Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.31% to 30.2 in Benin in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Benin reached an all time high of 64.1 in 1960 and an all time low of 30.2 in 2019. When compared to Benin's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso amounted to 26.2, 24.6 in Niger, 35.9 in Nigeria and 25.0 in Togo in 2019.
Benin has been ranked 17th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Neonatal 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 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Benin | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 30.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | 28.8 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 27.3 | 26.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 29.9 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 27.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Chad | 36.1 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 33.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Ghana | 26.8 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 24.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 36.8 | 36.2 | 35.6 | 35.0 | 34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Libya | 7.40 | 7.10 | 6.90 | 6.60 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
Mali | 35.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Niger | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 37.3 | 37.2 | 37.0 | 36.7 | 36.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Togo | 27.4 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 25.4 |