Benin vs Lower middle income: Mortality rate, infant, male
Benin
49.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lower middle income
35.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
18th
Lower middle income rank
15th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Benin
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Benin currently reports 49.8 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income, a difference of 14.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 15th of 197 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.36 per 1,000 live births | 81.26 per 1,000 live births | 14.1 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2000s | 77.51 per 1,000 live births | 61.21 per 1,000 live births | 16.3 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2010s | 63.41 per 1,000 live births | 44.77 per 1,000 live births | 18.64 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2020s | 52.64 per 1,000 live births | 37.1 per 1,000 live births | 15.54 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Benin or Lower middle income?
- Benin, at 49.8 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Benin and Lower middle income?
- 14.3 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Lower middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Lower middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Benin ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 15th 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
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.