What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Benin and Mali?

2.3 per 1,000 live births, with Mali ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Mali?

59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs Mali: Mortality rate, infant

Benin

45.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mali

47.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

17th

Mali rank

16th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Benin
Mali

How they compare

Mali currently reports 47.5 per 1,000 live births against 45.2 per 1,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 2.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 17th and Mali ranks 16th of 197 countries.

Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	143.05 per 1,000 live births	200.72 per 1,000 live births	57.67 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1970s	128.14 per 1,000 live births	178.08 per 1,000 live births	49.94 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1980s	107.96 per 1,000 live births	140.73 per 1,000 live births	32.77 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1990s	89.55 per 1,000 live births	116.02 per 1,000 live births	26.47 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2000s	72.03 per 1,000 live births	90.21 per 1,000 live births	18.18 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2010s	57.76 per 1,000 live births	67.14 per 1,000 live births	9.38 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2020s	47.8 per 1,000 live births	51.34 per 1,000 live births	3.54 per 1,000 live births	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Benin or Mali?: Mali, at 47.5 per 1,000 live births against 45.2 per 1,000 live births in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Benin and Mali?: 2.3 per 1,000 live births, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Mali?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Benin and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Benin ranks 17th and Mali ranks 16th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (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: 20 August 2026

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