Health in Burkina Faso

1,466 indicators covering health for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 76.6% 2019 down 12.1% 3rd
Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 98 2019 up 7.7% 192nd
Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 250 2024 down 19.4% 74th
Neonatal mortality rate - Remains constant 23.75 2030 unchanged 25th
Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained 21.24 2030 down 8.9% 29th
Neonatal mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 2.8 2030 down 83.2% 1st
Neonatal mortality rate - SDG target met 12 2030 down 43.4% 1st
Under 5 mortality rate - Remains constant 74.89 2030 unchanged 11th
Under 5 mortality rate - Current trends maintained 61.65 2030 down 15.0% 13th
Under 5 mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 5.09 2030 down 89.1% 1st
Under 5 mortality rate - SDG target met 25 2030 down 59.3% 1st
Mortality rate age 10-19 - Remains constant 9.2 2030 up 6.6% 41st
Mortality rate age 10-19 - Current trends maintained 6.69 2030 down 17.8% 52nd
Mortality rate age 10-19 - High-income country average rate matched 4.63 2030 down 29.5% 51st
Neonatal deaths - Remains constant 18,318 2030 up 4.0% 26th
Neonatal deaths - Current trends maintained 16,384 2030 down 5.2% 27th
Neonatal deaths - SDG target met 9,256 2030 down 41.1% 35th
Under-five deaths - Remains constant 56,779 2030 up 4.2% 22nd
Under-five deaths - Current trends maintained 46,714 2030 down 11.4% 24th
Under-five deaths - SDG target met 19,028 2030 down 57.3% 34th
Deaths age 10 to 19 - Remains constant 5,450 2030 up 9.6% 42nd
Deaths age 10 to 19 - Current trends maintained 4,310 2030 down 9.8% 45th
Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 9,452 2019 up 56.3% 88th
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.7% 2024 down 22.2% 43rd
Mortality caused by road traffic injury 31 per 100,000 population 2019 up 5.4% 21st
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 21.3 per 100,000 female population 2019 up 5.4% 9th
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 40.8 per 100,000 male population 2019 up 5.2% 31st
Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine 91.0% 2024 up 102.2% 110th
Deaths in armed conflicts by country, annual growth rate -82.28 % change on previous year 2026 up 17.7% 15th
Deaths in armed conflicts by region, annual growth rate -82.28 % change on previous year 2026 up 17.7% 15th
Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 21.25 2025 up 48.4% 32nd
Tuberculosis patients living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy 367 patients 2021 down 36.7% 56th
HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 100.0% 2024 up 16.3% 1st
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 69.0% 2022 up 19.0% 101st
New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 7.01 2024 down 41.3% 53rd
Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 75 2023 up 5.6% 74th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 9.3% 2021 down 10.6% 13th
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 980,000 2024 up 16.7% 26th
Weight-for-height <-2 SD 9.34 2021 down 10.1% 13th
Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 85.0% 2025 101st
International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 30 2025 139th
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age 16.9% 2021 down 32.7% 23rd
Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 7.47 2024 down 34.6% 57th
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 14 2024 up 133.3% 31st
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 176 2024 down 11.6% 43rd
New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 1.42 2024 up 90.9% 41st
Children (0-14) living with HIV 8,400 2024 down 47.5% 24th
Deaths in armed conflicts, annual growth rate 20.87 % change on previous year 2025 up 120.9% 18th
Number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine 60,734 one-year-olds 2023 down 84.2% 48th
Children living with HIV 8,400 0-14 2024 down 47.5% 24th
Contraceptive prevalence, any method 34.0% 2022 up 109.6% 90th
Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 800 2024 down 42.9% 26th
Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 3rd
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 11.6% 2024 down 29.7% 112th
Annual number of children newly infected with HIV 800 ages 0-14 2024 down 42.9% 26th
Children newly infected with HIV 800.68 infections 2024 down 42.1% 26th
Number of female leprosy new cases 8 2024 down 92.7% 65th
Estimated number of malaria deaths 16,184 2024 down 33.0% 10th
Estimated number of malaria cases 8.32 million 2024 up 2.4% 10th
National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 8 2022 unchanged 1st