Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Benin

Infant mortality rate in Benin in 2024 — 45.2 per 1,000. Ranked 180 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 71.6%.

2024 45.2 per 1,000 −2.8% vs 2023
World rank 180of 196
Period maximum 159.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 45.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Benin, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 159.3 per 1,0001962: 155.3 per 1,0001964: 150.8 per 1,0001966: 146.2 per 1,0001968: 141.9 per 1,0001970: 138.1 per 1,0001972: 134 per 1,0001974: 129.5 per 1,0001976: 124.7 per 1,0001978: 120 per 1,0001980: 115.8 per 1,0001982: 112.2 per 1,0001984: 108.8 per 1,0001986: 105.5 per 1,0001988: 101.9 per 1,0001990: 98.1 per 1,0001992: 94.1 per 1,0001994: 90.2 per 1,0001996: 86.7 per 1,0001998: 83.3 per 1,0002000: 79.7 per 1,0002002: 76 per 1,0002004: 72.6 per 1,0002006: 69.4 per 1,0002008: 66.5 per 1,0002010: 63.8 per 1,0002012: 61.1 per 1,0002014: 58.4 per 1,0002016: 55.8 per 1,0002018: 53.1 per 1,0002020: 50.4 per 1,0002022: 47.8 per 1,0002024: 45.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −114.1 (−71.63%) Average annual rate: -1.95 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 45.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 57.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 45.2 −1.3 −2.8%
2023 46.5 −1.3 −2.72%
2022 47.8 −1.3 −2.65%
2021 49.1 −1.3 −2.58%
2020 50.4 −1.4 −2.7%
2019 51.8 −1.3 −2.45%
2018 53.1 −1.3 −2.39%
2017 54.4 −1.4 −2.51%
2016 55.8 −1.2 −2.11%
2015 57 −1.4 −2.4%
2014 58.4 −1.4 −2.34%
2013 59.8 −1.3 −2.13%
2012 61.1 −1.3 −2.08%
2011 62.4 −1.4 −2.19%
2010 63.8 −1.3 −2%
2009 65.1 −1.4 −2.11%
2008 66.5 −1.4 −2.06%
2007 67.9 −1.5 −2.16%
2006 69.4 −1.6 −2.25%
2005 71 −1.6 −2.2%
2004 72.6 −1.7 −2.29%
2003 74.3 −1.7 −2.24%
2002 76 −1.8 −2.31%
2001 77.8 −1.9 −2.38%
2000 79.7 −1.8 −2.21%
1999 81.5 −1.8 −2.16%
1998 83.3 −1.7 −2%
1997 85 −1.7 −1.96%
1996 86.7 −1.7 −1.92%
1995 88.4 −1.8 −2%
1994 90.2 −1.9 −2.06%
1993 92.1 −2 −2.13%
1992 94.1 −2 −2.08%
1991 96.1 −2 −2.04%
1990 98.1 −2 −2%
1989 100.1 −1.8 −1.77%
1988 101.9 −1.8 −1.74%
1987 103.7 −1.8 −1.71%
1986 105.5 −1.7 −1.59%
1985 107.2 −1.6 −1.47%
1984 108.8 −1.7 −1.54%
1983 110.5 −1.7 −1.52%
1982 112.2 −1.7 −1.49%
1981 113.9 −1.9 −1.64%
1980 115.8 −2 −1.7%
1979 117.8 −2.2 −1.83%
1978 120 −2.3 −1.88%
1977 122.3 −2.4 −1.92%
1976 124.7 −2.4 −1.89%
1975 127.1 −2.4 −1.85%
1974 129.5 −2.3 −1.75%
1973 131.8 −2.2 −1.64%
1972 134 −2.1 −1.54%
1971 136.1 −2 −1.45%
1970 138.1 −2 −1.43%
1969 140.1 −1.8 −1.27%
1968 141.9 −2.1 −1.46%
1967 144 −2.2 −1.5%
1966 146.2 −2.2 −1.48%
1965 148.4 −2.4 −1.59%
1964 150.8 −2.3 −1.5%
1963 153.1 −2.2 −1.42%
1962 155.3 −2.1 −1.33%
1961 157.4 −1.9 −1.19%
1960 159.3

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.