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

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

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

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 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 Ethiopia: Mortality rate, neonatal

Benin

27.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia

25.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

18th

Ethiopia rank

21st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Benin
Ethiopia

How they compare

Benin currently reports 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 25.2 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 2 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Benin ranks 18th and Ethiopia ranks 21st of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Ethiopia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Ethiopia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	52.77 per 1,000 live births	67.1 per 1,000 live births	14.33 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
1980s	48.35 per 1,000 live births	64.91 per 1,000 live births	16.56 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
1990s	41.53 per 1,000 live births	54.33 per 1,000 live births	12.8 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2000s	35.56 per 1,000 live births	43.55 per 1,000 live births	7.99 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2010s	31.6 per 1,000 live births	32.91 per 1,000 live births	1.31 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2020s	28.2 per 1,000 live births	26.7 per 1,000 live births	1.5 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 Ethiopia?: Benin, at 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 25.2 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Benin and Ethiopia?: 2 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Ethiopia?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Benin and Ethiopia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Benin ranks 18th and Ethiopia ranks 21st 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.