Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.87% to 26.2 in Burkina Faso in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 71.8 in 1972 and an all time low of 26.2 in 2019. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Ghana amounted to 23.5, 33.9 in Ivory Coast, 32.3 in Mali and 24.6 in Niger in 2019.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 29th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | 15.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 30.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 28.8 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 27.3 | 26.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 36.1 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 33.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 26.8 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 24.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 32.4 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 36.8 | 36.2 | 35.6 | 35.0 | 34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 32.3 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 31.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 7.40 | 7.10 | 6.90 | 6.60 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 35.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 35.2 | 34.6 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 27.4 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 25.4 |
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