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

1.5 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.

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 Mozambique: Mortality rate, infant

Benin

45.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mozambique

43.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

17th

Mozambique rank

19th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Benin
Mozambique

How they compare

Benin currently reports 45.2 per 1,000 live births against 43.7 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique, a difference of 1.5 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 19th 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	146.36 per 1,000 live births	148.06 per 1,000 live births	1.7 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
1970s	128.14 per 1,000 live births	152.64 per 1,000 live births	24.5 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
1980s	107.96 per 1,000 live births	155.42 per 1,000 live births	47.46 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
1990s	89.55 per 1,000 live births	135.01 per 1,000 live births	45.46 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2000s	72.03 per 1,000 live births	83.59 per 1,000 live births	11.56 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2010s	57.76 per 1,000 live births	54.92 per 1,000 live births	2.84 per 1,000 live births	Benin
2020s	47.8 per 1,000 live births	46.04 per 1,000 live births	1.76 per 1,000 live births	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Benin or Mozambique?: Benin, at 45.2 per 1,000 live births against 43.7 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Benin and Mozambique?: 1.5 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?: Benin ranks 17th and Mozambique ranks 19th 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: 03 September 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.