What is the difference in estimated number of malaria cases between Somalia and Yemen?

349,950 Cases, with Yemen ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Estimated number of malaria cases. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Somalia vs Yemen: Estimated number of malaria cases

Somalia

1.01 million Cases

in 2024

Yemen

1.36 million Cases

in 2024

Somalia rank

33rd

Yemen rank

31st

Estimated number of malaria cases over time

Somalia
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 1.36 million Cases against 1.01 million Cases in Somalia, a difference of 349,950 Cases.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.3 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 33rd and Yemen ranks 31st of 109 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.12 million Cases	997,921 Cases	126,890 Cases	Somalia
2010s	663,681 Cases	782,888 Cases	119,208 Cases	Yemen
2020s	976,214 Cases	1.04 million Cases	66,709 Cases	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher estimated number of malaria cases, Somalia or Yemen?: Yemen, at 1.36 million Cases against 1.01 million Cases in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in estimated number of malaria cases between Somalia and Yemen?: 349,950 Cases, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Somalia and Yemen rank globally for estimated number of malaria cases?: Somalia ranks 33rd and Yemen ranks 31st of 109 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Estimated number of malaria cases. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Estimated number of malaria cases
Unit: Cases
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 109 places, 2,722 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 01 September 2026

The World Health Organization publishes estimates of the total number of malaria cases, based on confirmed and suspected cases submitted by national programs, and taking underreporting into account.