Benin vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Benin
79.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
96.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
11th
Sierra Leone rank
8th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Benin
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 96.1 per 1,000 live births against 79.9 per 1,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 16.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 8th of 197 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 295.81 per 1,000 live births | 376.14 per 1,000 live births | 80.33 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 248.07 per 1,000 live births | 321.93 per 1,000 live births | 73.86 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 202.08 per 1,000 live births | 283.9 per 1,000 live births | 81.82 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 159.61 per 1,000 live births | 256.97 per 1,000 live births | 97.36 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 127.47 per 1,000 live births | 203.55 per 1,000 live births | 76.08 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 103.47 per 1,000 live births | 139 per 1,000 live births | 35.53 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 85 per 1,000 live births | 103.06 per 1,000 live births | 18.06 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Benin or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 96.1 per 1,000 live births against 79.9 per 1,000 live births in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Benin and Sierra Leone?
- 16.2 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Benin ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 8th 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.