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Life expectancy at age 15 in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Life expectancy at age 15 was 73.98 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)
73.98 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
226th
of 236 countries
All-time high
73.98 years
in 2100
All-time low
56.58 years
in 1950
Years of data
151
1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Burkina Faso, 1950–2100

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2100, life expectancy at age 15 in Burkina Faso stood at 73.98 years. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Burkina Faso peaked at 73.98 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 56.58 years, in 1950.

That places Burkina Faso 226th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 57.08 years 56.58 years 57.59 years 10
1960s 58.65 years 57.76 years 59.58 years 10
1970s 61.2 years 59.92 years 62.67 years 10
1980s 63.53 years 63.01 years 63.77 years 10
1990s 63.34 years 63.07 years 63.48 years 10
2000s 64.38 years 63.59 years 65.47 years 10
2010s 66.56 years 65.69 years 67.2 years 10
2020s 67.67 years 66.53 years 68.34 years 10
2030s 68.83 years 68.43 years 69.22 years 10
2040s 69.67 years 69.31 years 70.03 years 10
2050s 70.46 years 70.11 years 70.8 years 10
2060s 71.22 years 70.89 years 71.56 years 10
2070s 71.97 years 71.63 years 72.29 years 10
2080s 72.7 years 72.37 years 73.05 years 10
2090s 73.52 years 73.14 years 73.9 years 10
2100s 73.98 years 73.98 years 73.98 years 1

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 223 Sierra Leone 74.45 years compare
  2. 224 Democratic Republic of Congo 74.38 years compare
  3. 225 Cote d'Ivoire 73.99 years compare
  4. 227 Mali 73.98 years compare
  5. 228 Liberia 73.74 years compare
  6. 229 Guinea 73.64 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Burkina Faso?
Life expectancy at age 15 in Burkina Faso was 73.98 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 73.98 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 56.58 years in 1950.
How does Burkina Faso rank for life expectancy at age 15?
Burkina Faso ranks 226th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at age 15
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.