Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Infant mortality rate

Benin

5.2%

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea

5.3%

in 2023

Benin rank

14th

Equatorial Guinea rank

12th

Infant mortality rate over time

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 5.3% against 5.2% in Benin, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 14th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 12th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Infant mortality rate
Unit: % of infants
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of newborns who die before reaching the age of one.