Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Benin
79.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
73.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
11th
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Benin
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Benin currently reports 79.9 per 1,000 live births against 73.4 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 6.5 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 11th 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 | 197.81 per 1,000 live births | 195.6 per 1,000 live births | 2.21 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 1990s | 159.61 per 1,000 live births | 178.16 per 1,000 live births | 18.55 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 127.47 per 1,000 live births | 142.1 per 1,000 live births | 14.63 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 103.47 per 1,000 live births | 100.55 per 1,000 live births | 2.92 per 1,000 live births | Benin |
| 2020s | 85 per 1,000 live births | 78.32 per 1,000 live births | 6.68 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, male, Benin or Equatorial Guinea?
- Benin, at 79.9 per 1,000 live births against 73.4 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
- 6.5 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, male?
- Benin ranks 11th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.