Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Benin
4.8%
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea
4.8%
in 2023
Benin rank
14th
Equatorial Guinea rank
13th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Benin
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4.8% against 4.8% in Benin, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 14th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Equatorial Guinea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 18.4% | 15.1% | 3.3% | Benin |
| 1960s | 15.8% | 14.2% | 1.5% | Benin |
| 1970s | 13.0% | 13.5% | 0.5% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 10.7% | 11.5% | 0.8% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 8.8% | 10.3% | 1.5% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 8.6% | 1.4% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 6.3% | 0.5% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 5.0% | 0.1% | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Benin or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 4.8% against 4.8% in Benin as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Benin ranks 14th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.