Benin vs Ghana: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 7.5 per 100 live births in Benin and 3.6 per 100 live births in Ghana, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Benin, by 3.9 per 100 live births, or 2.08 times that in Ghana.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Benin has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1945.
In 2024, Benin ranked 12 and Ghana ranked 51 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Benin	Ghana	World
2024	7.5	3.6	3.7
2023	7.7	3.7	3.8
2022	8	3.9	4
2021	8.2	4	4
2020	8.5	4.2	3.9
2019	8.7	4.4	4
2018	8.9	4.6	4
2017	9.2	4.8	4.1
2016	9.4	5	4.2
2015	9.6	5.3	4.3
2014	9.8	5.5	4.4
2013	10.1	5.8	4.5
2012	10.3	6	4.7
2011	10.5	6.3	5
2010	10.7	6.7	5.1
2009	11	7	5.3
2008	11.2	7.3	5.5
2007	11.4	7.6	5.7
2006	11.7	7.9	6
2005	12	8.2	6.2
2004	12.3	8.5	6.6
2003	12.5	8.8	6.8
2002	12.9	9.2	7.1
2001	13.2	9.6	7.4
2000	13.5	10	7.7
1999	13.8	10.4	7.9
1998	14.2	10.7	8.3
1997	14.5	11	8.4
1996	14.8	11.3	8.6
1995	15.2	11.4	8.8
1994	15.5	11.6	8.9
1993	15.9	11.8	9.1
1992	16.3	12	9.2
1991	16.7	12.4	9.3
1990	17.1	12.8	9.4
1989	17.5	13.3	9.5
1988	17.9	13.8	10
1987	18.4	14.4	9.9
1986	18.7	15	10.3
1985	19.1	15.5	10.6
1984	19.5	16	10.9
1983	19.9	16.3	11.1
1982	20.3	16.5	11.2
1981	20.7	16.7	11.6
1980	21.1	16.8	11.9
1979	21.6	17	11.9
1978	22.1	17.3	12.3
1977	22.6	17.8	12.6
1976	23.1	18.2	12.8
1975	23.6	18.7	13.1
1974	24.1	19.2	13.3
1973	24.6	19.6	13.5
1972	25.1	19.9	13.7
1971	25.5	20.2	13.9
1970	26	20.3	14.2
1969	26.4	20.3	14.6
1968	26.8	20.3	15
1967	27.3	20.3	15.3
1966	27.8	20.3	15.1
1965	28.3	20.3	15.1
1964	28.8	20.3	15.7
1963	29.3	20.4	16.2
1962	29.8	20.5	17
1961	30.3	20.7	18.8
1960	30.8	20.9	20.2
1959	31.2	21.1	19.9
1958	31.7	21.4	19.7
1957	32.1	21.8	20.5
1956	32.5	22.2	21.3
1955	32.9	22.6	22.3
1954	33.3	23.1	22.8
1953	33.6	23.6	23.3
1952	34	24.1	23.9
1951	34.3	24.7	24.3
1950	34.7	25.3	24.7
1949	35.1	25.9	24.9
1948	35.5	26.5	24.9
1947	35.9	27.1	25.5
1946	36.3	27.6	25.8
1945	36.8	28.2	26.7
1944	–	28.8	27.4
1943	–	29.4	27.7
1942	–	30.1	27.9
1941	–	30.7	27.8
1940	–	31.4	27.9
1939	–	32	28
1938	–	32.7	28.7
1937	–	33.3	28.8
1936	–	34	29.1
1935	–	34.5	29.5
1934	–	35.2	30.7
1933	–	35.9	30.5
1932	–	36.5	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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