Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Benin or East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), at 273,147 against 35,304 in Benin as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Benin and East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?

237,843, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): Number of under-five deaths

Benin

35,304

in 2024

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

273,147

in 2024

Benin rank

30th

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

29th

Number of under-five deaths over time

Benin
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 273,147 against 35,304 in Benin, a difference of 237,843.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 7.7 times Benin's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 30th and East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th of 197 countries.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	39,598	1.74 million	1.70 million	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	39,548	916,271	876,723	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	40,372	539,138	498,766	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2020s	36,855	314,613	277,757	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Benin or East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), at 273,147 against 35,304 in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Benin and East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 237,843, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Benin and East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for number of under-five deaths?: Benin ranks 30th and East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,104 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.