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

17.5 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 World: Mortality rate, infant

Benin

45.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

World

27.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

17th

World rank

19th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Benin
World

How they compare

Benin currently reports 45.2 per 1,000 live births against 27.7 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 17.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.6 times World's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 17th and World ranks 19th of 197 countries.

Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	World	Difference	Ahead
1990s	89.55 per 1,000 live births	60.51 per 1,000 live births	29.04 per 1,000 live births	Benin
2000s	72.03 per 1,000 live births	45.37 per 1,000 live births	26.66 per 1,000 live births	Benin
2010s	57.76 per 1,000 live births	32.27 per 1,000 live births	25.49 per 1,000 live births	Benin
2020s	47.8 per 1,000 live births	28.76 per 1,000 live births	19.04 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 World?: Benin, at 45.2 per 1,000 live births against 27.7 per 1,000 live births in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Benin and World?: 17.5 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and World?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Benin and World rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Benin ranks 17th and World 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: 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.