Health in Burkina Faso

1,451 indicators covering health for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 1,248 2024 down 4.1% 40th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 3,377 2024 up 84.7% 36th
Deaths from terrorism, by target 0 deaths 2021 2nd
Deaths from suicide and other terrorist attacks 422 deaths 2021 7th
Suicide and other terrorist attacks 53 attacks 2021 16th
Deaths from terrorist attacks, by method of attack 2 deaths 2021 15th
Terrorism deaths rate 1.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 4th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 2 deaths 2021 15th
Terrorism deaths 422 deaths 2021 8th
Share of deaths from terrorism 0.2% 2021 6th
Prevalence of HIV, total 0.5% 2024 down 37.5% 61st
Number of people who are undernourished 3.00 million 2023 up 25.0% 37th
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 31.4% 2024 up 5.3% 94th
External health expenditure channeled through government 70.7% 2023 down 27.1% 37th
Mental health and substance use disorders death rate by age group 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and endocarditis 13.87 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.3% 16th
Expected share of deaths from non-communicable diseases 23.4% 2021 down 7.9% 46th
Expected chances of death from non-communicable diseases, by gender 25.9% 2021 down 10.4% 55th
Healthy life expectancy 54.56 Years 2021 up 5.6% 160th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.3% 2021 down 5.3% 44th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 25.9% 2021 down 10.4% 55th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.4% 2021 down 7.9% 46th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 1.58 per 100,000 population 2021 up 13.7% 19th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 1.43 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 25.4% 13th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 1.74 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5.5% 29th
Suicide mortality rate, female 4.01 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 3.1% 76th
Suicide mortality rate, male 13.02 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 0.1% 70th
Suicide mortality rate 8.5 per 100,000 population 2021 down 0.6% 72nd
Nurses and midwives 0.949 per 1,000 people 2023 up 115.7% 163rd
HIV/AIDS deaths averted by antiretroviral therapy, annual growth rate 1.03 % change on previous year 2024 up 160.9% 88th
What share of the population living with HIV are women? 63.7% 2024 up 9.0% 24th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 96.5% 2023 down 2.1% 35th
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 0.5438 2023 up 198.0% 106th
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 14.99 2023 up 16.7% 21st
Prevalence rate of diabetes in adults 6.3 2014 up 28.6% 158th
Child mortality rate 10.9% 2019 down 23.6% 5th
Neonatal mortality rate 2.9% 2019 down 12.8% 13th
Number of neonatal deaths 26,890 deaths 2019 up 13.0% 19th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 3.84 2020 up 40.7% 39th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 11.27 2020 up 39.0% 12th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 19 2020 up 37.9% 8th
Low-birthweight babies 18.5% 2020 down 4.1% 12th
Share of people with HIV who receive antiretroviral therapy 82.0% 2024 up 74.5% 45th
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 5.95 2022 down 19.9% 198th
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 12.27 2022 up 83.6% 102nd
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 10.61 2022 up 99.9% 137th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 7.09 2022 down 15.3% 198th
Inequality in life expectancy 0.3109 2023 down 17.8% 11th
Inequality in life expectancy vs. health spending per capita 0.3109 2023 down 17.8% 11th
Child mortality rate by household wealth 7.76 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.7% 13th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 56.2% 2022 down 5.4% 22nd
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 82.2% 2022 down 1.9% 16th
Maternal mortality ratio vs. average daily income 263.75 deaths per 100,000 live births 2020 down 26.2% 31st
Maternal mortality ratio 263.75 deaths per 100,000 live births 2020 down 26.2% 32nd
Maternal mortality ratio 263.75 deaths per 100,000 live births 2020 down 26.2% 32nd
The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 263.75 deaths per 100,000 live births 2020 down 26.2% 32nd
Number of maternal deaths by region 2,049 deaths 2020 down 17.7% 28th
Maternal mortality ratio vs. births attended by skilled health staff 263.75 deaths per 100,000 live births 2020 down 26.2% 32nd
Maternal mortality ratio vs. neonatal mortality 263.75 deaths per 100,000 live births 2020 down 26.2% 32nd
Maternal deaths by income group 2,049 deaths 2020 down 17.7% 28th