Burkina Faso vs Central African Republic: Number of child deaths per woman
Burkina Faso
0.3535 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Central African Republic
0.384 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
10th
Central African Republic rank
9th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Burkina Faso
- Central African Republic
How they compare
Central African Republic currently reports 0.384 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0305 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Central African Republic's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 10th and Central African Republic ranks 9th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 5 and Central African Republic in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Central African Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.16 under-five deaths per woman | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4705 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 2.11 under-five deaths per woman | 1.54 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5778 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6909 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 1.12 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4348 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 1.3 under-five deaths per woman | 1.04 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2593 under-five deaths per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 0.9531 under-five deaths per woman | 1.09 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1349 under-five deaths per woman | Central African Republic |
| 2010s | 0.571 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8953 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3242 under-five deaths per woman | Central African Republic |
| 2020s | 0.3843 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8959 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5116 under-five deaths per woman | Central African Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Burkina Faso or Central African Republic?
- Central African Republic, at 0.384 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Burkina Faso and Central African Republic?
- 0.0305 under-five deaths per woman, with Central African Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Central African Republic?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Central African Republic rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Burkina Faso ranks 10th and Central African Republic ranks 9th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).