Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.75% to 28.0 in Benin in 2023, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Benin reached an all time high of 64.3 in 1960 and an all time low of 28.0 in 2023. When compared to Benin's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso amounted to 24.5, 33.8 in Niger, 33.7 in Nigeria and 23.1 in Togo in 2023.
Benin has been ranked 17th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | 15.2 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 15.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 30.9 | 30.5 | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 25.9 | 25.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 28.5 | 27.9 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 26.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 34.7 | 34.1 | 33.6 | 33.0 | 32.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 23.9 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 22.5 | 22.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 31.4 | 30.9 | 30.3 | 29.7 | 29.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 6.60 | 6.40 | 6.20 | 5.90 | 5.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 35.9 | 35.3 | 34.7 | 34.2 | 33.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 34.9 | 34.9 | 34.9 | 34.7 | 34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 36.7 | 36.3 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 34.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 25.9 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 24.0 |
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