Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Benin
69.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
62.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Benin
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Benin currently reports 69.3 per 1,000 live births against 62.4 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 6.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 12th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 180.44 per 1,000 live births | 177.07 per 1,000 live births | 3.36 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 1990s | 147.99 per 1,000 live births | 160.13 per 1,000 live births | 12.14 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 115.41 per 1,000 live births | 126.01 per 1,000 live births | 10.6 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 90.73 per 1,000 live births | 87.45 per 1,000 live births | 3.28 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2020s | 73.96 per 1,000 live births | 67.14 per 1,000 live births | 6.82 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Benin or Equatorial Guinea?
- Benin, at 69.3 per 1,000 live births against 62.4 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
- 6.9 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Benin ranks 12th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.