Benin - Infant Mortality Rate 1990
97.9
−1.9 from 1989
Benin's infant mortality rate was 97.9 in 1990, decreased +1.9 from 99.8 in 1989. This was the 167th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1990▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Japan | 4.6 | -2.1% |
| 2nd | Iceland | 5.1 | -3.8% |
| 3rd | Finland | 5.6 | -3.4% |
| 4th | Sweden | 5.9 | -3.3% |
| 5th | Singapore | 6.1 | -9.0% |
| 6th | Monaco | 6.3 | -4.5% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 6.6 | -2.9% |
| 8th | Canada | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 10th | Germany | 7.0 | -5.4% |
| 11th | Norway | 7.0 | -6.7% |
| 12th | Denmark | 7.3 | -5.2% |
| 13th | Luxembourg | 7.3 | -5.2% |
| 14th | Spain | 7.4 | -5.1% |
| 15th | France | 7.4 | -3.9% |
| 16th | Australia | 7.6 | -5.0% |
| 17th | Ireland | 7.6 | -5.0% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 7.9 | -4.8% |
| 19th | Austria | 8.0 | -4.8% |
| 20th | Belgium | 8.3 | -3.5% |
| 21st | Italy | 8.4 | -3.4% |
| 22nd | Slovenia | 8.8 | -6.4% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 24th | New Zealand | 9.1 | -5.2% |
| 25th | Greece | 9.2 | -6.1% |
| 26th | United States | 9.4 | -3.1% |
| 27th | Israel | 9.6 | -5.0% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 29th | Malta | 10.0 | -3.8% |
| 30th | European Union | 10.1 | - |
| 31st | Brunei Darussalam | 10.3 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Czechia | 10.3 | -3.7% |
| 33rd | Cuba | 10.8 | -5.3% |
| 34th | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.1 | 2.8% |
| 35th | San Marino | 11.1 | -7.5% |
| 36th | Croatia | 11.2 | -6.7% |
| 37th | Portugal | 11.5 | -8.0% |
| 38th | United Arab Emirates | 11.8 | -5.6% |
| 39th | Lithuania | 12.0 | 8.1% |
| 40th | Belarus | 12.1 | -2.4% |
| 41st | Korea | 12.1 | -8.3% |
| 42nd | Slovak Republic | 12.6 | -3.8% |
| 43rd | Malaysia | 12.7 | -4.5% |
| 44th | Seychelles | 13.1 | -3.0% |
| 45th | Latvia | 13.2 | 8.2% |
| 46th | Estonia | 14.0 | -1.4% |
| 47th | Costa Rica | 14.4 | -4.6% |
| 48th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14.4 | -6.5% |
| 49th | Kuwait | 14.5 | -5.8% |
| 50th | Bulgaria | 14.6 | 2.8% |
| 51st | Montenegro | 14.8 | -5.7% |
| 52nd | Dominica | 14.9 | -0.7% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 15.2 | -3.8% |
| 54th | Poland | 15.2 | -2.6% |
| 55th | Chile | 16.0 | -6.4% |
| 56th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.1 | -7.5% |
| 57th | Barbados | 16.2 | -4.1% |
| 58th | St. Lucia | 17.3 | -1.7% |
| 59th | Qatar | 17.4 | -6.5% |
| 60th | Russian Federation | 17.5 | -1.1% |
| 61st | Sri Lanka | 17.9 | -7.3% |
| 62nd | Tonga | 18.0 | -3.7% |
| 63rd | Ukraine | 18.3 | -1.1% |
| 64th | Grenada | 18.4 | -4.2% |
| 65th | British Virgin Islands | 19.1 | -4.5% |
| 66th | Bahamas, The | 19.7 | -4.4% |
| 67th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.7 | -3.0% |
| 68th | Mauritius | 19.9 | -7.0% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 20.0 | -1.0% |
| 70th | Uruguay | 20.8 | -2.3% |
| 71st | Fiji | 21.4 | -3.6% |
| 72nd | Samoa | 22.8 | -3.0% |
| 73rd | Panama | 23.9 | -2.8% |
| 74th | Romania | 24.6 | -5.0% |
| 75th | Serbia | 24.6 | -8.2% |
| 76th | Argentina | 24.8 | -0.4% |
| 77th | Jamaica | 25.1 | -2.3% |
| 78th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 25.3 | -2.7% |
| 79th | Albania | 27.2 | -4.9% |
| 80th | Lebanon | 28.1 | -4.7% |
| 81st | Vanuatu | 28.1 | -4.4% |
| 82nd | Solomon Islands | 28.5 | -2.4% |
| 83rd | Moldova | 29.1 | -0.7% |
| 84th | Colombia | 29.6 | -3.0% |
| 85th | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.6 | -1.3% |
| 86th | Palau | 29.8 | -2.0% |
| 87th | Belize | 30.9 | -5.8% |
| 88th | Jordan | 30.9 | -3.4% |
| 89th | Thailand | 31.1 | -5.2% |
| 90th | Oman | 31.3 | -9.3% |
| 91st | Libya | 31.6 | -5.1% |
| 92nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 31.6 | -3.7% |
| 93rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 32.0 | 3.2% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | 33.3 | -8.0% |
| 95th | Marshall Islands | 37.0 | -3.6% |
| 96th | Viet Nam | 37.2 | -4.1% |
| 97th | Tunisia | 37.3 | -3.4% |
| 98th | Suriname | 37.4 | -2.3% |
| 99th | Paraguay | 37.7 | -3.3% |
| 100th | Mexico | 37.8 | -4.5% |
| 101st | Georgia | 38.2 | -0.8% |
| 102nd | Philippines | 38.6 | -5.4% |
| 103rd | Botswana | 38.9 | -0.8% |
| 104th | West Bank and Gaza | 39.0 | -4.9% |
| 105th | Algeria | 39.8 | -1.5% |
| 106th | Saudi Arabia | 40.5 | -7.5% |
| 107th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 41.8 | -2.3% |
| 108th | Cabo Verde | 42.1 | -3.4% |
| 109th | Ecuador | 42.6 | -4.5% |
| 110th | China | 43.3 | 0.0% |
| 111th | Honduras | 44.5 | -4.3% |
| 112th | Kazakhstan | 44.5 | -1.5% |
| 113th | Tuvalu | 44.6 | -0.7% |
| 114th | Armenia | 45.5 | -4.2% |
| 115th | El Salvador | 47.1 | -5.0% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 48.0 | -3.4% |
| 117th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 48.6 | -4.9% |
| 118th | Brazil | 52.0 | -3.9% |
| 119th | Guyana | 52.6 | -2.0% |
| 120th | South Africa | 52.8 | -4.3% |
| 121st | Zimbabwe | 52.8 | -0.4% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | 52.9 | -4.0% |
| 123rd | Iraq | 54.8 | -1.6% |
| 124th | Namibia | 56.1 | -2.1% |
| 125th | Kyrgyz Republic | 56.6 | -1.9% |
| 126th | Eswatini | 56.6 | -2.1% |
| 127th | Congo, Republic of | 57.2 | 1.6% |
| 128th | Gabon | 58.9 | -1.2% |
| 129th | Nauru | 59.2 | -4.2% |
| 130th | Peru | 59.7 | -4.3% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 60.4 | -0.8% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 60.5 | -4.1% |
| 133rd | Türkiye | 60.8 | -5.6% |
| 134th | Indonesia | 64.3 | -3.7% |
| 135th | São Tomé and Principe | 65.0 | 1.2% |
| 136th | Morocco | 65.1 | -3.7% |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | 65.1 | -1.7% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 67.3 | -4.3% |
| 139th | Kenya | 67.4 | 2.7% |
| 140th | Kiribati | 68.7 | -3.9% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | 68.7 | -2.7% |
| 142nd | Maldives | 71.8 | -5.2% |
| 143rd | Ghana | 72.6 | -3.2% |
| 144th | Mauritania | 72.7 | -1.1% |
| 145th | Senegal | 72.9 | -1.8% |
| 146th | Mongolia | 73.5 | -3.2% |
| 147th | Lesotho | 74.5 | -1.5% |
| 148th | Azerbaijan | 75.5 | -0.1% |
| 149th | Tajikistan | 76.0 | 0.4% |
| 150th | Eritrea | 80.3 | -2.9% |
| 151st | Cameroon | 80.8 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | India | 84.3 | -2.4% |
| 153rd | Sudan | 84.4 | -1.1% |
| 154th | Togo | 85.2 | -1.0% |
| 155th | Rwanda | 86.4 | 2.6% |
| 156th | Djibouti | 88.2 | -1.2% |
| 157th | Cambodia | 88.4 | 0.9% |
| 158th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 90.0 | -3.3% |
| 159th | Kosovo | 90.5 | -6.2% |
| 160th | Myanmar | 90.6 | -1.5% |
| 161st | Madagascar | 91.1 | -2.8% |
| 162nd | Burundi | 92.6 | 1.2% |
| 163rd | Comoros | 93.5 | -3.2% |
| 164th | Bhutan | 95.8 | -3.9% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | 96.2 | -3.7% |
| 166th | Yemen, Republic of | 96.6 | -2.6% |
| 167th | Benin | 97.9 | -1.9% |
| 168th | Haiti | 98.0 | -2.8% |
| 169th | Gambia, The | 99.1 | -2.6% |
| 170th | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.6 | -0.2% |
| 171st | Nepal | 101.2 | -4.3% |
| 172nd | Zambia | 101.6 | 1.1% |
| 173rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 102.4 | -1.0% |
| 174th | Burkina Faso | 102.9 | -0.8% |
| 175th | Tanzania | 105.4 | -0.8% |
| 176th | Nigeria | 105.5 | 0.2% |
| 177th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 106.8 | -0.7% |
| 178th | Uganda | 107.2 | -1.7% |
| 179th | Central African Republic | 109.0 | -0.4% |
| 180th | Pakistan | 112.7 | -1.6% |
| 181st | Lao PDR | 113.4 | -2.2% |
| 182nd | Chad | 116.2 | -1.4% |
| 183rd | Equatorial Guinea | 118.5 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Angola | 122.3 | 0.2% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | 123.3 | -1.4% |
| 186th | Mali | 124.2 | -1.8% |
| 187th | Malawi | 133.1 | -2.1% |
| 188th | Guinea | 133.7 | -2.2% |
| 189th | Sierra Leone | 135.5 | -0.1% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | 144.5 | -3.0% |
| 191st | Niger | 146.6 | -1.0% |
| 192nd | Mozambique | 146.7 | -0.7% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 157.4 | -0.8% |
| 194th | Timor-Leste | 164.4 | -2.5% |
| 195th | Liberia | 169.6 | 1.6% |
FAQ
What was Benin's infant mortality rate in 1990?▾
Benin's infant mortality rate in 1990 was 97.9. This ranked 167th globally.
How did Benin's infant mortality rate change in 1990?▾
Benin's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.9% in 1990 compared to 1989.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1990?▾
Liberia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1990 at 169.6.
What is the infant mortality rate of Benin in 1990?▾
The infant mortality rate of Benin in 1990 was 97.9. This ranked 167th globally.
How does 1990 compare to 1989 for Benin's infant mortality rate?▾
Benin's infant mortality rate went from 99.8 in 1989 to 97.9 in 1990, a 1.9% decrease.
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