Benin vs Lower middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Benin
69.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lower middle income
41.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Lower middle income rank
13th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Benin
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Benin currently reports 69.3 per 1,000 live births against 41.3 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income, a difference of 28 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.7 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 13th of 197 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 147.99 per 1,000 live births | 114.57 per 1,000 live births | 33.42 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2000s | 115.41 per 1,000 live births | 81.12 per 1,000 live births | 34.29 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2010s | 90.73 per 1,000 live births | 54.62 per 1,000 live births | 36.11 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2020s | 73.96 per 1,000 live births | 43.46 per 1,000 live births | 30.5 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 Lower middle income?
- Benin, at 69.3 per 1,000 live births against 41.3 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Benin and Lower middle income?
- 28 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Lower middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Lower middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Benin ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 13th 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.