What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Benin and Djibouti?

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

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

46 years are reported by both, from 1979 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs Djibouti: Mortality rate, neonatal

Benin

27.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Djibouti

27.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

18th

Djibouti rank

19th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Benin
Djibouti

How they compare

Benin currently reports 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 27.1 per 1,000 live births in Djibouti, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 46 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Djibouti ahead.

Benin ranks 18th and Djibouti ranks 19th of 197 countries.

Djibouti has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Djibouti	Difference	Ahead
1970s	52 per 1,000 live births	56.8 per 1,000 live births	4.8 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
1980s	48.35 per 1,000 live births	51.95 per 1,000 live births	3.6 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
1990s	41.53 per 1,000 live births	45.72 per 1,000 live births	4.19 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2000s	35.56 per 1,000 live births	40.15 per 1,000 live births	4.59 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2010s	31.6 per 1,000 live births	33.61 per 1,000 live births	2.01 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2020s	28.2 per 1,000 live births	28.42 per 1,000 live births	0.22 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Benin or Djibouti?: Benin, at 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 27.1 per 1,000 live births in Djibouti as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Benin and Djibouti?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Djibouti?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Benin and Djibouti rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Benin ranks 18th and Djibouti 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.