Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Burkina Faso

Infant mortality rate in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 43.6 per 1,000. Ranked 177 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 74.6%.

2024 43.6 per 1,000 −2.9% vs 2023
World rank 177of 196
Period maximum 171.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 43.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Burkina Faso, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 171.5 per 1,0001962: 168.8 per 1,0001964: 166.2 per 1,0001966: 164.2 per 1,0001968: 162.4 per 1,0001970: 160.1 per 1,0001972: 156.3 per 1,0001974: 149.6 per 1,0001976: 139.9 per 1,0001978: 130.7 per 1,0001980: 123.3 per 1,0001982: 118 per 1,0001984: 113.4 per 1,0001986: 108.9 per 1,0001988: 104.9 per 1,0001990: 102.8 per 1,0001992: 102.1 per 1,0001994: 101.3 per 1,0001996: 99.2 per 1,0001998: 96.1 per 1,0002000: 92.4 per 1,0002002: 88.2 per 1,0002004: 83.1 per 1,0002006: 77.1 per 1,0002008: 71.2 per 1,0002010: 66 per 1,0002012: 61.7 per 1,0002014: 58 per 1,0002016: 54.7 per 1,0002018: 51.7 per 1,0002020: 48.7 per 1,0002022: 46.1 per 1,0002024: 43.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −127.9 (−74.58%) Average annual rate: -2.12 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 43.6 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 57.4 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 43.6 −1.3 −2.9%
2023 44.9 −1.2 −2.6%
2022 46.1 −1.3 −2.74%
2021 47.4 −1.3 −2.67%
2020 48.7 −1.5 −2.99%
2019 50.2 −1.5 −2.9%
2018 51.7 −1.4 −2.64%
2017 53.1 −1.6 −2.93%
2016 54.7 −1.6 −2.84%
2015 56.3 −1.7 −2.93%
2014 58 −1.8 −3.01%
2013 59.8 −1.9 −3.08%
2012 61.7 −2.1 −3.29%
2011 63.8 −2.2 −3.33%
2010 66 −2.5 −3.65%
2009 68.5 −2.7 −3.79%
2008 71.2 −2.9 −3.91%
2007 74.1 −3 −3.89%
2006 77.1 −3.1 −3.87%
2005 80.2 −2.9 −3.49%
2004 83.1 −2.7 −3.15%
2003 85.8 −2.4 −2.72%
2002 88.2 −2.2 −2.43%
2001 90.4 −2 −2.16%
2000 92.4 −1.9 −2.01%
1999 94.3 −1.8 −1.87%
1998 96.1 −1.6 −1.64%
1997 97.7 −1.5 −1.51%
1996 99.2 −1.3 −1.29%
1995 100.5 −0.8 −0.79%
1994 101.3 −0.5 −0.49%
1993 101.8 −0.3 −0.29%
1992 102.1 −0.2 −0.2%
1991 102.3 −0.5 −0.49%
1990 102.8 −0.8 −0.77%
1989 103.6 −1.3 −1.24%
1988 104.9 −1.8 −1.69%
1987 106.7 −2.2 −2.02%
1986 108.9 −2.2 −1.98%
1985 111.1 −2.3 −2.03%
1984 113.4 −2.3 −1.99%
1983 115.7 −2.3 −1.95%
1982 118 −2.5 −2.07%
1981 120.5 −2.8 −2.27%
1980 123.3 −3.4 −2.68%
1979 126.7 −4 −3.06%
1978 130.7 −4.5 −3.33%
1977 135.2 −4.7 −3.36%
1976 139.9 −5.1 −3.52%
1975 145 −4.6 −3.07%
1974 149.6 −3.8 −2.48%
1973 153.4 −2.9 −1.86%
1972 156.3 −2.2 −1.39%
1971 158.5 −1.6 −1%
1970 160.1 −1.1 −0.68%
1969 161.2 −1.2 −0.74%
1968 162.4 −0.9 −0.55%
1967 163.3 −0.9 −0.55%
1966 164.2 −1 −0.61%
1965 165.2 −1 −0.6%
1964 166.2 −1.3 −0.78%
1963 167.5 −1.3 −0.77%
1962 168.8 −1.2 −0.71%
1961 170 −1.5 −0.87%
1960 171.5

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.