Benin · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
19.6%2021
Publisher note: Enquête par Grappes à Indicateurs Multiples, Bénin, 2021-2022, Rapport des résultats de l’enquête. Cotonou, Bénin : INStaD
Unit: percent of children under age 5. Publisher measure: Underweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-age <-2 SD), survey-based estimates.
Weight-for-age below -2 SD, WHO country-level survey estimates, both sexes, no additional disaggregation; retain survey comments. Reference years are irregular survey labels; fieldwork windows were not supplied by the retained projection. Matching year labels do not prove matching collection periods.
Measurement basis: survey-based estimate; reference years are irregular.
Reference-period cadence: irregular survey reference years.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 6 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1996 | 25 | 23.2 | 26.8 | Enquête démographique et de santé 1996. Demographic and Health Surveys. Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Economique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi. Cotonou, Benin, 1997 Reduced age range |
| Benin | 2001 | 19.5 | 18 | 21.1 | Enquête démographique et de santé au Bénin 2001. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique et ORC Macro, 2002 |
| Benin | 2008 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 19.4 | Analyse Globale de la Vulnérabilité, de la Sécurité Alimentaire et de la Nutrition (AGVSAN) 2008 Reduced age range; Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Benin | 2014 | 18 | 16.9 | 19.2 | Enquête par grappes à indicateurs multiples 2014, Rapport final , Cotonou, Bénin : Institut national de la statistique et de l’analyse économique Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Benin | 2018 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 17.8 | Enquête Démographique et de Santé au Bénin, 2017-2018. Cotonou, Bénin et Rockville, Maryland, USA : INSAE et ICF |
| Benin | 2021 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 20.7 | Enquête par Grappes à Indicateurs Multiples, Bénin, 2021-2022, Rapport des résultats de l’enquête. Cotonou, Bénin : INStaD |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.