Benin vs Congo: Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people

Benin

1.73 cases per million

in 2024

Congo

2.21 cases per million

in 2024

Benin rank

16th

Congo rank

15th

Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people over time

Congo currently reports 2.21 cases per million against 1.73 cases per million in Benin, a difference of 0.48 cases per million.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.3 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 16th and Congo ranks 15th of 210 countries.

Indicator: Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people
Unit: cases per million
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 210 places, 7,819 data points, 1974–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Confirmed neonatal tetanus cases per million.