Economy · Life expectancy at birth · Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s life expectancy at birth rose to 61.3 years in 2024.
61.3 years
2024
Up 0.2 years from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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61.3 years
What it is. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if the death rates of each age group in a given year stayed the same throughout life. Statisticians build it from a life table of age-specific mortality, so deaths in infancy and childhood pull the average down far more than deaths in old age. It leaves out differences between regions and how many of those years are lived in good health.
Higher is better. A higher figure means death rates are lower across the ages, so more people survive childhood and reach older adulthood. The latest figure is 61.3 years for 2024, up from 61.1 years a year earlier, a gain of 0.2 years. Since 2015 the lowest figure was 58.8 years, in 2015. The 2024 figure is the highest in that span, so Burkina Faso sits at the top of its own range.
Why it matters. An average of 61.3 years shapes how households plan for the years of work, saving and support for children and elderly relatives. Employers and the state draw on a workforce whose adult years are shorter than in countries with higher figures. Health spending on mothers and young children is the main lever for lifting the number further.
| Period | Life expectancy at birth · Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 58.8 years |
| 2016 | 59.2 years |
| 2017 | 59.6 years |
| 2018 | 60 years |
| 2019 | 60.2 years |
| 2020 | 60.5 years |
| 2021 | 60 years |
| 2022 | 60.7 years |
| 2023 | 61.1 years |
| 2024 | 61.3 years |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Life expectancy at birth, Burkina Faso, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/life-expectancy/burkina-faso
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Life expectancy at birth, total. Unit: years.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series SP.DYN.LE00.IN), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.