Health in Alibori, Benin: official figures

For every 1,000 babies born in Alibori in the five years before the 2021-2022 MICS, 52 died before their first birthday and 87 before their fifth; the under-five rate is joint 3rd highest of the 12 departments (Benin: 45 and 80). Department rates rest on fewer births and are less precise.

How many children in Alibori are vaccinated?

22.3% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Alibori had received all basic vaccines (BCG, three doses of polio and of DTP, and measles) in 2021-2022, 4th lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 27.6%); 53.8% had the third DTP (pentavalent) dose and 40.1% the measles vaccine (Benin: 67.3% and 53.7%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

How many children in Alibori are malnourished?

41.1% of children under five in Alibori were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition) in 2021-2022, 14.7% were wasted (too thin for their height) and 29.1% underweight; the stunting rate is 4th highest of the 12 departments (Benin: 36.5%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Do women in Alibori give birth in a health facility?

84.0% of women in Alibori who gave birth in the two years before the survey delivered in a health facility and 71.2% were helped by a doctor, nurse or midwife; the facility share is 2nd lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 90.6% and 80.8%). 1.6% of births were by caesarean section (Benin: 5.7%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Do pregnant women in Alibori get antenatal care?

26.7% of recent mothers in Alibori had at least four antenatal visits during pregnancy, the lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 52.6%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Do children in Alibori sleep under mosquito nets?

20.0% of children under five in Alibori slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night before the 2021-2022 survey, 2nd lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 50.4%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Can women in Alibori get family planning?

Among married women in Alibori who want to space or limit births, 61.8% had that need met by a modern contraceptive method in 2021-2022, the highest of the 12 departments (Benin: 31.8%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

How Alibori compares with other departments

Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (5 years before the survey) (2017-2022)

Alibori ranks 3 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (5 years before the survey)
1	Couffo	125
2	Zou	104
3	Alibori	87
4	Ouémé	87
5	Atacora	82
6	Littoral	82
7	Collines	79

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines (2021-22)

Alibori ranks 9 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines
6	Couffo	28.0%
7	Collines	27.0%
8	Plateau	23.2%
9	Alibori	22.3%
10	Atlantique	20.9%
11	Donga	20.6%
12	Borgou	16.5%

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Children under 5 stunted (2021-22)

Alibori ranks 4 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Children under 5 stunted
1	Borgou	48.7%
2	Plateau	48.3%
3	Atacora	46.4%
4	Alibori	41.1%
5	Zou	40.3%
6	Couffo	34.2%
7	Ouémé	33.9%

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Births in a health facility (2 years before the survey) (2021-22)

Alibori ranks 11 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Births in a health facility (2 years before the survey)
6	Collines	95.0%
7	Atacora	89.1%
8	Donga	89.0%
9	Plateau	88.7%
10	Couffo	84.3%
11	Alibori	84.0%
12	Borgou	71.8%

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

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Sources

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP): Enquête par grappes à indicateurs multiples (MICS6-Bénin) 2021-2022, Rapport des résultats de l'enquête (revised December 2023): department rows of Tables SR.2.1, SR.2.3, SR.6.1W, CS.2, TM.2.1, TM.3.3, TM.4.2, TM.6.1, TM.6.2, TC.1.2, TC.6.7, TC.8.1, LN.2.3, LN.2.7, LN.4.1, PR.1.1, PR.2.1, PR.3.3, PR.4.1W, PR.7.1W, WS.1.2, WS.3.2 and DV.2.2, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b47fa901f5ed…)

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