Benin: Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Benin's children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV fell 12.3% on 2023 (from 570 to 500).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.6% and a typical year strayed about 14.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 40% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 47.7% in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Benin had the 29th highest value of the 83 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Benin in the 2024 ranking

• Burkina Faso — 26th of 83: 800
• Sierra Leone — 27th of 83: 660
• Togo — 28th of 83: 530
• Burundi — 30th of 83: 500
• Dominican Republic — 31st of 83: 500
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 32nd of 83: 500

What this measures

Number of children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV.

All 35 values

Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV in nearby economies

• Angola — 4,500 (2024)
• Botswana — 100 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 800 (2024)
• Burundi — 500 (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 100 (2024)
• Cameroon — 2,700 (2024)
• Central African Republic — 1,000 (2024)
• Chad — 1,300 (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9,100 (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 1,900 (2024)

More health data for Benin

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 14.86% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 15.21% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 3.01 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 40.83% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 3.1 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 41.69% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 6.11 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 41.26% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.72% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Benin's children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV?

500 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is unchanged at from 500 in 1990. The highest value was 2,000 in 1999 and the lowest 500 in 1990.

How does Benin rank?

29th highest of 83 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV unusual for Benin?

In 2024, Benin's children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV fell 12.3% on 2023 (from 570 to 500). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.6% and a typical year strayed about 14.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.HIV.INCD.14, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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