Children died before five per woman in Benin
Benin: Children died before five per woman was 0.3326 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.3326
Change on year
down 4.4%
World rank
13th
of 200 countries
All-time high
2.11
in 1945
All-time low
0.3326
in 2024
Years of data
80
1945–2024
Children died before five per woman in Benin, 1945–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.3326 for children died before five per woman in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 80 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children died before five per woman in Benin peaked at 2.11 in 1945 and was at its lowest, 0.3326, in 2024.
Benin ranks 13th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 80 years of available data.
Children died before five per woman in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 2.11 | — |
| 1946 | 2.08 | -1.1% |
| 1947 | 2.06 | -1.2% |
| 1948 | 2.04 | -1.1% |
| 1949 | 2.02 | -0.9% |
| 1950 | 2 | -1.1% |
| 1951 | 1.98 | -0.6% |
| 1952 | 1.98 | -0.1% |
| 1953 | 1.98 | -0.1% |
| 1954 | 1.97 | -0.2% |
| 1955 | 1.97 | -0.2% |
| 1956 | 1.97 | -0.3% |
| 1957 | 1.96 | -0.3% |
| 1958 | 1.95 | -0.4% |
| 1959 | 1.94 | -0.5% |
| 1960 | 1.93 | -0.6% |
| 1961 | 1.94 | +0.3% |
| 1962 | 1.92 | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 1.91 | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 1.89 | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 1.87 | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 1.84 | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 1.82 | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 1.79 | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 1.77 | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 1.75 | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 1.73 | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 1.71 | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 1.68 | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 1.65 | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 1.62 | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 1.58 | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 1.55 | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 1.51 | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 1.49 | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 1.48 | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 1.46 | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.43 | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 1.4 | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 1.37 | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 1.34 | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 1.3 | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 1.27 | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 1.23 | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 1.19 | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 1.15 | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 1.11 | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 1.07 | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 1.03 | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.9952 | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.9567 | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.9273 | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8981 | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8627 | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8292 | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.795 | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.767 | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7425 | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7237 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7007 | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.6792 | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.6591 | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6364 | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6141 | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.5962 | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5786 | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.564 | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.55 | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5378 | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5261 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.5114 | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.4983 | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4835 | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.465 | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.4465 | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.427 | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 0.4087 | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.364 | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3481 | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 0.3326 | -4.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.3326 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1232, 2.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.3326 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2214, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2.06 | 2.02 | 2.11 | 5 |
| 1950s | 1.97 | 1.94 | 2 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.87 | 1.77 | 1.94 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.63 | 1.49 | 1.75 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.35 | 1.19 | 1.48 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9845 | 0.8292 | 1.15 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6914 | 0.5962 | 0.795 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5161 | 0.4465 | 0.5786 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3761 | 0.3326 | 0.427 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 10 Burkina Faso 0.3535 compare
- 11 Liberia 0.3516 compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 0.3376 compare
- 14 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2856 compare
- 15 Mozambique 0.2816 compare
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 0.2741 compare
More reference data data for Benin
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1979 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1562 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6635 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5244 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8505 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children died before five per woman in Benin?
- Children died before five per woman in Benin was 0.3326 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest children died before five per woman recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2.11 in 1945.
- What is the lowest children died before five per woman recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3326 in 2024.
- How does Benin rank for children died before five per woman?
- Benin ranks 13th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children died before five per woman rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Children died before five per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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