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Underweight in adults — Benin

Underweight in adults in Benin in 2024 — 8.5%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 10.6 pp.

2024 8.5% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 155of 199
Period maximum 19.1%1980
Period minimum 8.5%2024

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Underweight in adults — Benin, 1980–2024510152019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 19.1%1981: 18.8%1982: 18.5%1983: 18.2%1984: 17.9%1985: 17.6%1986: 17.3%1987: 16.9%1988: 16.6%1989: 16.3%1990: 16%1991: 15.7%1992: 15.4%1993: 15.1%1994: 14.8%1995: 14.4%1996: 14.1%1997: 13.8%1998: 13.5%1999: 13.2%2000: 12.8%2001: 12.5%2002: 12.2%2003: 11.9%2004: 11.6%2005: 11.3%2006: 11%2007: 10.7%2008: 10.5%2009: 10.2%2010: 10%2011: 9.8%2012: 9.6%2013: 9.4%2014: 9.2%2015: 9.1%2016: 9%2017: 8.9%2018: 8.8%2019: 8.7%2020: 8.7%2021: 8.6%2022: 8.6%2023: 8.5%2024: 8.5%
Change over the period: −10.6 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 8.5%
World computed 7.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 12.1%
Western Africa computed 10%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10.1%
Underweight in adults — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.5 −0 pp
2023 8.5 −0 pp
2022 8.6 −0 pp
2021 8.6 −0.1 pp
2020 8.7 −0.1 pp
2019 8.7 −0.1 pp
2018 8.8 −0.1 pp
2017 8.9 −0.1 pp
2016 9 −0.1 pp
2015 9.1 −0.1 pp
2014 9.2 −0.1 pp
2013 9.4 −0.2 pp
2012 9.6 −0.2 pp
2011 9.8 −0.2 pp
2010 10 −0.2 pp
2009 10.2 −0.3 pp
2008 10.5 −0.3 pp
2007 10.7 −0.3 pp
2006 11 −0.3 pp
2005 11.3 −0.3 pp
2004 11.6 −0.3 pp
2003 11.9 −0.3 pp
2002 12.2 −0.3 pp
2001 12.5 −0.3 pp
2000 12.8 −0.3 pp
1999 13.2 −0.3 pp
1998 13.5 −0.3 pp
1997 13.8 −0.3 pp
1996 14.1 −0.3 pp
1995 14.4 −0.3 pp
1994 14.8 −0.3 pp
1993 15.1 −0.3 pp
1992 15.4 −0.3 pp
1991 15.7 −0.3 pp
1990 16 −0.3 pp
1989 16.3 −0.3 pp
1988 16.6 −0.3 pp
1987 16.9 −0.3 pp
1986 17.3 −0.3 pp
1985 17.6 −0.3 pp
1984 17.9 −0.3 pp
1983 18.2 −0.3 pp
1982 18.5 −0.3 pp
1981 18.8 −0.3 pp
1980 19.1 —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 5.1 LR Liberia 6.1 SL Sierra Leone 6.3 CI Côte d'Ivoire 7.7 GH Ghana 7.8 MR Mauritania 7.9 TG Togo 8.2 BJ Benin 8.5 NG Nigeria 9.3 ML Mali 9.5 GN Guinea 10 GW Guinea-Bissau 10.8 GM Gambia 11.9 BF Burkina Faso 12.5 SN Senegal 15.7 NE Niger 19.3
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index below 18.5 kg/m². The indicator moves in the direction opposite to obesity, and together they describe what is called the double burden of malnutrition: in many middle-income countries both shares are high at once — underweight persists in the countryside, obesity has already come to the city. The largest values are given by South Asia and the Horn of Africa.

Important: The aggregate by group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one. Underweight in adults and undernourishment are different indicators: the first measures the body, the second the intake of calories.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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