[3] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Benin achieves 77.5% of what is expected based on its current income.
[4] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 81.5% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.
According to the Joint Monitoring Program of the World Health Organization and UNICEF, three quarters of the Beninese population had access to an improved water source in 2008, whereas 12% had access to improved sanitation.
According to a 2001 national health survey, in the cities of Cotonou, Parakou and Porto-Novo, two out of 1,000 households dispose their wastewater in a correct way, while most of them discharge it directly into the nature or drains.
In Benin the number of midwives per 1,000 live births is 4 and the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women is 1 in 43.