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Death rate from meningitis who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
29.86
Somalia
Lowest
0
Grenada
Median
0.685
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from meningitis who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 29.86 in Somalia; the lowest is 0 in Grenada.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.685, and the mean is 3.28.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 177 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 222.2%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Death rate from meningitis who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 29.86 2021 down 13.1% falling
2 Niger 29.03 2021 down 33.8% falling
3 Chad 21.96 2021 down 46.2% falling
4 Central African Republic 21.54 2021 down 25.9% falling
5 South Sudan 20.07 2021 down 1.1% falling
6 Nigeria 18.56 2021 down 21.4% falling
7 Guinea 17.97 2021 down 21.4% falling
8 Mali 17.67 2021 down 36.0% falling
9 Burkina Faso 14.94 2021 down 42.4% falling
10 Democratic Republic of Congo 14.42 2021 down 36.4% falling
11 Sierra Leone 14.05 2021 down 30.7% falling
12 Eritrea 12.92 2021 down 27.1% falling
13 Benin 12.73 2021 down 36.1% falling
14 Angola 12.53 2021 down 35.0% falling
15 Cameroon 12.2 2021 down 33.3% falling
16 Lesotho 11.64 2021 down 16.6% flat
17 Djibouti 11.44 2021 down 11.7% falling
18 Guinea-Bissau 11 2021 down 35.5% falling
18 Togo 11 2021 down 33.9% falling
20 Madagascar 10.79 2021 down 20.4% falling
21 Malawi 10.68 2021 down 27.3% falling
22 Burundi 10.56 2021 down 28.1% volatile
23 Comoros 10.15 2021 down 24.0% falling
24 Ethiopia 9.98 2021 down 35.9% volatile
25 Liberia 9.8 2021 down 38.9% falling
26 Eswatini 9.73 2021 down 6.8% falling
27 Cote d'Ivoire 9.56 2021 down 49.2% falling
28 Mozambique 9.43 2021 down 35.8% falling
29 Zambia 9.05 2021 down 26.5% falling
30 Equatorial Guinea 9.01 2021 down 50.0% falling
31 Zimbabwe 8.89 2021 down 19.0% falling
32 Rwanda 8.49 2021 down 16.5% volatile
33 Ghana 8.46 2021 down 44.1% falling
34 Gambia 7.85 2021 down 31.1% falling
35 Uganda 7.39 2021 down 43.0% volatile
36 Senegal 7.02 2021 down 48.6% falling
37 Kiribati 6.93 2021 down 32.1% falling
38 Tanzania 6.74 2021 down 29.8% volatile
39 Kenya 6.59 2021 down 35.9% falling
40 Gabon 6.11 2021 down 33.8% falling
41 South Africa 5.96 2021 down 18.7% rising
42 Pakistan 5.9 2021 down 42.7% falling
43 Congo 5.2 2021 down 44.4% falling
44 Mauritania 5.16 2021 down 34.3% falling
45 Namibia 4.82 2021 down 17.9% falling
46 Haiti 4.51 2021 down 41.3% falling
47 Afghanistan 3.85 2021 down 52.6% falling
48 Botswana 3.56 2021 down 53.6% falling
49 East Timor 2.51 2021 down 54.5% falling
50 Papua New Guinea 2.5 2021 down 30.4% falling
51 Cape Verde 2.46 2021 down 21.2% falling
52 Sri Lanka 2.4 2021 down 24.3% falling
53 Nepal 2.06 2021 down 24.5% falling
54 India 2 2021 down 51.2% falling
55 Sudan 1.92 2021 down 56.8% volatile
55 Seychelles 1.92 2021 down 31.9% falling
57 Tonga 1.86 2021 down 22.2% falling
58 Marshall Islands 1.85 2021 down 44.6% falling
59 Nauru 1.84 2021 down 17.9% falling
60 Bhutan 1.8 2021 down 44.6% falling
61 Yemen 1.78 2021 down 29.9% volatile
62 Tajikistan 1.77 2021 down 25.0% falling
63 Vanuatu 1.72 2021 down 24.9% falling
64 Laos 1.62 2021 down 58.8% volatile
65 Fiji 1.56 2021 down 30.0% falling
66 Thailand 1.54 2021 up 14.1% rising
67 Micronesia (country) 1.47 2021 down 32.6% falling
67 Myanmar 1.47 2021 down 52.3% falling
69 Tuvalu 1.43 2021 down 14.9% falling
70 Venezuela 1.42 2021 up 56.0% flat
71 Sao Tome and Principe 1.4 2021 down 47.6% volatile
72 Philippines 1.39 2021 down 14.2% falling
73 Bangladesh 1.23 2021 down 49.6% volatile
74 Cambodia 1.22 2021 down 46.0% volatile
75 Indonesia 1.21 2021 down 60.1% falling
76 Samoa 1.17 2021 down 22.5% falling
77 Guyana 1.14 2021 down 20.8% falling
78 Malaysia 1.1 2021 down 6.0% flat
79 Mongolia 1.06 2021 down 47.8% volatile
80 Syria 1.05 2021 down 19.2% falling
81 Niue 1.03 2021 down 6.4% falling
82 Palau 1 2021 down 13.0% falling
83 Georgia 0.99 2021 up 65.0% rising
84 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.97 2021 up 36.6% volatile
85 Dominican Republic 0.95 2021 down 15.9% falling
86 Solomon Islands 0.93 2021 down 44.0% falling
87 Suriname 0.91 2021 down 26.6% falling
88 Armenia 0.87 2021 up 222.2% falling
89 Russia 0.86 2021 down 25.9% falling
90 Paraguay 0.82 2021 down 45.3% falling
91 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8 2021 down 15.8% falling
92 Bolivia 0.72 2021 down 49.3% falling
92 Barbados 0.72 2021 down 13.3% falling
92 Guatemala 0.72 2021 down 45.0% volatile
95 Libya 0.7 2021 down 40.7% falling
95 Mauritius 0.7 2021 unchanged falling
97 Iraq 0.69 2021 down 60.8% falling
98 North Korea 0.68 2021 down 46.5% volatile
99 Latvia 0.67 2021 up 42.6% falling
99 Morocco 0.67 2021 down 36.8% falling
101 El Salvador 0.65 2021 down 36.9% falling
102 Belarus 0.64 2021 down 20.0% falling
102 Dominica 0.64 2021 down 16.9% falling
104 Algeria 0.63 2021 down 34.4% falling
105 Argentina 0.59 2021 down 39.8% falling
106 Ukraine 0.58 2021 down 27.5% falling
107 Honduras 0.57 2021 down 32.9% falling
108 Jamaica 0.54 2021 down 14.3% falling
108 Serbia 0.54 2021 up 42.1% rising
108 Turkmenistan 0.54 2021 down 47.6% volatile
108 Vietnam 0.54 2021 down 23.9% falling
112 Monaco 0.52 2021 up 18.2% rising
112 Poland 0.52 2021 up 8.3% rising
114 Bahamas 0.49 2021 down 34.7% falling
115 Cuba 0.48 2021 down 39.2% falling
116 Ecuador 0.47 2021 down 13.0% falling
116 Kyrgyzstan 0.47 2021 down 57.7% volatile
116 Moldova 0.47 2021 down 33.8% falling
119 Iran 0.46 2021 down 36.1% falling
119 Saint Lucia 0.46 2021 down 35.2% falling
119 Lithuania 0.46 2021 down 22.0% falling
122 Romania 0.44 2021 up 7.3% falling
123 Portugal 0.43 2021 unchanged falling
124 Costa Rica 0.42 2021 down 23.6% falling
124 Lebanon 0.42 2021 down 8.7% falling
126 Slovakia 0.41 2021 down 8.9% falling
127 China 0.4 2021 down 28.6% falling
127 Egypt 0.4 2021 down 54.5% falling
127 Panama 0.4 2021 down 55.1% falling
127 Tunisia 0.4 2021 down 35.5% falling
127 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4 2021 up 166.7% volatile
132 Uzbekistan 0.39 2021 down 58.5% volatile
133 Croatia 0.38 2021 down 17.4% falling
133 Kazakhstan 0.38 2021 down 54.8% volatile
135 Brazil 0.37 2021 down 60.6% falling
135 Colombia 0.37 2021 down 44.8% falling
137 Maldives 0.36 2021 down 47.1% falling
138 Belgium 0.35 2021 up 9.4% falling
138 Denmark 0.35 2021 down 53.3% falling
138 Hungary 0.35 2021 down 32.7% falling
141 United Arab Emirates 0.34 2021 down 37.0% falling
142 United Kingdom 0.31 2021 down 24.4% falling
142 Mexico 0.31 2021 down 13.9% falling
142 Netherlands 0.31 2021 down 36.7% falling
145 Azerbaijan 0.3 2021 down 63.9% volatile
145 Jordan 0.3 2021 down 45.5% falling
145 Uruguay 0.3 2021 down 38.8% falling
148 Bahrain 0.29 2021 up 3.6% falling
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.29 2021 down 6.5% falling
150 Peru 0.28 2021 down 24.3% falling
151 Belize 0.27 2021 down 34.1% volatile
151 Estonia 0.27 2021 down 71.3% volatile
151 Nicaragua 0.27 2021 down 59.7% volatile
151 Saudi Arabia 0.27 2021 down 42.6% volatile
151 Slovenia 0.27 2021 down 37.2% falling
156 Turkey 0.26 2021 down 36.6% volatile
157 Bulgaria 0.24 2021 down 52.9% falling
157 Czechia 0.24 2021 down 31.4% falling
157 France 0.24 2021 down 35.1% falling
157 Japan 0.24 2021 down 11.1% falling
157 Oman 0.24 2021 down 42.9% falling
157 Cook Islands 0.24 2021 down 29.4% volatile
163 Sweden 0.23 2021 up 53.3% falling
164 Albania 0.22 2021 down 56.9% volatile
164 Chile 0.22 2021 down 57.7% falling
164 Kuwait 0.22 2021 down 33.3% falling
167 Italy 0.21 2021 down 4.5% falling
167 Qatar 0.21 2021 down 47.5% falling
169 Ireland 0.2 2021 down 4.8% falling
169 Norway 0.2 2021 down 53.5% falling
169 New Zealand 0.2 2021 down 66.1% volatile
172 Canada 0.19 2021 down 5.0% falling
173 Brunei 0.18 2021 down 60.9% volatile
173 Spain 0.18 2021 down 58.1% falling
175 Austria 0.17 2021 down 46.9% falling
175 Montenegro 0.17 2021 down 22.7% falling
175 United States 0.17 2021 down 26.1% falling
178 Cyprus 0.15 2021 down 6.2% volatile
178 Germany 0.15 2021 down 40.0% falling
178 Finland 0.15 2021 down 57.1% falling
178 Greece 0.15 2021 down 54.5% falling
182 Iceland 0.14 2021 down 72.5% volatile
183 Switzerland 0.13 2021 down 27.8% falling
183 Israel 0.13 2021 down 55.2% falling
183 Luxembourg 0.13 2021 down 53.6% volatile
186 Australia 0.12 2021 down 33.3% falling
186 San Marino 0.12 2021 down 33.3% falling
188 South Korea 0.08 2021 down 38.5% volatile
188 North Macedonia 0.08 2021 down 60.0% falling
190 Singapore 0.04 2021 down 69.2% volatile
191 Malta 0.03 2021 down 95.6% volatile
192 Andorra 0.01 2021 unchanged volatile
193 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
193 Grenada 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Death rate from meningitis who
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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