Benin · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)
74.72024
Unit: per 1,000 live births. Publisher measure: Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births).
Probability of dying before the fifth birthday, both sexes and the whole wealth population (total wealth group), expressed per 1,000 live births under reference-year mortality conditions.
Measurement basis: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) modelled or adjusted mortality probabilities/rates, disseminated by WHO.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: annual. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 80 rows
Each comparison sign applies to its own reading or uncertainty endpoint. Values retain source precision. “Not reported” identifies an absent reading or uncertainty endpoint in this source capture.
| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1945 | 367.528569791 | 301.506736244 | 435.837175288 | — |
| Benin | 1946 | 363.017065224 | 303.642662237 | 425.86191252 | — |
| Benin | 1947 | 358.78181574 | 305.419752749 | 416.872278964 | — |
| Benin | 1948 | 354.718971334 | 307.083063666 | 408.393647835 | — |
| Benin | 1949 | 350.990129193 | 307.822702568 | 400.498480051 | — |
| Benin | 1950 | 346.997759674 | 307.612958585 | 392.799216984 | — |
| Benin | 1951 | 343.284009401 | 306.503996382 | 386.559401225 | — |
| Benin | 1952 | 339.754327513 | 305.266214277 | 380.145102022 | — |
| Benin | 1953 | 336.338101067 | 303.073355637 | 374.360107913 | — |
| Benin | 1954 | 332.464880124 | 300.849795095 | 368.995942195 | — |
| Benin | 1955 | 328.796641883 | 298.047129107 | 363.822961006 | — |
| Benin | 1956 | 324.826645205 | 294.834940675 | 358.856578544 | — |
| Benin | 1957 | 320.846491164 | 291.542307565 | 354.792186181 | — |
| Benin | 1958 | 316.613649359 | 288.032151535 | 350.574634515 | — |
| Benin | 1959 | 312.177129837 | 284.29268153 | 346.152562073 | — |
| Benin | 1960 | 307.561601191 | 280.229364061 | 341.104118141 | — |
| Benin | 1961 | 302.840584089 | 276.069433598 | 335.906339176 | — |
| Benin | 1962 | 298.008343289 | 271.757840695 | 329.987832027 | — |
| Benin | 1963 | 292.884391677 | 267.435167472 | 323.889596638 | — |
| Benin | 1964 | 287.808175486 | 262.789550707 | 317.204548948 | — |
| Benin | 1965 | 282.636792103 | 258.441263906 | 310.895265942 | — |
| Benin | 1966 | 277.719212243 | 254.318958293 | 304.579440604 | — |
| Benin | 1967 | 272.97094464 | 250.328257365 | 298.631004942 | — |
| Benin | 1968 | 268.29712926 | 246.587333787 | 293.097628293 | — |
| Benin | 1969 | 264.050044279 | 242.843385676 | 287.848318977 | — |
| Benin | 1970 | 259.719678843 | 239.056692644 | 282.796424286 | — |
| Benin | 1971 | 255.288703929 | 235.314325227 | 277.932797526 | — |
| Benin | 1972 | 250.734953566 | 231.244773812 | 272.937631621 | — |
| Benin | 1973 | 245.868730665 | 227.040645988 | 267.474419553 | — |
| Benin | 1974 | 240.927403496 | 222.978380819 | 261.359616033 | — |
| Benin | 1975 | 235.855416905 | 218.395789933 | 255.304182803 | — |
| Benin | 1976 | 230.588461489 | 213.849903523 | 249.22204633 | — |
| Benin | 1977 | 225.486883643 | 209.279693413 | 243.101661594 | — |
| Benin | 1978 | 220.552710888 | 204.996052416 | 237.340625325 | — |
| Benin | 1979 | 215.795966352 | 200.941341668 | 231.819548891 | — |
| Benin | 1980 | 211.319076336 | 196.969287528 | 226.950469167 | — |
| Benin | 1981 | 207.144222604 | 193.243828565 | 222.247941914 | — |
| Benin | 1982 | 203.075070501 | 189.689493651 | 217.763406968 | — |
| Benin | 1983 | 199.122668638 | 186.182820722 | 213.414994679 | — |
| Benin | 1984 | 195.266021103 | 182.517335495 | 209.220907672 | — |
| Benin | 1985 | 191.349307893 | 178.897264208 | 205.141630547 | — |
| Benin | 1986 | 187.407942051 | 175.266899198 | 201.065201602 | — |
| Benin | 1987 | 183.470799761 | 171.545223904 | 196.892522856 | — |
| Benin | 1988 | 179.431320269 | 167.924133487 | 192.362440132 | — |
| Benin | 1989 | 175.366935741 | 164.131910628 | 187.640303589 | — |
| Benin | 1990 | 171.218939086 | 160.25337102 | 183.200531725 | — |
| Benin | 1991 | 167.043935168 | 156.50669098 | 178.667501698 | — |
| Benin | 1992 | 162.957501825 | 152.745019004 | 174.127795367 | — |
| Benin | 1993 | 159.003519507 | 149.063183556 | 169.776969453 | — |
| Benin | 1994 | 155.179473147 | 145.445561126 | 165.686913431 | — |
| Benin | 1995 | 151.51794646 | 142.031576909 | 161.75954333 | — |
| Benin | 1996 | 148.090138409 | 138.748467261 | 158.116639897 | — |
| Benin | 1997 | 144.770707948 | 135.537333291 | 154.581684602 | — |
| Benin | 1998 | 141.492074242 | 132.356634803 | 151.164126008 | — |
| Benin | 1999 | 138.257024083 | 129.234267721 | 147.801000112 | — |
| Benin | 2000 | 134.97120612 | 126.018568886 | 144.445788401 | — |
| Benin | 2001 | 131.70041408 | 122.882256101 | 141.074057093 | — |
| Benin | 2002 | 128.529119258 | 119.772314142 | 137.81382973 | — |
| Benin | 2003 | 125.420631492 | 116.711884695 | 134.614766936 | — |
| Benin | 2004 | 122.478219347 | 113.741471476 | 131.683056948 | — |
| Benin | 2005 | 119.663895722 | 110.945341423 | 128.852392778 | — |
| Benin | 2006 | 116.958006645 | 108.332727771 | 126.098568075 | — |
| Benin | 2007 | 114.409012244 | 105.799497621 | 123.677714253 | — |
| Benin | 2008 | 111.998579642 | 103.295034263 | 121.334774778 | — |
| Benin | 2009 | 109.669536753 | 100.832729151 | 119.092360157 | — |
| Benin | 2010 | 107.351809207 | 98.415141805 | 116.841712015 | — |
| Benin | 2011 | 105.101719658 | 96.011880682 | 114.838934327 | — |
| Benin | 2012 | 102.873584883 | 93.519999049 | 112.869323357 | — |
| Benin | 2013 | 100.630486839 | 91.077085422 | 111.019930169 | — |
| Benin | 2014 | 98.356836615 | 88.606061106 | 109.009412239 | — |
| Benin | 2015 | 96.136589294 | 86.022140068 | 107.307094699 | — |
| Benin | 2016 | 93.97006994 | 83.450359945 | 105.636693178 | — |
| Benin | 2017 | 91.75060358 | 80.737567369 | 103.936006637 | — |
| Benin | 2018 | 89.432468514 | 77.568282134 | 102.596288164 | — |
| Benin | 2019 | 87.047364371 | 73.987563161 | 101.916062567 | — |
| Benin | 2020 | 84.584479616 | 70.417889006 | 101.342571228 | — |
| Benin | 2021 | 82.189409434 | 66.486924067 | 101.31117918 | — |
| Benin | 2022 | 79.64409225 | 62.61542849 | 101.499203791 | — |
| Benin | 2023 | 77.182684819 | 58.902367548 | 101.604895629 | — |
| Benin | 2024 | 74.74950247 | 55.139726687 | 102.056111391 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.