Statizoid

Benin vs Sierra Leone: Neonatal mortality rate

Benin
2.72 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
2.83 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
18th
Sierra Leone rank
15th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Benin
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.83 deaths per 100 live births against 2.72 deaths per 100 live births in Benin, a difference of 0.1078 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 18th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th 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 .