Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Benin
Benin: Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value was 0.2 million No in 2021. ▲ Rising
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Benin, 2001–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Benin is 0.2 million No, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 100.0% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Benin peaked at 0.2 million No in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1 million No, in 2001.
Benin ranks 17th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Benin, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.1 million No | — |
| 2008 | 0.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2 million No | +100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1 million No | 0.1 million No | 0.1 million No | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.1 million No | 0.1 million No | 0.1 million No | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.2 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.2 million No | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 17 Burundi 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Cambodia 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Cameroon 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Ghana 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Iraq 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Mali 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Mozambique 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Nepal 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Russian Federation 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Senegal 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Sri Lanka 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Thailand 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Uganda 0.2 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Benin?
- Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Benin was 0.2 million No in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2 million No in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 million No in 2001.
- How does Benin rank for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value?
- Benin ranks 17th out of 42 countries with data for 2021.
- Is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.