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

1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.

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

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 Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, neonatal

Benin

27.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

28.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

18th

Sierra Leone rank

15th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Benin
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 28.3 per 1,000 live births against 27.2 per 1,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 18th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 197 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1980s	45.3 per 1,000 live births	52.2 per 1,000 live births	6.9 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1990s	41.53 per 1,000 live births	50.66 per 1,000 live births	9.13 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2000s	35.56 per 1,000 live births	44.48 per 1,000 live births	8.92 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2010s	31.6 per 1,000 live births	34.56 per 1,000 live births	2.96 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2020s	28.2 per 1,000 live births	29.38 per 1,000 live births	1.18 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Benin or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 28.3 per 1,000 live births against 27.2 per 1,000 live births in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Benin and Sierra Leone?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Benin ranks 18th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th 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.