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