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 0.11 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.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1980s 4.53 deaths per 100 live births 5.22 deaths per 100 live births 0.6906 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone
1990s 4.15 deaths per 100 live births 5.07 deaths per 100 live births 0.9135 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone
2000s 3.56 deaths per 100 live births 4.45 deaths per 100 live births 0.8906 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone
2010s 3.16 deaths per 100 live births 3.46 deaths per 100 live births 0.2933 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone
2020s 2.82 deaths per 100 live births 2.93 deaths per 100 live births 0.1153 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Benin or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 2.83 deaths per 100 live births against 2.72 deaths per 100 live births in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Benin and Sierra Leone?
0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?
36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
Benin ranks 18th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th 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 Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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

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