Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Benin
Benin: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 731,100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Benin, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Benin is 731,100, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Benin peaked at 731,100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 448,600, in 2000.
That places Benin 36th out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 448,600 | — |
| 2001 | 459,900 | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 472,700 | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 486,800 | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 502,600 | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 521,200 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 540,000 | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 556,900 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 570,500 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 581,000 | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 589,000 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 596,700 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 606,000 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 618,900 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 634,300 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 650,900 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 666,700 | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 678,700 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 685,900 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 689,100 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 691,700 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 696,500 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 705,800 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 714,400 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 731,100 | +2.3% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 731,100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 281,700, 2.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Benin's 731,100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 577,800, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 514,020 | 448,600 | 581,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 641,620 | 589,000 | 689,100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 707,900 | 691,700 | 731,100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More reference data data for Benin
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1979 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1562 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6635 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5244 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8505 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Benin?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Benin was 731,100 in 2024, according to World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 731,100 in 2024.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 448,600 in 2000.
- How does Benin rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Benin ranks 36th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of children younger than five who are stunted – significantly shorter than the average for their age, as a consequence of poor nutrition or repeated infection.