Benin vs Liberia: Number of child deaths per woman

Benin
0.3326 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Liberia
0.3516 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Benin rank
13th
Liberia rank
11th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Benin
  • Liberia
0.511.52194519842024

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in Benin, a difference of 0.019 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 13th and Liberia ranks 11th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Liberia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Liberia Difference Ahead
1950s 1.96 under-five deaths per woman 1.91 under-five deaths per woman 0.0501 under-five deaths per woman Benin
1960s 1.87 under-five deaths per woman 1.99 under-five deaths per woman 0.1263 under-five deaths per woman Liberia
1970s 1.63 under-five deaths per woman 1.79 under-five deaths per woman 0.1665 under-five deaths per woman Liberia
1980s 1.35 under-five deaths per woman 1.66 under-five deaths per woman 0.3136 under-five deaths per woman Liberia
1990s 0.9845 under-five deaths per woman 1.55 under-five deaths per woman 0.5644 under-five deaths per woman Liberia
2000s 0.6914 under-five deaths per woman 0.8082 under-five deaths per woman 0.1168 under-five deaths per woman Liberia
2010s 0.5161 under-five deaths per woman 0.443 under-five deaths per woman 0.0731 under-five deaths per woman Benin
2020s 0.3761 under-five deaths per woman 0.3617 under-five deaths per woman 0.0144 under-five deaths per woman Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Benin or Liberia?
Liberia, at 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Benin and Liberia?
0.019 under-five deaths per woman, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Liberia?
71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
How do Benin and Liberia rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Benin ranks 13th and Liberia ranks 11th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).