Benin vs Côte d'Ivoire: Mortality rate, infant, male

Benin
49.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Côte d'Ivoire
50.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
18th
Côte d'Ivoire rank
17th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Benin
  • Côte d'Ivoire
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How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 50.4 per 1,000 live births against 49.8 per 1,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

Benin ranks 18th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 17th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Côte d'Ivoire in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Côte d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1960s 159.9 per 1,000 live births 205.31 per 1,000 live births 45.41 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
1970s 137.6 per 1,000 live births 150.92 per 1,000 live births 13.32 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
1980s 115.95 per 1,000 live births 114.46 per 1,000 live births 1.49 per 1,000 live births Benin
1990s 95.36 per 1,000 live births 107.17 per 1,000 live births 11.81 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
2000s 77.51 per 1,000 live births 90.14 per 1,000 live births 12.63 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
2010s 63.41 per 1,000 live births 67.17 per 1,000 live births 3.76 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
2020s 52.64 per 1,000 live births 53.38 per 1,000 live births 0.74 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Benin or Côte d'Ivoire?
Côte d'Ivoire, at 50.4 per 1,000 live births against 49.8 per 1,000 live births in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Benin and Côte d'Ivoire?
0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Côte d'Ivoire?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Benin and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Benin ranks 18th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 17th 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, male (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, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.