Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.36% to 57.9 in Benin in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Benin reached an all time high of 184 in 1960 and an all time low of 57.9 in 2019. When compared to Benin's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso amounted to 54.1, 46.7 in Niger, 74.0 in Nigeria and 45.5 in Togo in 2019.
Benin has been ranked 14th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 20.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 64.4 | 63.2 | 61.9 | 60.6 | 59.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 61.2 | 59.6 | 58.2 | 56.7 | 55.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 59.5 | 57.0 | 55.2 | 53.2 | 51.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 77.3 | 75.7 | 74.1 | 72.4 | 70.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 40.2 | 38.8 | 37.4 | 36.2 | 35.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 67.3 | 65.7 | 64.4 | 62.9 | 61.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 68.7 | 66.8 | 65.1 | 63.4 | 61.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 53.4 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 49.1 | 47.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 80.1 | 79.3 | 78.3 | 77.1 | 75.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 52.2 | 50.8 | 49.4 | 48.1 | 46.8 |
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