Burkina Faso vs South Africa: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 7.5 per 100 live births in Burkina Faso and 3.5 per 100 live births in South Africa, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 4 per 100 live births, or 2.13 times that in South Africa.

Watch it change on the map

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Burkina FasoSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Burkina Faso has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1974.
In 2024, Burkina Faso ranked 11 and South Africa ranked 53 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Burkina Faso	South Africa	World
2024	7.5	3.5	3.7
2023	7.7	3.5	3.8
2022	8	3.4	4
2021	8.2	3.4	4
2020	8.5	3.4	3.9
2019	8.8	3.4	4
2018	9.1	3.5	4
2017	9.4	3.6	4.1
2016	9.7	3.7	4.2
2015	10.1	3.8	4.3
2014	10.4	4	4.4
2013	10.8	4.1	4.5
2012	11.2	4.3	4.7
2011	11.7	4.6	5
2010	12.1	5	5.1
2009	12.7	5.7	5.3
2008	13.2	6.4	5.5
2007	13.8	7.1	5.7
2006	14.4	7.7	6
2005	15.1	8	6.2
2004	15.7	8.1	6.6
2003	16.2	7.9	6.8
2002	16.7	7.7	7.1
2001	17.2	7.5	7.4
2000	17.6	7.1	7.7
1999	18	6.9	7.9
1998	18.3	6.6	8.3
1997	18.7	6.3	8.4
1996	19	6.1	8.6
1995	19.2	5.9	8.8
1994	19.4	5.8	8.9
1993	19.5	5.7	9.1
1992	19.5	5.6	9.2
1991	19.6	5.7	9.3
1990	19.7	5.8	9.4
1989	19.8	6	9.5
1988	20.1	6.3	10
1987	20.4	6.6	9.9
1986	20.8	6.9	10.3
1985	21.2	7.2	10.6
1984	21.7	7.6	10.9
1983	22.1	8	11.1
1982	22.6	8.4	11.2
1981	23.1	8.9	11.6
1980	23.7	9.4	11.9
1979	24.4	9.9	11.9
1978	25.2	10.5	12.3
1977	26.1	11.1	12.6
1976	27	11.8	12.8
1975	28	12.5	13.1
1974	28.9	13.2	13.3
1973	29.7	–	13.5
1972	30.3	–	13.7
1971	30.8	–	13.9
1970	31.1	–	14.2
1969	31.5	–	14.6
1968	31.8	–	15
1967	32	–	15.3
1966	32.3	–	15.1
1965	32.6	–	15.1
1964	32.9	–	15.7
1963	33.2	–	16.2
1962	33.6	–	17
1961	33.9	–	18.8
1960	34.3	–	20.2
1959	34.7	–	19.9
1958	35.1	–	19.7
1957	35.5	–	20.5
1956	35.9	–	21.3
1955	36.3	–	22.3
1954	36.6	–	22.8
1953	37	–	23.3
1952	37.3	–	23.9
1951	37.6	–	24.3
1950	37.9	–	24.7
1949	38.2	–	24.9
1948	38.5	–	24.9
1947	38.8	–	25.5
1946	39	–	25.8
1945	39.3	–	26.7
1944	39.6	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time