Dengue in Benin
Country profile for Benin (Africa): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Benin reported 68 dengue cases from January to July 2026, +41.7% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to July: 5 (0 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2025, the last full year, Benin recorded 80 cases, an incidence of 0.5 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.000%.
- Automatic early-warning analysis is not available because there are fewer than 36 consecutive months of data, too short for seasonal analysis.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Benin since 2024.
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Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.