Benin vs Liberia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Benin
69.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Liberia
79 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Liberia rank
10th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Benin
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 79 per 1,000 live births against 69.3 per 1,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 9.7 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 12th and Liberia ranks 10th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Liberia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 274.8 per 1,000 live births | 285.73 per 1,000 live births | 10.93 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 1970s | 227.44 per 1,000 live births | 250.47 per 1,000 live births | 23.03 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 1980s | 184.14 per 1,000 live births | 233.62 per 1,000 live births | 49.48 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 1990s | 147.99 per 1,000 live births | 235.99 per 1,000 live births | 88 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 2000s | 115.41 per 1,000 live births | 135.18 per 1,000 live births | 19.77 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 2010s | 90.73 per 1,000 live births | 87.58 per 1,000 live births | 3.15 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2020s | 73.96 per 1,000 live births | 80.12 per 1,000 live births | 6.16 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Benin or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 79 per 1,000 live births against 69.3 per 1,000 live births in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Benin and Liberia?
- 9.7 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Liberia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Liberia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Benin ranks 12th and Liberia ranks 10th 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.