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Death rate from malaria by country

Estimated number of deaths from malaria in both sexes, per 100,000 people.

Countries reporting
190
Highest
131.96 deaths per 100,000 people
Niger
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Niue
Median
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from malaria is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 131.96 deaths per 100,000 people in Niger; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 10.29 deaths per 100,000 people.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 378.4%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).

Death rate from malaria: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 131.96 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.1% falling
2 Sierra Leone 100.82 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 52.5% falling
3 Central African Republic 95.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 20.6% falling
4 Nigeria 90.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 20.1% falling
5 Mali 90.54 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.7% falling
6 Benin 85.77 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.4% falling
7 Chad 79.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.8% falling
8 Liberia 77.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.2% falling
9 Burkina Faso 76.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 64.9% falling
10 Guinea 76.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 44.6% falling
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 74.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.8% falling
12 Mozambique 68.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 29.7% falling
13 South Sudan 62.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.4% falling
14 Burundi 56.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 14.7% volatile
15 Angola 56.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 18.0% falling
16 Cameroon 47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.9% falling
17 Equatorial Guinea 46.95 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.6% falling
18 Guinea-Bissau 45.78 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 15.0% falling
19 Zambia 44.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.2% volatile
20 Madagascar 43.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 378.4% volatile
21 Tanzania 41.41 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.9% falling
22 Cote d'Ivoire 41.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 63.1% volatile
23 Togo 40.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 31.7% falling
24 Uganda 38.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 45.7% volatile
25 Congo 37.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.1% falling
26 Malawi 37.36 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 41.6% volatile
27 Ghana 34.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 46.8% falling
28 Papua New Guinea 24.61 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.5% falling
29 Rwanda 24.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 13.3% falling
30 Gambia 24.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 29.4% falling
31 Kenya 22.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.2% falling
32 Gabon 20.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 12.6% falling
33 Solomon Islands 18.73 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 3.9% volatile
34 Mauritania 17.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 7.8% falling
35 Sudan 17.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 113.7% falling
36 Somalia 14.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 67.7% falling
37 Senegal 13.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.9% volatile
39 Yemen 7.45 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.8% falling
40 Ethiopia 6.69 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 64.6% falling
41 Eritrea 5.83 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 32.5% volatile
42 Zimbabwe 5.48 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 61.9% falling
43 Guyana 3.36 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 65.3% falling
44 Comoros 3.16 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 65.8% volatile
45 Haiti 0.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 67.5% falling
46 India 0.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 71.1% falling
47 Namibia 0.57 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 62.3% volatile
48 Venezuela 0.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 243.8% volatile
49 Indonesia 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 55.2% falling
50 Sao Tome and Principe 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 95.1% volatile
51 Myanmar 0.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 93.6% volatile
52 Eswatini 0.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 240.0% volatile
53 Afghanistan 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 66.2% volatile
54 Pakistan 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 85.4% volatile
55 Botswana 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 54.5% volatile
56 South Africa 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.0% volatile
57 Laos 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 93.0% volatile
58 Cambodia 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 98.6% volatile
59 Peru 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
60 Colombia 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 33.3% volatile
61 Bangladesh 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 80.0% volatile
61 Bolivia 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.0% volatile
61 Brazil 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.0% volatile
64 Philippines 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 60.0% volatile
65 Dominican Republic 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 90.0% volatile
66 Albania 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Andorra 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 United Arab Emirates 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Argentina 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Armenia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Antigua and Barbuda 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Australia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Austria 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Azerbaijan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Belgium 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Bulgaria 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Bahrain 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Bahamas 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Belarus 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Belize 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — volatile
66 Barbados 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Brunei 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Bhutan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Canada 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Switzerland 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Chile 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 China 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Cape Verde 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Costa Rica 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Cuba 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Cyprus 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Czechia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Germany 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Dominica 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Denmark 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Algeria 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — volatile
66 Ecuador 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — volatile
66 Egypt 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Spain 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Estonia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Finland 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Fiji 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 France 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Micronesia (country) 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 United Kingdom 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Georgia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Greece 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Grenada 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Guatemala 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — volatile
66 Honduras 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Croatia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Hungary 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Ireland 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Iran 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — volatile
66 Iraq 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Iceland 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Israel 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Italy 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Jamaica 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Jordan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Japan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Kazakhstan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Kyrgyzstan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Kiribati 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 South Korea 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Kuwait 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Lebanon 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Libya 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Saint Lucia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Sri Lanka 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — volatile
66 Lesotho 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Lithuania 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Luxembourg 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Latvia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Morocco 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Monaco 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Moldova 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Maldives 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Marshall Islands 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 North Macedonia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Malta 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Montenegro 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Mongolia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Mauritius 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Malaysia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Nicaragua 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Netherlands 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Norway 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Nepal 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Nauru 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 New Zealand 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Oman 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Palau 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Poland 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 North Korea 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Portugal 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Paraguay 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Qatar 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Romania 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Russia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Saudi Arabia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 El Salvador 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 San Marino 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Serbia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Suriname 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Slovakia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Slovenia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Sweden 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Seychelles 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Syria 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Thailand 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Tajikistan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Turkmenistan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 East Timor 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Tonga 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Trinidad and Tobago 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Tunisia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Turkey 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Tuvalu 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Ukraine 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Uruguay 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 United States 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Uzbekistan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Vietnam 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Vanuatu 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
66 Samoa 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Cook Islands 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat
66 Niue 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Death rate from malaria
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths from malaria in both sexes, per 100,000 people.