Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported by country

Countries reporting
69
Highest
985.77
Brazil
Lowest
0
Latvia
Median
8.92
Years covered
21
2004–2024
Data points
924

What the numbers show

Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 985.77 in Brazil; the lowest is 0 in Latvia.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.92, and the mean is 96.13.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Canada (up 5,488.5%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).

Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 985.77 2023 up 108.7% rising
2 Sierra Leone 878.61 2024 down 14.0% volatile
3 Dominica 534.76 2024 volatile
4 Saint Lucia 422.83 2024 up 121.7% volatile
5 Panama 421.73 2024 up 199.3% rising
6 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 414.96 2024 up 1,880.7% volatile
7 Costa Rica 414.14 2023 up 265.9% volatile
8 Paraguay 374.9 2023 down 11.6% rising
9 Thailand 279.08 2024 up 2,469.8% volatile
10 Argentina 221.31 2024 up 74.2% rising
11 Colombia 214.76 2024 up 28.0% volatile
12 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 155.86 2024 up 3,288.3% volatile
13 Zimbabwe 143.65 2024 up 6.9% falling
14 Uruguay 137.02 2018 down 12.3% falling
15 Dominican Republic 126.52 2024 up 1,428.0% volatile
16 El Salvador 116.56 2024 up 4,471.0% volatile
17 United States of America 105.8 2023 up 1,062.6% volatile
18 Honduras 98.66 2024 up 284.8% volatile
19 Ecuador 91.28 2024 up 177.4% rising
20 Jamaica 57.1 2024 down 23.4% volatile
21 Peru 56.68 2024 up 35.1% rising
22 Mexico 43.51 2024 up 592.8% volatile
23 Chile 39.62 2022 up 79.3% rising
24 Luxembourg 31.65 2023 volatile
25 Republic of Moldova 26.56 2024 up 75.5% rising
26 Bulgaria 22.73 2023 down 43.9% rising
27 Mongolia 22.51 2024 down 38.7% falling
28 Cuba 21.02 2024 up 329.9% volatile
29 Togo 17.41 2024 up 269.6% rising
30 Nicaragua 17.35 2024 up 388.7% volatile
31 Portugal 16.34 2023 up 170.5% falling
32 Hungary 14.83 2023 up 565.0% volatile
33 Canada 14.53 2023 up 5,488.5% volatile
34 Malaysia 10.63 2024 up 59.8% volatile
35 Armenia 8.92 2024 volatile
36 Slovakia 8.23 2023 volatile
37 Georgia 7.72 2024 down 61.0% volatile
38 Guatemala 6.95 2022 up 124.3% volatile
39 Serbia 6.77 2024 volatile
40 Morocco 6.72 2022 down 70.2% falling
41 Sri Lanka 6.34 2024 up 178.1% volatile
42 Romania 5.87 2023 up 269.2% volatile
43 United Arab Emirates 4.95 2024 volatile
44 Lithuania 4.85 2023 down 27.5% volatile
45 Croatia 3.11 2023 volatile
46 Kazakhstan 2.68 2024 down 38.5% falling
47 Kyrgyzstan 2.6 2023 down 76.2% volatile
48 Greece 2.18 2015 up 156.5% volatile
49 Italy 1.58 2023 up 16.2% volatile
50 Spain 1.55 2023 up 118.3% volatile
51 Poland 0.73 2023 down 83.1% volatile
52 Germany 0.43 2023 down 2.3% volatile
53 Tajikistan 0.4 2023 down 4.8% volatile
54 Barbados 0 2023 volatile
54 Czechia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
54 Ukraine 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
54 Cyprus 0 2023 volatile
54 Estonia 0 2023 volatile
54 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
54 Albania 0 2024 volatile
54 Seychelles 0 2024 volatile
54 Sweden 0 2023 volatile
54 Denmark 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
54 Montenegro 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
54 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 2019 volatile
54 Saudi Arabia 0 2024 volatile
54 Ireland 0 2023 volatile
54 Mauritius 0 2019 volatile
54 Latvia 0 2023 volatile

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Indicator
Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
76 places, 924 data points, 2004–2024
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