Statizoid

Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Neonatal mortality rate

Benin
2.72 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
2.63 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
18th
Equatorial Guinea rank
20th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Benin
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 2.72 deaths per 100 live births against 2.63 deaths per 100 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0897 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Benin ranks 18th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
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, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .