Benin Health Indicators from WHO Global Health Observatory

A dataset of health indicators for Benin, sourced from the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory portal. It covers categories including air pollution, child mortality, disease prevalence, nutrition, and universal health coverage. The data was last updated on March 16, 2026.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking health system performance based on WHO indicator categories like health financing and workforce.
• Analyzing trends in noncommunicable and communicable diseases based on reported prevalence and mortality data.
• Monitoring progress towards SDG Target 3.8 on universal health coverage using the provided indicators.
• Correlating environmental factors like air pollution and WASH with health outcomes mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Sourced from the authoritative World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory.
• Covers a wide range of health topics as listed, from mental health to immunization.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-03 16 15:34:05.701731.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization

Collection Method

Aggregated from WHO's Global Health Observatory (GHO) data portal.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 15:34:05.701731; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Benin