Benin vs Mozambique: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 7.5 per 100 live births in Benin and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Benin, by 1.5 per 100 live births, or 1.26 times that in Mozambique.
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Watch it change on the mapdeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
Latest figures
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 7.5 2024 | 9.8 | 12 of 200 |
| Mozambique | 5.9 2024 | 8 | 22 of 200 |
| World | 3.7 2024 | 4.4 |
What the numbers say
- Benin has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Mozambique.
- In 2024, Benin ranked 12 and Mozambique ranked 22 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 | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 6.9 | 4 |
| 2018 | 8.9 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 9.8 | 8 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 11 | 9.8 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 6 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12.6 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 12.5 | 14 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 12.9 | 14.8 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 13.2 | 15.6 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 13.8 | 17.4 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 14.2 | 18.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 14.5 | 19.4 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 15.2 | 21.1 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 15.5 | 21.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 15.9 | 22.3 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 16.3 | 22.8 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 16.7 | 23.2 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 17.1 | 23.5 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 17.5 | 23.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 17.9 | 24.1 | 10 |
| 1987 | 18.4 | 24.4 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 18.7 | 24.8 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 19.1 | 25.1 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 19.5 | 25.5 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 19.9 | 25.8 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 20.3 | 26 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 20.7 | 30.9 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 21.1 | 26.2 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 21.6 | 26.3 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 22.1 | 26.4 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 22.6 | 26.5 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 23.1 | 26.6 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 23.6 | 26.7 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 24.1 | 26.9 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 24.6 | 27 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 25.1 | 27.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 25.5 | 27.3 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 26 | 27.3 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 26.4 | 27.4 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 26.8 | 27.4 | 15 |
| 1967 | 27.3 | 27.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 27.8 | 27.3 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 28.3 | 27.2 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 28.8 | 27.1 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 29.3 | 27 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 29.8 | 28 | 17 |
| 1961 | 30.3 | – | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 30.8 | – | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 31.2 | – | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 31.7 | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 32.1 | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 32.5 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 32.9 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 33.3 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 33.6 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 34 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 34.3 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 34.7 | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 35.1 | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 35.5 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 35.9 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 36.3 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 36.8 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | – | 28 |
| 1938 | – | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time