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Under-five mortality rate — Benin

Under-five mortality rate in Benin in 2024 — 74.7 per 1,000. Ranked 185 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 75.7%.

2024 74.7 per 1,000 −3.24% vs 2023
World rank 185of 196
Period maximum 307.6 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 74.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Benin, 1960–2024010020030040019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 307.6 per 1,0001962: 298 per 1,0001964: 287.8 per 1,0001966: 277.7 per 1,0001968: 268.3 per 1,0001970: 259.7 per 1,0001972: 250.7 per 1,0001974: 240.9 per 1,0001976: 230.6 per 1,0001978: 220.6 per 1,0001980: 211.3 per 1,0001982: 203.1 per 1,0001984: 195.3 per 1,0001986: 187.4 per 1,0001988: 179.4 per 1,0001990: 171.2 per 1,0001992: 163 per 1,0001994: 155.2 per 1,0001996: 148.1 per 1,0001998: 141.5 per 1,0002000: 135 per 1,0002002: 128.5 per 1,0002004: 122.5 per 1,0002006: 117 per 1,0002008: 112 per 1,0002010: 107.4 per 1,0002012: 102.9 per 1,0002014: 98.4 per 1,0002016: 94 per 1,0002018: 89.4 per 1,0002020: 84.6 per 1,0002022: 79.6 per 1,0002024: 74.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −232.9 (−75.72%) Average annual rate: -2.19 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Benin 74.7 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 92.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 74.7 −2.5 −3.24%
2023 77.2 −2.4 −3.02%
2022 79.6 −2.6 −3.16%
2021 82.2 −2.4 −2.84%
2020 84.6 −2.4 −2.76%
2019 87 −2.4 −2.68%
2018 89.4 −2.4 −2.61%
2017 91.8 −2.2 −2.34%
2016 94 −2.1 −2.19%
2015 96.1 −2.3 −2.34%
2014 98.4 −2.2 −2.19%
2013 100.6 −2.3 −2.24%
2012 102.9 −2.2 −2.09%
2011 105.1 −2.3 −2.14%
2010 107.4 −2.3 −2.1%
2009 109.7 −2.3 −2.05%
2008 112 −2.4 −2.1%
2007 114.4 −2.6 −2.22%
2006 117 −2.7 −2.26%
2005 119.7 −2.8 −2.29%
2004 122.5 −2.9 −2.31%
2003 125.4 −3.1 −2.41%
2002 128.5 −3.2 −2.43%
2001 131.7 −3.3 −2.44%
2000 135 −3.3 −2.39%
1999 138.3 −3.2 −2.26%
1998 141.5 −3.3 −2.28%
1997 144.8 −3.3 −2.23%
1996 148.1 −3.4 −2.24%
1995 151.5 −3.7 −2.38%
1994 155.2 −3.8 −2.39%
1993 159 −4 −2.45%
1992 163 −4 −2.4%
1991 167 −4.2 −2.45%
1990 171.2 −4.2 −2.39%
1989 175.4 −4 −2.23%
1988 179.4 −4.1 −2.23%
1987 183.5 −3.9 −2.08%
1986 187.4 −3.9 −2.04%
1985 191.3 −4 −2.05%
1984 195.3 −3.8 −1.91%
1983 199.1 −4 −1.97%
1982 203.1 −4 −1.93%
1981 207.1 −4.2 −1.99%
1980 211.3 −4.5 −2.09%
1979 215.8 −4.8 −2.18%
1978 220.6 −4.9 −2.17%
1977 225.5 −5.1 −2.21%
1976 230.6 −5.3 −2.25%
1975 235.9 −5 −2.08%
1974 240.9 −5 −2.03%
1973 245.9 −4.8 −1.91%
1972 250.7 −4.6 −1.8%
1971 255.3 −4.4 −1.69%
1970 259.7 −4.4 −1.67%
1969 264.1 −4.2 −1.57%
1968 268.3 −4.7 −1.72%
1967 273 −4.7 −1.69%
1966 277.7 −4.9 −1.73%
1965 282.6 −5.2 −1.81%
1964 287.8 −5.1 −1.74%
1963 292.9 −5.1 −1.71%
1962 298 −4.8 −1.59%
1961 302.8 −4.8 −1.56%
1960 307.6 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 11.1 GH Ghana 35.9 SN Senegal 36.5 MR Mauritania 36.9 GM Gambia 42.4 TG Togo 56.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 64.5 GW Guinea-Bissau 67.3 ML Mali 73 BJ Benin 74.7 BF Burkina Faso 74.9 LR Liberia 86.4 SL Sierra Leone 90.5 GN Guinea 92.1 NE Niger 110.7 NG Nigeria 115.6
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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

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