Benin - Mortality rate

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Benin was 85.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 309.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 85.90 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 309.90
1961 304.90
1962 299.80
1963 294.70
1964 289.60
1965 284.20
1966 279.20
1967 274.30
1968 269.70
1969 265.10
1970 260.50
1971 256.10
1972 251.40
1973 246.60
1974 241.70
1975 236.70
1976 231.60
1977 226.50
1978 221.70
1979 217.10
1980 212.70
1981 208.50
1982 204.50
1983 200.50
1984 196.70
1985 192.80
1986 188.90
1987 185.00
1988 181.00
1989 176.90
1990 172.90
1991 168.90
1992 164.80
1993 160.90
1994 157.10
1995 153.40
1996 150.00
1997 146.60
1998 143.40
1999 140.10
2000 136.80
2001 133.70
2002 130.50
2003 127.40
2004 124.40
2005 121.50
2006 118.80
2007 116.20
2008 113.70
2009 111.30
2010 109.00
2011 106.70
2012 104.40
2013 102.10
2014 99.80
2015 97.60
2016 95.40
2017 93.20
2018 90.90
2019 88.40
2020 85.90

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Benin was 79.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 297.10 in 1960 and a minimum value of 79.90 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1960 297.10
1961 292.20
1962 287.30
1963 282.10
1964 276.80
1965 271.70
1966 266.70
1967 262.00
1968 257.40
1969 252.80
1970 248.40
1971 244.10
1972 239.70
1973 235.00
1974 230.10
1975 225.20
1976 220.30
1977 215.40
1978 210.60
1979 206.10
1980 201.90
1981 197.90
1982 194.20
1983 190.50
1984 187.00
1985 183.40
1986 179.90
1987 176.20
1988 172.70
1989 169.10
1990 165.30
1991 161.50
1992 157.80
1993 154.20
1994 150.60
1995 147.10
1996 143.70
1997 140.50
1998 137.30
1999 133.80
2000 130.40
2001 127.00
2002 123.90
2003 120.80
2004 117.90
2005 115.00
2006 112.20
2007 109.60
2008 107.10
2009 104.50
2010 102.20
2011 99.80
2012 97.60
2013 95.40
2014 93.20
2015 91.00
2016 88.90
2017 86.90
2018 84.60
2019 82.30
2020 79.90

Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Benin was 91.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 321.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 91.60 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1960 321.90
1961 317.00
1962 312.00
1963 306.90
1964 301.60
1965 296.30
1966 291.10
1967 286.10
1968 281.40
1969 276.70
1970 272.20
1971 267.40
1972 262.70
1973 257.80
1974 252.70
1975 247.60
1976 242.30
1977 237.10
1978 232.10
1979 227.50
1980 222.90
1981 218.50
1982 214.20
1983 210.10
1984 206.00
1985 201.80
1986 197.40
1987 193.20
1988 188.90
1989 184.50
1990 180.20
1991 175.80
1992 171.50
1993 167.20
1994 163.20
1995 159.40
1996 155.90
1997 152.40
1998 149.10
1999 146.00
2000 143.00
2001 139.90
2002 136.80
2003 133.70
2004 130.60
2005 127.80
2006 125.10
2007 122.40
2008 120.00
2009 117.80
2010 115.40
2011 113.20
2012 110.80
2013 108.50
2014 106.20
2015 103.80
2016 101.50
2017 99.20
2018 96.70
2019 94.30
2020 91.60

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Benin was 29.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64.10 in 1960 and a minimum value of 29.70 in 2020.

Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 64.10
1961 63.70
1962 63.30
1963 62.80
1964 62.20
1965 61.60
1966 60.90
1967 60.30
1968 59.70
1969 59.00
1970 58.40
1971 57.70
1972 57.10
1973 56.40
1974 55.70
1975 55.00
1976 54.30
1977 53.70
1978 53.00
1979 52.30
1980 51.60
1981 50.90
1982 50.20
1983 49.60
1984 49.00
1985 48.40
1986 47.80
1987 47.20
1988 46.50
1989 45.90
1990 45.20
1991 44.40
1992 43.70
1993 43.00
1994 42.40
1995 41.90
1996 41.40
1997 40.90
1998 40.40
1999 39.70
2000 39.00
2001 38.30
2002 37.60
2003 36.80
2004 36.20
2005 35.80
2006 35.30
2007 35.00
2008 34.60
2009 34.30
2010 33.90
2011 33.50
2012 33.10
2013 32.70
2014 32.30
2015 31.90
2016 31.50
2017 31.10
2018 30.60
2019 30.20
2020 29.70

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Benin was 205.07 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 463.38 in 1960 and a minimum value of 205.07 in 2020.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 463.38
1961 457.52
1962 451.66
1963 443.17
1964 434.67
1965 426.18
1966 417.68
1967 409.19
1968 399.01
1969 388.84
1970 378.66
1971 368.49
1972 358.32
1973 350.64
1974 342.96
1975 335.28
1976 327.60
1977 319.93
1978 315.61
1979 311.30
1980 306.98
1981 302.67
1982 298.35
1983 290.38
1984 282.41
1985 274.44
1986 266.46
1987 258.49
1988 253.92
1989 249.35
1990 244.77
1991 240.20
1992 235.63
1993 239.82
1994 244.01
1995 248.21
1996 252.40
1997 256.59
1998 256.82
1999 257.05
2000 257.27
2001 257.50
2002 257.73
2003 253.71
2004 249.70
2005 245.68
2006 241.66
2007 237.65
2008 235.64
2009 233.64
2010 231.64
2011 229.64
2012 227.63
2013 224.95
2014 222.27
2015 219.59
2016 216.91
2017 214.23
2018 211.01
2019 208.04
2020 205.07

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Benin was 252.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 473.24 in 1960 and a minimum value of 252.76 in 2020.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 473.24
1961 469.18
1962 465.12
1963 461.13
1964 457.14
1965 453.15
1966 449.16
1967 445.18
1968 442.14
1969 439.10
1970 436.06
1971 433.02
1972 429.99
1973 427.17
1974 424.35
1975 421.54
1976 418.72
1977 415.90
1978 413.31
1979 410.72
1980 408.12
1981 405.53
1982 402.94
1983 391.02
1984 379.10
1985 367.18
1986 355.26
1987 343.33
1988 333.24
1989 323.15
1990 313.07
1991 302.98
1992 292.89
1993 298.05
1994 303.21
1995 308.37
1996 313.53
1997 318.70
1998 317.31
1999 315.92
2000 314.53
2001 313.14
2002 311.75
2003 306.42
2004 301.10
2005 295.77
2006 290.45
2007 285.12
2008 283.04
2009 280.95
2010 278.87
2011 276.79
2012 274.70
2013 271.91
2014 269.11
2015 266.32
2016 263.52
2017 260.72
2018 258.65
2019 255.71
2020 252.76

Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Benin was 50.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 170.80 in 1960 and a minimum value of 50.90 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1960 170.80
1961 167.90
1962 165.00
1963 161.80
1964 158.70
1965 155.60
1966 152.70
1967 149.90
1968 147.20
1969 144.60
1970 142.00
1971 139.50
1972 137.00
1973 134.30
1974 131.50
1975 128.60
1976 125.80
1977 123.00
1978 120.30
1979 118.00
1980 115.80
1981 113.70
1982 111.80
1983 109.90
1984 108.20
1985 106.40
1986 104.60
1987 102.80
1988 101.00
1989 99.10
1990 97.10
1991 95.10
1992 93.10
1993 91.30
1994 89.30
1995 87.60
1996 85.70
1997 84.00
1998 82.40
1999 80.50
2000 78.60
2001 76.80
2002 75.20
2003 73.60
2004 72.00
2005 70.40
2006 68.90
2007 67.50
2008 66.00
2009 64.60
2010 63.30
2011 61.90
2012 60.60
2013 59.40
2014 58.10
2015 56.90
2016 55.80
2017 54.70
2018 53.50
2019 52.20
2020 50.90

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Benin was 56.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 184.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 56.50 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1960 184.30
1961 181.30
1962 178.10
1963 175.00
1964 171.80
1965 168.50
1966 165.40
1967 162.50
1968 159.70
1969 156.90
1970 154.10
1971 151.50
1972 148.70
1973 145.80
1974 142.80
1975 139.90
1976 136.80
1977 133.80
1978 131.00
1979 128.50
1980 126.10
1981 123.80
1982 121.50
1983 119.40
1984 117.30
1985 115.20
1986 113.10
1987 111.00
1988 108.80
1989 106.60
1990 104.50
1991 102.40
1992 100.20
1993 98.10
1994 96.10
1995 94.10
1996 92.20
1997 90.40
1998 88.60
1999 86.80
2000 85.00
2001 83.30
2002 81.50
2003 79.80
2004 78.20
2005 76.50
2006 75.00
2007 73.60
2008 72.20
2009 70.90
2010 69.60
2011 68.30
2012 67.00
2013 65.70
2014 64.40
2015 63.20
2016 61.90
2017 60.60
2018 59.30
2019 57.90
2020 56.50

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Benin was 61.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 197.20 in 1960 and a minimum value of 61.90 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1960 197.20
1961 194.00
1962 190.80
1963 187.60
1964 184.20
1965 180.90
1966 177.50
1967 174.40
1968 171.40
1969 168.60
1970 165.90
1971 162.80
1972 159.80
1973 156.80
1974 153.70
1975 150.60
1976 147.40
1977 144.20
1978 141.20
1979 138.50
1980 135.80
1981 133.30
1982 130.70
1983 128.40
1984 126.00
1985 123.50
1986 121.10
1987 118.70
1988 116.20
1989 113.80
1990 111.50
1991 109.20
1992 106.90
1993 104.60
1994 102.30
1995 100.20
1996 98.30
1997 96.40
1998 94.50
1999 92.90
2000 91.20
2001 89.50
2002 87.60
2003 85.80
2004 84.00
2005 82.40
2006 80.90
2007 79.30
2008 78.00
2009 76.80
2010 75.50
2011 74.30
2012 73.00
2013 71.70
2014 70.40
2015 69.10
2016 67.70
2017 66.30
2018 64.90
2019 63.40
2020 61.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality