What is the difference in incidence of malaria between Somalia and Yemen?

1.11 per 1,000 population at risk, with Somalia 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?

Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Somalia vs Yemen: Incidence of malaria

Somalia

53.28 per 1,000 population at risk

in 2024

Yemen

52.17 per 1,000 population at risk

in 2024

Somalia rank

39th

Yemen rank

40th

Incidence of malaria over time

Somalia
Yemen

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 53.28 per 1,000 population at risk against 52.17 per 1,000 population at risk in Yemen, a difference of 1.11 per 1,000 population at risk.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 39th and Yemen ranks 40th of 107 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
2000s	110.52 per 1,000 population at risk	70.2 per 1,000 population at risk	40.31 per 1,000 population at risk	Somalia
2010s	47.41 per 1,000 population at risk	40 per 1,000 population at risk	7.41 per 1,000 population at risk	Somalia
2020s	54.83 per 1,000 population at risk	42.16 per 1,000 population at risk	12.67 per 1,000 population at risk	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher incidence of malaria, Somalia or Yemen?: Somalia, at 53.28 per 1,000 population at risk against 52.17 per 1,000 population at risk in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in incidence of malaria between Somalia and Yemen?: 1.11 per 1,000 population at risk, with Somalia 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 incidence of malaria?: Somalia ranks 39th and Yemen ranks 40th of 107 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk)
Unit: per 1,000 population at risk
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 141 places, 3,452 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Incidence of malaria is the number of new cases of malaria in a year per 1,000 population at risk.