Statizoid

Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Child mortality vs. health spending

Benin
7.47 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
6.8 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Benin rank
12th
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th

Child mortality vs. health spending over time

  • Benin
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 7.47 deaths per 100 live births against 6.8 deaths per 100 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.678 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Benin ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 12th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality vs. health spending
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .