Health in Benin

1,208 indicators covering health for Benin.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urb 15.8% 2024 up 36.1% 110th
Adolescent birth rate 0.7945 2020 down 85.6% 68th
Rubella number unvaccinated 212,363 2023 β€” 15th
Estimated number of malaria cases 5.12 million Cases 2024 up 25.8% 17th
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 83 2023 down 7.8% 45th
Medical doctors 2.14 2024 up 46.6% 156th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ yea 16.1% 2022 up 6.0% 146th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ yea 18.0% 2022 up 5.3% 143rd
Nursing and midwifery personnel 6.12 2024 down 3.9% 174th
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV 68,000 2025 down 6.8% 54th
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 0.6% 2025 down 40.0% 55th
Cases of paralytic polio from vaccine derived viruses 3 2023 β€” 14th
Cases of paralytic polio from wild vs vaccine derived viruses 3 2023 β€” 14th
TB patients with known HIV status 98.0% 2024 up 2.1% 43rd
Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 59,363 2025 up 127.6% 50th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 87.0% 2025 up 141.7% 33rd
Dentists 0.05 2024 up 400.0% 163rd
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 40 2024 up 60.0% 97th
Hib3 number unvaccinated 137,151 2023 up 58.1% 33rd
Number of new HIV infections 920 2025 down 72.1% 79th
Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 1,200 2025 down 53.8% 49th
Capital health expenditure 0.1% 2018 down 49.6% 112th
Tested TB patients HIV-positive 12.0% 2024 down 25.0% 47th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0-4 0.0% 2021 β€” 3rd
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 5-14 0.2% 2021 β€” 47th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 5-14 0.3% 2021 β€” 84th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 5-14 0.2% 2021 β€” 77th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 15-5 1.3% 2021 β€” 93rd
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 15-5 1.9% 2021 β€” 94th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 15-5 1.7% 2021 β€” 93rd
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 60+ 1.8% 2021 β€” 91st
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 60+ 2.8% 2021 β€” 93rd
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 60+ 2.3% 2021 β€” 91st
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, female 0.9% 2021 β€” 102nd
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, male 1.3% 2021 β€” 104th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 53.4% 2021 down 12.0% 24th
Cause of death, by injury 9.3% 2021 up 29.0% 34th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 36.2% 2021 up 12.5% 160th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 1.1% 2021 β€” 103rd
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 90.9% 2021 down 1.8% 14th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 90.0% 2021 down 2.2% 15th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 90.4% 2021 down 2.0% 14th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 47.1% 2021 down 20.6% 52nd
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 41.8% 2021 down 19.9% 47th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 44.3% 2021 down 20.2% 50th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 40.9% 2021 down 11.8% 47th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 29.2% 2021 down 8.5% 75th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 33.9% 2021 down 10.9% 59th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 23.0% 2021 down 2.0% 76th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 25.5% 2021 up 8.8% 88th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 24.3% 2021 up 3.5% 88th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 54.6% 2021 down 11.6% 21st
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 52.3% 2021 down 12.2% 25th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, female 3.9% 2021 up 53.7% 141st
Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, male 4.4% 2021 up 60.2% 129th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4 4.2% 2021 up 57.4% 138th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, female 24.5% 2021 up 42.1% 104th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, male 35.2% 2021 up 27.4% 88th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14 30.1% 2021 up 32.5% 99th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, female 8.5% 2021 up 17.4% 77th