Child mortality vs. CO₂ emissions per capita in Benin
Benin: Child mortality vs. CO₂ emissions per capita was 7.47 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality vs. CO₂ emissions per capita in Benin, 1950–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
Benin recorded 7.47 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita in Benin peaked at 34.7 deaths per 100 live births in 1950 and was at its lowest, 7.47 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
Benin ranks 12th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 33.02 deaths per 100 live births | 31.22 deaths per 100 live births | 34.7 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1960s | 28.55 deaths per 100 live births | 26.41 deaths per 100 live births | 30.76 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1970s | 23.81 deaths per 100 live births | 21.58 deaths per 100 live births | 25.97 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.33 deaths per 100 live births | 17.54 deaths per 100 live births | 21.13 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.4 deaths per 100 live births | 13.83 deaths per 100 live births | 17.12 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.16 deaths per 100 live births | 10.97 deaths per 100 live births | 13.5 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 8.7 deaths per 100 live births | 10.74 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.97 deaths per 100 live births | 7.47 deaths per 100 live births | 8.46 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 9 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.97 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 10 Liberia 8.64 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 11 Burkina Faso 7.49 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 13 Mali 7.3 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 14 Equatorial Guinea 6.8 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 6.73 deaths per 100 live births compare
More climate change data for Benin
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.4% (2100)
- Population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Population, total 14.81 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.9% (2025)
- Urban population 7.91 million (2025)
- Urban population 53.4% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.4194 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 128.38 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.4194 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.4194 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita in Benin?
- Child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita in Benin was 7.47 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 34.7 deaths per 100 live births in 1950.
- What is the lowest child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.47 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Benin rank for child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita?
- Benin ranks 12th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality vs. CO₂ emissions per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .