Benin vs Lower middle income: Mortality rate, under-5

Benin
74.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lower middle income
43.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Lower middle income rank
13th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Benin
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 74.7 per 1,000 live births against 43.8 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income, a difference of 30.9 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 196 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 153.96 per 1,000 live births 115.18 per 1,000 live births 38.78 per 1,000 live births Benin
2000s 121.59 per 1,000 live births 82.48 per 1,000 live births 39.11 per 1,000 live births Benin
2010s 97.27 per 1,000 live births 56.83 per 1,000 live births 40.44 per 1,000 live births Benin
2020s 79.66 per 1,000 live births 45.96 per 1,000 live births 33.7 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, Benin or Lower middle income?
Benin, at 74.7 per 1,000 live births against 43.8 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Benin and Lower middle income?
30.9 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?
Benin ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 13th 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

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.