Statizoid

Benin vs Ethiopia: Neonatal mortality rate

Benin
2.72 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia
2.52 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
18th
Ethiopia rank
21st

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Benin
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 2.72 deaths per 100 live births against 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.1951 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Benin ranks 18th and Ethiopia ranks 21st 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 .