Health in Benin 347 indicators covering health for Benin. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 75-79, male 35,219 2025 up 43.8% 114th Population ages 80 and above, female 36,375 2025 up 35.0% 120th Population ages 80 and above, male 23,542 2025 up 38.9% 114th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 3.5% 2024 up 118.8% 123rd Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 4.0% 2024 up 110.5% 124th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 3.7% 2024 up 105.6% 124th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 30.4% 2024 down 2.3% 20th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 35.9% 2024 down 1.9% 19th Prevalence of stunting, height for age 33.2% 2024 down 2.1% 19th Hospital beds 0.43 per 1,000 people 2021 down 8.5% 166th Tuberculosis death rate 5.3 per 100,000 people 2024 down 55.8% 83rd Incidence of tuberculosis 40 per 100,000 people 2024 down 39.4% 106th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 75.9% 2024 down 0.2% 178th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 32.4% 2024 up 23.2% 176th People practicing open defecation, urban 29.4% 2024 down 9.6% 3rd People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 63.1% 2024 up 8.4% 143rd People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 11.8% 2024 up 68.9% 161st People using at least basic drinking water services 69.6% 2024 up 5.0% 191st People using safely managed drinking water services 17.7% 2024 up 9.4% 143rd People practicing open defecation, rural 65.1% 2024 down 12.6% 6th People using at least basic sanitation services 22.2% 2024 up 41.6% 205th Tuberculosis case detection rate 70.0% 2024 up 29.6% 127th People practicing open defecation 47.0% 2024 down 15.3% 5th Current health expenditure 3.3% 2023 up 16.3% 172nd Current health expenditure per capita 46.53 current US$ 2023 up 38.7% 176th Out-of-pocket expenditure 42.4% 2023 down 0.4% 52nd Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 19.73 current US$ 2023 up 38.2% 161st Domestic general government health expenditure 14.7% 2023 down 45.0% 178th Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 20.22 current international $ 2023 up 5.3% 178th Domestic private health expenditure 46.9% 2023 down 2.9% 64th Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 137.83 current international $ 2023 up 91.3% 173rd Domestic private health expenditure per capita 21.83 current US$ 2023 up 34.7% 165th People using safely managed sanitation services 16.4% 2024 up 39.5% 135th Immunization, Hib3 63.0% 2024 down 14.9% 178th Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 7.47 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 24.0% 12th Reported cases of measles 785 Cases 2024 down 0.1% 45th Child mortality by income level of country 7.47 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 24.0% 12th Number of infant deaths 21,555 2024 down 13.1% 38th Number of under-five deaths 35,304 2024 down 13.4% 30th Number of neonatal deaths 13,130 2024 down 4.8% 40th Child mortality vs. health spending 7.47 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 24.0% 12th Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 44.0% 2024 down 32.3% 190th Adolescent fertility rate 76.41 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 20.7% 32nd Sex ratio at birth 1.04 male births per female births 2024 up 0.2% 145th Domestic general government health expenditure 2.6% 2023 down 50.3% 188th External health expenditure 38.4% 2023 up 53.6% 15th External health expenditure per capita 17.88 current US$ 2023 up 113.1% 40th External health expenditure per capita, PPP 52.96 current international $ 2023 up 193.7% 36th Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 50.0% 2023 up 0.8% 6th Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 49.0% 2023 up 1.2% 6th Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 60.2% 2023 down 0.3% 2nd Stillbirth rate 18.6 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 17.0% 31st Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 27,000 2024 down 28.9% 50th Life expectancy vs. health spending 60.77 years 2023 up 3.2% 228th Prevalence of undernourishment 14.3% 2023 up 55.4% 41st Antiretroviral therapy coverage 87.0% 2024 up 117.5% 29th Tuberculosis treatment success rate 91.0% 2023 up 2.2% 44th Prevalence of hypertension, female 33.0% 2019 down 7.0% 138th Prevalence of hypertension, male 28.9% 2019 down 17.0% 178th Prevalence of hypertension 31.2% 2019 down 11.9% 152nd ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →