Benin vs Mozambique: Mortality rate, infant, female
Benin
40.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mozambique
39.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
17th
Mozambique rank
18th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Benin
- Mozambique
How they compare
Benin currently reports 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 39.8 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 17th and Mozambique ranks 18th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135.67 per 1,000 live births | 139.37 per 1,000 live births | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 1970s | 118.1 per 1,000 live births | 144.08 per 1,000 live births | 25.98 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 1980s | 99.6 per 1,000 live births | 147.71 per 1,000 live births | 48.11 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 83.42 per 1,000 live births | 128.74 per 1,000 live births | 45.32 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 66.29 per 1,000 live births | 79.14 per 1,000 live births | 12.85 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 51.83 per 1,000 live births | 50.81 per 1,000 live births | 1.02 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2020s | 42.6 per 1,000 live births | 42.06 per 1,000 live births | 0.54 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 Mozambique?
- Benin, at 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 39.8 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Benin and Mozambique?
- 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Mozambique?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Mozambique rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Benin ranks 17th and Mozambique ranks 18th 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
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.