Number of under-five deaths in Benin
Benin: Number of under-five deaths was 35,304 in 2024. β² Rising
Number of under-five deaths in Benin, 1960β2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, number of under-five deaths in Benin stood at 35,304.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Benin peaked at 40,820 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33,272, in 1960.
That places Benin 30th out of 196 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,796 | 33,272 | 35,748 | 10 |
| 1970s | 36,306 | 35,914 | 36,687 | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,648 | 37,132 | 39,457 | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,598 | 39,216 | 40,109 | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,548 | 39,145 | 40,063 | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,372 | 39,265 | 40,820 | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,855 | 35,304 | 38,428 | 5 |
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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)
- 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)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 120,115 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 126,844 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 123,427 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths in Benin?
- Number of under-five deaths in Benin was 35,304 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 40,820 in 2015.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,272 in 1960.
- How does Benin rank for number of under-five deaths?
- Benin ranks 30th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children dying before reaching age five.