Benin's life expectancy rose from 55.4 yrs in 1995 to 61.0 yrs in 2024.
Benin · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Benin's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 49.9 yrs in 2000 to 55.7 yrs in 2021.
Benin's infant mortality fell from 88.4 ‰ in 1995 to 45.2 ‰ in 2024.
Benin's under-5 mortality rate fell from 151.5 ‰ in 1995 to 74.7 ‰ in 2024.
Benin's maternal mortality ratio fell from 605.0 /100k in 1994 to 518.0 /100k in 2023.
Benin's ncd mortality fell from 23.2 % in 2000 to 20.8 % in 2021.
Benin's suicide mortality rate rose from 6.7 /100k in 2000 to 7.1 /100k in 2021.
Benin's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 28.4 /100k in 2000 to 26.8 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.4 pts171st of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +23.2 %174th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −6.7 pts142nd of 192
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- Physiciansup +13.7 %52nd of 63
- Nurses and midwivesup +5.7 %73rd of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −4.4 %122nd of 127*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −8.0 pts188th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −6.0 pts179th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts93rd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −4.8 %100th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.2 pts140th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.5 pts131st of 141