Number of child deaths per woman in Benin
Benin: Number of child deaths per woman was 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of child deaths per woman in Benin, 1945–2024
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in under-five deaths per woman.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman for number of child deaths per woman in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 80 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of child deaths per woman in Benin peaked at 2.11 under-five deaths per woman in 1945 and was at its lowest, 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman, in 2024.
Benin ranks 13th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 80 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2.06 under-five deaths per woman | 2.02 under-five deaths per woman | 2.11 under-five deaths per woman | 5 |
| 1950s | 1.97 under-five deaths per woman | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 2 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.87 under-five deaths per woman | 1.77 under-five deaths per woman | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.63 under-five deaths per woman | 1.49 under-five deaths per woman | 1.75 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.35 under-five deaths per woman | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 1.48 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9845 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8292 under-five deaths per woman | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6914 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5962 under-five deaths per woman | 0.795 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5161 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4465 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5786 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3761 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman | 0.427 under-five deaths per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 10 Burkina Faso 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 11 Liberia 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 14 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2856 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 15 Mozambique 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman compare
More reference data data for Benin
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 4.56 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.56 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.56 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.515 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.4125 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 49.87 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 50.19 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.3805 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.403 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 59.01 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of child deaths per woman in Benin?
- Number of child deaths per woman in Benin was 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of child deaths per woman recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2.11 under-five deaths per woman in 1945.
- What is the lowest number of child deaths per woman recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in 2024.
- How does Benin rank for number of child deaths per woman?
- Benin ranks 13th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of child deaths per woman rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).