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Burkina Faso - Infant Mortality Rate 1979

Name: Burkina Faso Infant Mortality Rate 1979
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

127.2 −4.0 from 1978 Global rank: 153rd

Burkina Faso's infant mortality rate was 127.2 in 1979, decreased +4.0 from 131.2 in 1978. This was the 153rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1979
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	7.4	-3.9%
2nd	Finland	7.6	-7.3%
3rd	Japan	7.8	-6.0%
4th	Iceland	8.4	-5.6%
5th	Norway	8.4	-4.5%
6th	Denmark	8.5	-3.4%
7th	Switzerland	8.7	-5.4%
8th	Netherlands	9.0	-3.2%
9th	France	10.5	-4.5%
10th	Canada	11.0	-6.0%
11th	Australia	11.3	-5.0%
12th	Luxembourg	11.7	-4.1%
13th	Singapore	12.1	-1.6%
14th	Belgium	12.7	-5.2%
15th	United Kingdom	12.7	-5.2%
16th	Ireland	13.0	-8.5%
17th	United States	13.1	-5.1%
18th	New Zealand	13.2	-2.9%
19th	Germany	13.5	-6.3%
20th	Spain	13.5	-7.5%
21st	Antigua and Barbuda	13.9	-6.1%
22nd	Austria	14.6	-5.8%
23rd	Italy	15.1	-6.2%
24th	Latvia	15.2	-
25th	Czechia	15.5	-5.5%
26th	Malta	15.6	-4.3%
27th	Israel	16.4	-5.7%
28th	Lithuania	16.6	-2.9%
29th	Belarus	17.1	-1.7%
30th	Brunei Darussalam	18.1	-7.7%
31st	Greece	18.6	-6.5%
32nd	Cuba	19.2	-5.9%
33rd	Dominica	20.2	-5.2%
34th	Slovak Republic	20.5	-3.8%
35th	Bulgaria	20.6	-5.1%
36th	Poland	21.7	-3.1%
37th	Russian Federation	21.8	-0.5%
38th	Cyprus	21.9	-9.9%
39th	Costa Rica	22.1	-10.2%
40th	Hungary	22.8	-6.9%
41st	Seychelles	24.2	-9.0%
42nd	Malaysia	24.6	-6.1%
43rd	Portugal	24.6	-8.2%
44th	Ukraine	24.8	-1.6%
45th	Barbados	25.0	-6.0%
46th	Tonga	25.0	-3.8%
47th	Bahamas, The	25.3	-1.6%
48th	St. Lucia	26.8	-6.3%
49th	British Virgin Islands	28.7	-2.0%
50th	Grenada	28.9	-2.7%
51st	United Arab Emirates	29.1	-10.2%
52nd	Romania	29.5	-2.6%
53rd	Korea	29.8	-4.8%
54th	Turks and Caicos Islands	30.3	-6.8%
55th	Bahrain	30.7	-7.0%
56th	Chile	31.5	-12.3%
57th	Qatar	31.5	-4.8%
58th	Kuwait	33.0	-7.0%
59th	Jamaica	33.7	-3.2%
60th	Mauritius	33.9	-6.4%
61st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	34.3	-3.9%
62nd	Panama	34.5	-2.8%
63rd	Samoa	34.7	-4.7%
64th	Fiji	35.6	-4.6%
65th	Sri Lanka	35.7	-7.0%
66th	Trinidad and Tobago	37.8	-2.6%
67th	Uruguay	39.5	-8.8%
68th	Argentina	39.7	-8.3%
69th	Palau	40.7	-4.7%
70th	Solomon Islands	41.3	-5.1%
71st	Moldova	42.4	-2.1%
72nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	43.6	-3.3%
73rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.0	-8.4%
74th	Jordan	48.3	-4.2%
75th	Colombia	48.7	-5.3%
76th	Viet Nam	48.7	-1.8%
77th	Georgia	49.3	-3.7%
78th	Marshall Islands	49.7	-1.2%
79th	Syrian Arab Republic	50.8	-5.0%
80th	China	51.2	-5.2%
81st	Micronesia, Federated States of	51.3	-1.9%
82nd	Thailand	51.9	-4.2%
83rd	Belize	52.3	-3.5%
84th	Philippines	52.4	-0.6%
85th	São Tomé and Principe	53.1	0.8%
86th	Paraguay	54.1	-2.2%
87th	Vanuatu	54.6	-4.9%
88th	Tuvalu	54.9	-4.2%
89th	Lebanon	55.5	-0.9%
90th	Libya	55.7	-5.1%
91st	Cabo Verde	56.2	-2.8%
92nd	Guyana	59.3	-0.5%
93rd	Iraq	59.3	-3.7%
94th	Mexico	60.6	-3.8%
95th	Albania	61.3	-8.4%
96th	Kazakhstan	63.4	-2.2%
97th	Botswana	63.5	-5.4%
98th	Congo, Republic of	64.3	-1.7%
99th	Tunisia	64.5	-6.4%
100th	Dominican Republic	68.3	-3.3%
101st	Namibia	69.9	1.7%
102nd	Kenya	70.3	-2.8%
103rd	Armenia	71.7	-4.0%
104th	Ecuador	73.3	-4.2%
105th	West Bank and Gaza	73.4	-6.0%
106th	Gabon	73.7	-2.4%
107th	Honduras	73.8	-4.2%
108th	Zimbabwe	73.9	0.5%
109th	Brazil	79.8	-3.6%
110th	Papua New Guinea	81.0	-2.6%
111th	Zambia	81.4	0.9%
112th	El Salvador	84.2	-4.1%
113th	Nicaragua	87.6	-5.4%
114th	Eswatini	87.6	-3.7%
115th	Indonesia	88.5	-2.2%
116th	Sudan	89.4	-0.2%
117th	Kyrgyz Republic	89.6	-3.1%
118th	Peru	90.2	-1.7%
119th	Kiribati	90.3	-1.0%
120th	Ghana	90.7	-1.8%
121st	Saudi Arabia	91.5	-6.5%
122nd	Guatemala	92.3	-3.4%
123rd	Eritrea	92.9	-0.7%
124th	South Africa	93.1	-5.7%
125th	Madagascar	93.5	1.6%
126th	Oman	93.5	-7.9%
127th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	94.6	-6.7%
128th	Tajikistan	96.1	-0.9%
129th	Senegal	99.2	-3.0%
130th	Mauritania	99.8	-2.3%
131st	Uzbekistan	100.0	-
132nd	Togo	101.7	-2.0%
133rd	Morocco	103.1	-3.8%
134th	Tanzania	103.8	-0.7%
135th	Myanmar	105.9	-1.7%
136th	Djibouti	106.2	-1.8%
137th	Türkiye	106.9	-3.9%
138th	Lesotho	107.8	-4.2%
139th	Nigeria	109.3	-2.8%
140th	Cameroon	109.5	-1.7%
141st	Turkmenistan	110.7	-4.0%
142nd	India	111.7	-3.0%
143rd	Central African Republic	114.7	-1.3%
144th	Côte d'Ivoire	114.8	-3.2%
145th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	115.2	-1.3%
146th	Algeria	115.8	-5.5%
147th	Burundi	116.5	-2.4%
148th	Benin	117.2	-1.8%
149th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	122.0	-2.6%
150th	Rwanda	123.2	-4.1%
151st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	123.4	-3.7%
152nd	Uganda	125.1	1.5%
153rd	Burkina Faso	127.2	-3.0%
154th	Gambia, The	127.4	-1.6%
155th	Maldives	127.5	-5.1%
156th	Pakistan	127.9	-0.5%
157th	Comoros	130.1	-2.4%
158th	Chad	131.1	-0.6%
159th	Haiti	133.7	-2.6%
160th	Lao PDR	135.1	-1.3%
161st	Malawi	135.4	-3.1%
162nd	Bangladesh	135.8	-2.3%
163rd	Cambodia	137.5	-36.4%
164th	Sierra Leone	142.0	-0.7%
165th	Niger	142.2	-1.7%
166th	Bhutan	146.0	-2.9%
167th	Nepal	148.0	-2.5%
168th	Mozambique	150.2	0.3%
169th	South Sudan	158.3	-0.9%
170th	Yemen, Republic of	159.0	-4.9%
171st	Mali	159.4	-2.4%
172nd	Liberia	159.8	-1.5%
173rd	Guinea	163.0	-1.6%
174th	Afghanistan	192.9	-1.9%

FAQ

What was Burkina Faso's infant mortality rate in 1979?▾

Burkina Faso's infant mortality rate in 1979 was 127.2. This ranked 153rd globally.

How did Burkina Faso's infant mortality rate change in 1979?▾

Burkina Faso's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.0% in 1979 compared to 1978.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1979?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1979 at 192.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Burkina Faso in 1979?▾

The infant mortality rate of Burkina Faso in 1979 was 127.2. This ranked 153rd globally.

How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Burkina Faso's infant mortality rate?▾

Burkina Faso's infant mortality rate went from 131.2 in 1978 to 127.2 in 1979, a 3.0% decrease.

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