Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained in Benin
Benin: Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained was 24.67 in 2030. ▼ Falling
Latest (2030)
24.67
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
16th
of 200 countries
All-time high
26.75
in 2025
All-time low
24.67
in 2030
Years of data
6
2025–2030
Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained in Benin, 2025–2030
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained in Benin is 24.67, measured in 2030. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
That places Benin 16th out of 200 countries with data for 2030, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 25.9 | 25.07 | 26.75 | 5 |
| 2030s | 24.67 | 24.67 | 24.67 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 13 Chad 27.43 compare
- 14 Lesotho 25.26 compare
- 15 Sierra Leone 25.07 compare
- 17 Côte d’Ivoire 24.59 compare
- 18 Mozambique 24.14 compare
- 19 Eswatini 23.99 compare
More health data for Benin
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8458 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,002 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 13,632 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.5016 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 123,369 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained in Benin?
- Neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained in Benin was 24.67 in 2030, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 26.75 in 2025.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.67 in 2030.
- How does Benin rank for neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained?
- Benin ranks 16th out of 200 countries with data for 2030.
- Is neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained (projection). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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