Benin vs Mali: Mortality rate, under-5
Benin
74.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mali
73 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Mali rank
13th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Benin
- Mali
How they compare
Benin currently reports 74.7 per 1,000 live births against 73 per 1,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 1.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Mali ahead.
Benin ranks 12th and Mali ranks 13th of 196 countries.
Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 278.06 per 1,000 live births | 411.34 per 1,000 live births | 133.29 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 1970s | 238.09 per 1,000 live births | 351.3 per 1,000 live births | 113.21 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 1980s | 193.29 per 1,000 live births | 269.45 per 1,000 live births | 76.16 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 1990s | 153.96 per 1,000 live births | 215.05 per 1,000 live births | 61.09 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 2000s | 121.59 per 1,000 live births | 163.58 per 1,000 live births | 41.99 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 2010s | 97.27 per 1,000 live births | 112.35 per 1,000 live births | 15.08 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
| 2020s | 79.66 per 1,000 live births | 80.02 per 1,000 live births | 0.36 per 1,000 live births | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Benin or Mali?
- Benin, at 74.7 per 1,000 live births against 73 per 1,000 live births in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Benin and Mali?
- 1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Mali?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Benin ranks 12th and Mali 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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About this data
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.