Statizoid

Benin vs Liberia: Child mortality

Benin
7.47 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Liberia
8.64 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Liberia rank
10th

Child mortality over time

  • Benin
  • Liberia
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How they compare

Liberia currently reports 8.64 deaths per 100 live births against 7.47 deaths per 100 live births in Benin, a difference of 1.16 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 12th and Liberia ranks 10th of 203 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
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The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.