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

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

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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 Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, neonatal

Benin

27.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea

26.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

18th

Equatorial Guinea rank

20th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Benin
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Benin currently reports 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 26.3 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Benin ranks 18th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Equatorial Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1980s	45.3 per 1,000 live births	50.1 per 1,000 live births	4.8 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	41.53 per 1,000 live births	48.42 per 1,000 live births	6.89 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	35.56 per 1,000 live births	41.82 per 1,000 live births	6.26 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	31.6 per 1,000 live births	31.94 per 1,000 live births	0.34 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	28.2 per 1,000 live births	27.4 per 1,000 live births	0.8 per 1,000 live births	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Benin or Equatorial Guinea?: Benin, at 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 26.3 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Benin and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Equatorial Guinea?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Benin and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Benin ranks 18th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th of 196 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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.