Burkina Faso
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Global rank#208out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

61.355.048.742.436.1196019922024Burkina Faso · 2024: 61.29 yearsBurkina Faso

Analytical takeaways

  • Burkina Faso records 61.29 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #208 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 36.07 years in 1960 to 61.29 years in 2024, a gain of 25.22 years.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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