# Under-five mortality rate in Benin

Under-five mortality rate in Benin was 74.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `bj`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/benin
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=bj

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 74.7 |
| 2023 | 77.2 |
| 2022 | 79.6 |
| 2021 | 82.2 |
| 2020 | 84.6 |
| 2019 | 87 |
| 2018 | 89.4 |
| 2017 | 91.8 |
| 2016 | 94 |
| 2015 | 96.1 |
| 2014 | 98.4 |
| 2013 | 100.6 |
| 2012 | 102.9 |
| 2011 | 105.1 |
| 2010 | 107.4 |
| 2009 | 109.7 |
| 2008 | 112 |
| 2007 | 114.4 |
| 2006 | 117 |
| 2005 | 119.7 |
| 2004 | 122.5 |
| 2003 | 125.4 |
| 2002 | 128.5 |
| 2001 | 131.7 |
| 2000 | 135 |
| 1999 | 138.3 |
| 1998 | 141.5 |
| 1997 | 144.8 |
| 1996 | 148.1 |
| 1995 | 151.5 |
| 1994 | 155.2 |
| 1993 | 159 |
| 1992 | 163 |
| 1991 | 167 |
| 1990 | 171.2 |
| 1989 | 175.4 |
| 1988 | 179.4 |
| 1987 | 183.5 |
| 1986 | 187.4 |
| 1985 | 191.3 |
| 1984 | 195.3 |
| 1983 | 199.1 |
| 1982 | 203.1 |
| 1981 | 207.1 |
| 1980 | 211.3 |
| 1979 | 215.8 |
| 1978 | 220.6 |
| 1977 | 225.5 |
| 1976 | 230.6 |
| 1975 | 235.9 |
| 1974 | 240.9 |
| 1973 | 245.9 |
| 1972 | 250.7 |
| 1971 | 255.3 |
| 1970 | 259.7 |
| 1969 | 264.1 |
| 1968 | 268.3 |
| 1967 | 273 |
| 1966 | 277.7 |
| 1965 | 282.6 |
| 1964 | 287.8 |
| 1963 | 292.9 |
| 1962 | 298 |
| 1961 | 302.8 |
| 1960 | 307.6 |