Benin vs Guinea-Bissau: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Benin
69.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
61.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Guinea-Bissau rank
15th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Benin
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Benin currently reports 69.3 per 1,000 live births against 61.6 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 7.7 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Benin ranks 12th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Guinea-Bissau in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 175.2 per 1,000 live births | 225.8 per 1,000 live births | 50.6 per 1,000 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 147.99 per 1,000 live births | 191.08 per 1,000 live births | 43.09 per 1,000 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 115.41 per 1,000 live births | 137.95 per 1,000 live births | 22.54 per 1,000 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 90.73 per 1,000 live births | 87.24 per 1,000 live births | 3.49 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2020s | 73.96 per 1,000 live births | 65.92 per 1,000 live births | 8.04 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- Benin, at 69.3 per 1,000 live births against 61.6 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Benin and Guinea-Bissau?
- 7.7 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Guinea-Bissau?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Benin ranks 12th and Guinea-Bissau 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, 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.