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Benin
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#17out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

15913110273.745.2196019922024Benin · 2024: 45.20Benin

Analytical takeaways

  • Benin records 45.20 for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #17 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) declined from 159.30 in 1960 to 45.20 in 2024, a decrease of 114.10.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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