Benin vs Djibouti: Mortality rate, infant, female

Benin
40.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Djibouti
38.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
17th
Djibouti rank
20th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Benin
  • Djibouti
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 38.9 per 1,000 live births in Djibouti, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 17th and Djibouti ranks 20th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Djibouti in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Djibouti Difference Ahead
1970s 109.15 per 1,000 live births 100.15 per 1,000 live births 9 per 1,000 live births Benin
1980s 99.6 per 1,000 live births 89.86 per 1,000 live births 9.74 per 1,000 live births Benin
1990s 83.42 per 1,000 live births 78.59 per 1,000 live births 4.83 per 1,000 live births Benin
2000s 66.29 per 1,000 live births 67.98 per 1,000 live births 1.69 per 1,000 live births Djibouti
2010s 51.83 per 1,000 live births 52.55 per 1,000 live births 0.72 per 1,000 live births Djibouti
2020s 42.6 per 1,000 live births 41.54 per 1,000 live births 1.06 per 1,000 live births Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Benin or Djibouti?
Benin, at 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 38.9 per 1,000 live births in Djibouti as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Benin and Djibouti?
1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Djibouti?
47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Benin and Djibouti rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Benin ranks 17th and Djibouti ranks 20th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.