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Benin
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
BENIN VS GUYANA

Compare Benin and Guyana health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Guyana
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
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Guyana Population Pyramid
824,958
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Guyana GUYANA
  Benin BENIN   Guyana GUYANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
  
54.8
57.9
56.3
71
75
73
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
  
57.8
61.6
59.7
83
85
84
1980
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
  
58.2
63.7
60.9
105
94
99
1990
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
  
59.1
65.6
62.3
127
115
118
2000
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
  
62.7
68.4
65.4
114
116
116
2010
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
  
63.4
68.6
65.9
128
126
129
2019
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
  
62.5
69.4
65.7
152
135
142
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Guyana GUYANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
65.7
161
157
62.5
69.4
152
135
Age
61.2
65.7
161
157
62.5
69.4
152
135
Age 5
67.7
71.7
144
141
64.6
71.2
167
147
Age 10
68.4
72.5
142
139
64.8
71.3
168
151
Age 15
68.9
72.9
141
138
65.0
71.5
168
154
Age 20
69.3
73.2
140
138
65.3
71.9
168
152
Age 25
69.7
73.5
141
138
66.3
72.2
166
152
Age 30
70.2
73.9
141
138
67.5
72.9
166
149
Age 35
70.7
74.3
141
139
68.2
73.2
167
153
Age 40
71.4
74.9
142
140
69.2
73.8
166
152
Age 45
72.2
75.6
141
142
70.5
74.7
166
152
Age 50
73.3
76.3
142
144
71.5
75.6
167
153
Age 55
74.6
77.3
139
147
73.4
76.8
165
152
Age 60
76.1
78.5
141
144
75.1
78.1
165
151
Age 65
78.1
80.1
142
143
77.7
79.8
153
148
Age 70
80.4
81.9
138
140
79.6
81.4
168
156
Age 75
83.1
84.3
137
130
83.7
84.4
103
122
Age 80
86.2
87.1
127
113
85.3
85.7
172
171
Age 85
89.6
90.3
118
98
91.0
90.1
26
116
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Guyana GUYANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.03
42
149.26
24
2. Coronary Heart Disease
113.27
90
192.95
31
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
112.94
20
42.19
65
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
67.45
16
6.60
74
5. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
41.13
12
6. Malaria
42.51
22
3.88
44
7. Liver Disease
39.37
27
26.93
68
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.49
67
82.60
14
9. Road Traffic Accidents
33.95
38
22.39
63
10. Kidney Disease
33.45
44
32.95
45
11. Lung Disease
25.54
76
25.43
78
12. HIV/AIDS
25.19
39
34.94
29
13. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
25.59
23
14. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
24.77
25
15. Hypertension
21.93
72
45.77
18
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.23
42
3.28
171
17. Meningitis
15.80
13
1.91
62
18. Asthma
15.55
37
3.57
100
19. Other Injuries
15.04
24
22.64
4
20. Low Birth Weight
13.84
10
7.54
57
21. Suicide
12.71
43
40.85
2
22. Birth Trauma
11.26
16
5.24
62
23. Tuberculosis
10.94
64
18.83
52
24. Endocrine Disorders
10.91
17
24.94
3
25. Maternal Conditions
10.57
31
3.59
53
26. Congenital Anomalies
9.44
13
7.16
50
27. Falls
9.00
32
1.52
177
28. Malnutrition
8.09
38
5.24
53
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.54
27
7.61
26
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7.05
48
12.69
18
31. Violence
6.79
71
25.46
14
32. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
4.07
126
33. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
4.88
110
34. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
1.07
152
35. Lymphomas
5.99
42
4.43
105
36. Pertussis
5.61
10
0.01
127
37. Parkinson's Disease
5.27
41
1.31
172
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
8.32
96
39. Fires
4.20
25
2.65
61
40. Drownings
3.85
49
18.48
1
41. Measles
3.77
19
0.00
130
42. Epilepsy
3.60
10
3.18
26
43. Leukemia
3.48
96
2.77
131
44. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
3.50
36
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
41
1.69
81
46. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
2.70
123
47. Schistosomiasis
2.90
9
0.00
115
48. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
2.74
94
49. Poisonings
2.64
29
0.07
178
50. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
4.75
77
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Benin BENIN   Guyana GUYANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,205
12.25
302
4.20
2. Malaria
7,037
8.45
30
0.42
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,830
8.20
48
0.67
4. Stroke
5,855
7.03
1,022
14.22
5. Coronary Heart Disease
5,397
6.48
1,335
18.58
6. Low Birth Weight
4,908
5.89
89
1.24
7. Birth Trauma
3,950
4.74
64
0.89
8. Road Traffic Accidents
3,162
3.80
175
2.44
9. Liver Disease
2,447
2.94
197
2.74
10. Congenital Anomalies
2,265
2.72
69
0.96
11. HIV/AIDS
2,263
2.72
256
3.56
12. Meningitis
1,967
2.36
17
0.24
13. Kidney Disease
1,929
2.32
233
3.24
14. Diabetes Mellitus
1,912
2.29
579
8.06
15. Other Injuries
1,532
1.84
167
2.32
16. Endocrine Disorders
1,454
1.75
174
2.42
17. Lung Disease
1,220
1.46
174
2.42
18. Pertussis
1,168
1.40
0
0.00
19. Hypertension
1,088
1.31
320
4.45
20. Maternal Conditions
1,039
1.25
28
0.39
21. Malnutrition
928
1.11
37
0.51
22. Suicide
922
1.11
315
4.38
23. Tuberculosis
919
1.10
137
1.91
24. Asthma
891
1.07
25
0.35
25. Prostate Cancer
867
1.04
123
1.71
26. Measles
788
0.95
0
0.00
27. Breast Cancer
784
0.94
96
1.34
28. Violence
726
0.87
194
2.70
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
715
0.86
23
0.32
30. Cervical Cancer
669
0.80
91
1.27
31. Drownings
570
0.68
145
2.02
32. Falls
543
0.65
11
0.15
33. Inflammatory/Heart
457
0.55
92
1.28
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.53
54
0.75
35. Fires
431
0.52
19
0.26
36. Lymphomas
387
0.46
32
0.45
37. Epilepsy
369
0.44
24
0.33
38. Stomach Cancer
361
0.43
34
0.47
39. Oesophagus Cancer
326
0.39
8
0.11
40. Liver Cancer
322
0.39
29
0.40
41. Colon-Rectum Cancers
311
0.37
59
0.82
42. Poisonings
307
0.37
1
0.01
43. Parkinson's Disease
212
0.25
9
0.13
44. Drug Use
197
0.24
16
0.22
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
13
0.18
46. Leukemia
196
0.24
21
0.29
47. Schistosomiasis
183
0.22
0
0.00
48. Pancreas Cancer
177
0.21
19
0.26
49. Tetanus
156
0.19
0
0.00
50. Oral Cancer
156
0.19
20
0.28
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Guyana GUYANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
41.13
12
2. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
25.59
23
3. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
24.77
25
4. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
4.07
126
5. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
4.88
110
6. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
1.07
152
7. Lymphomas
5.99
42
4.43
105
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
8.32
96
9. Leukemia
3.48
96
2.77
131
10. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
3.50
36
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
2.70
123
12. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
2.74
94
13. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
4.75
77
14. Skin Cancers
2.06
80
0.71
152
15. Lung Cancers
1.08
180
5.31
135
16. Bladder Cancer
0.67
172
1.11
150
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.