −0.27%
1996 49.7 +0.1 +0.28%
1995 49.6 +0.1 +0.17%
1994 49.5 +0.1 +0.12%
1993 49.4 +0 +0.07%
1992 49.4 +0 +0.1%
1991 49.3 +0 +0.03%
1990 49.3 +0 +0.09%
1989 49.3 +0.1 +0.11%
1988 49.2 +0.1 +0.24%
1987 49.1 +0.1 +0.22%
1986 49 +0.2 +0.49%
1985 48.7 +0.3 +0.59%
1984 48.5 +0.4 +0.84%
1983 48.1 +0.4 +0.9%
1982 47.6 +0.8 +1.64%
1981 46.9 +0.4 +0.86%
1980 46.5 +0.8 +1.67%
1979 45.7 +0.7 +1.57%
1978 45 +0.8 +1.87%
1977 44.2 +0.8 +1.94%
1976 43.3 +0.8 +1.98%
1975 42.5 +0.8 +1.86%
1974 41.7 +0.8 +1.87%
1973 40.9 +0.5 +1.36%
1972 40.4 +0.5 +1.37%
1971 39.9 +0.3 +0.79%
1970 39.5 +0.5 +1.32%
1969 39 +0.3 +0.68%
1968 38.8 +0.3 +0.85%
1967 38.4 +0.3 +0.9%
1966 38.1 +0.3 +0.88%
1965 37.8 +0.4 +0.96%
1964 37.4 +0.3 +0.82%
1963 37.1 +0.3 +0.93%
1962 36.8 +0.4 +1.08%
1961 36.4 +0.3 +0.8%
1960 36.1

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.