What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Benin and Liberia?

11.7 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.

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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs Liberia: Mortality rate, under-5

Benin

74.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Liberia

86.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

12th

Liberia rank

10th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Benin
Liberia

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 86.4 per 1,000 live births against 74.7 per 1,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 11.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Liberia ahead.

Benin ranks 12th and Liberia ranks 10th of 196 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	285.48 per 1,000 live births	303.75 per 1,000 live births	18.27 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
1970s	238.09 per 1,000 live births	266.88 per 1,000 live births	28.79 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
1980s	193.29 per 1,000 live births	248.56 per 1,000 live births	55.27 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
1990s	153.96 per 1,000 live births	250.29 per 1,000 live births	96.33 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
2000s	121.59 per 1,000 live births	145.07 per 1,000 live births	23.48 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
2010s	97.27 per 1,000 live births	95.47 per 1,000 live births	1.8 per 1,000 live births	Benin
2020s	79.66 per 1,000 live births	87.56 per 1,000 live births	7.9 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, Benin or Liberia?: Liberia, at 86.4 per 1,000 live births against 74.7 per 1,000 live births in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Benin and Liberia?: 11.7 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?: Benin ranks 12th and Liberia ranks 10th of 196 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.