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Benin: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

45.20per 1,000 live births · 2024-22.6% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Benin from 1945 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202445.2
202346.5
202247.8
202149.1
202050.4
201951.8
201853.1
201754.4
201655.8
201557
201458.4
201359.8
201261.1
201162.4
201063.8
200965.1
200866.5
200767.9
200669.4
200571
200472.6
200374.3
200276
200177.8
200079.7
199981.5
199883.3
199785
199686.7
199588.4
199490.2
199392.1
199294.1
199196.1
199098.1
1989100.1
1988101.9
1987103.7
1986105.5
1985107.2
1984108.8
1983110.5
1982112.2
1981113.9
1980115.8
1979117.8
1978120
1977122.3
1976124.7
1975127.1
1974129.5
1973131.8
1972134
1971136.1
1970138.1
1969140.1
1968141.9
1967144
1966146.2
1965148.4
1964150.8
1963153.1
1962155.3
1961157.4
1960159.3
1959161.1
1958162.6
1957164.1
1956165.3
1955166.3
1954167.1
1953168
1952168.6
1951169.2
1950169.9
1949170.7
1948171.3
1947172
1946172.8
1945173.8

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Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-infant-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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