Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 2.83% to 85.9 in Benin in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Benin reached an all time high of 310 in 1960 and an all time low of 85.9 in 2020. When compared to Benin's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso amounted to 85.0, 77.5 in Niger, 114 in Nigeria and 64.4 in Togo in 2020.
Benin has been ranked 10th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | 25.5 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 99.8 | 97.6 | 95.4 | 93.2 | 90.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 101 | 97.5 | 94.1 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 92.4 | 88.0 | 84.2 | 80.6 | 77.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 132 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 117 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 57.1 | 54.6 | 52.2 | 50.1 | 48.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 93.6 | 90.8 | 88.4 | 86.0 | 83.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 112 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 98.0 | 93.8 | 90.1 | 86.6 | 83.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 128 | 126 | 125 | 123 | 120 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 78.3 | 75.9 | 73.4 | 71.1 | 68.8 |
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