Burkina Faso's life expectancy rose from 49.6 yrs in 1995 to 61.3 yrs in 2024.
Burkina Faso · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Burkina Faso's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 45.1 yrs in 2000 to 54.6 yrs in 2021.
Burkina Faso's infant mortality fell from 100.5 ‰ in 1995 to 43.6 ‰ in 2024.
Burkina Faso's under-5 mortality rate fell from 192.0 ‰ in 1995 to 74.9 ‰ in 2024.
Burkina Faso's maternal mortality ratio fell from 651.0 /100k in 1994 to 242.0 /100k in 2023.
Burkina Faso's ncd mortality fell from 26.0 % in 2000 to 23.4 % in 2021.
Burkina Faso's suicide mortality rate fell from 9.0 /100k in 2000 to 8.5 /100k in 2021.
Burkina Faso's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 27.6 /100k in 2000 to 31.0 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.4 pts64th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +11.4 %159th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.5 pts145th of 192
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- Physiciansup +46.5 %112th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −13.5 %65th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −85.9 %131st of 132*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts112th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts93rd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts81st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −1.7 %123rd of 208
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- Safe sanitationup +0.7 pts118th of 141
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- Safe drinking waterNo data