Number of children newly infected with hiv in Benin
Benin: Number of children newly infected with hiv was 500 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of children newly infected with hiv in Benin, 1990–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Benin recorded 500 for number of children newly infected with hiv in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 12.3% on the previous year and down 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children newly infected with hiv in Benin peaked at 2,000 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 500, in 1990.
That places Benin 29th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of children newly infected with hiv in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 500 | — |
| 1991 | 500 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 700 | +40.0% |
| 1993 | 960 | +37.1% |
| 1994 | 1,300 | +35.4% |
| 1995 | 1,500 | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 1,700 | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 1,800 | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 1,900 | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 2,000 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,900 | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 1,900 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,900 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,500 | -21.1% |
| 2009 | 1,500 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,500 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,500 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,500 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,500 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,300 | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 680 | -47.7% |
| 2016 | 610 | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 550 | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 520 | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 650 | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 550 | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 610 | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 590 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 570 | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 500 | -12.3% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 500 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 500, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Benin's 500 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,000, 50% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of children newly infected with hiv in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -47.7% | 1,300 | 680 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,286 | 500 | 2,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,870 | 1,500 | 2,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,031 | 520 | 1,500 | 10 |
| 2020s | 564 | 500 | 610 | 5 |
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More health data for Benin
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8458 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 13,632 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 21 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0741 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0763 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children newly infected with hiv in Benin?
- Number of children newly infected with hiv in Benin was 500 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of children newly infected with hiv recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 in 1999.
- What is the lowest number of children newly infected with hiv recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 in 1990.
- How does Benin rank for number of children newly infected with hiv?
- Benin ranks 29th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of children newly infected with hiv rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Number of children newly infected with hiv. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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