What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Benin and United States?

217 deaths, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and United States?

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs United States: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Benin

13,130 deaths

in 2024

United States

13,347 deaths

in 2024

Benin rank

40th

United States rank

38th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Benin
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 13,347 deaths against 13,130 deaths in Benin, a difference of 217 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was United States ahead.

Benin ranks 40th and United States ranks 38th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and United States in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	8,386 deaths	57,980 deaths	49,594 deaths	United States
1970s	8,878 deaths	41,678 deaths	32,801 deaths	United States
1980s	10,228 deaths	27,345 deaths	17,117 deaths	United States
1990s	11,208 deaths	20,236 deaths	9,028 deaths	United States
2000s	12,126 deaths	18,106 deaths	5,981 deaths	United States
2010s	13,643 deaths	15,360 deaths	1,717 deaths	United States
2020s	13,307 deaths	13,122 deaths	185.8 deaths	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Benin or United States?: United States, at 13,347 deaths against 13,130 deaths in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Benin and United States?: 217 deaths, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and United States?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Benin and United States rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Benin ranks 40th and United States ranks 38th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .