Death rate from meningitis by country
Estimated number of deaths from meningitis in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
29.86 deaths per 100,000 people
Somalia
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Grenada
Median
0.68 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from meningitis is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 29.86 deaths per 100,000 people in Somalia; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Grenada.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.68 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 3.24 deaths per 100,000 people.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 176 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 29.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 2 | Niger | 29.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 21.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 21.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 5 | South Sudan | 20.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 18.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 17.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 17.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 14.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 14.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 12 | Eritrea | 12.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 13 | Benin | 12.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 14 | Angola | 12.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 15 | Cameroon | 12.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 16 | Lesotho | 11.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 18 | Togo | 11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 10.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 21 | Malawi | 10.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 22 | Burundi | 10.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Comoros | 10.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 9.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Liberia | 9.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 26 | Eswatini | 9.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 28 | Mozambique | 9.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 9.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 30 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 8.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 32 | Rwanda | 8.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Ghana | 8.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 34 | Gambia | 7.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 35 | Uganda | 7.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Senegal | 7.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 37 | Kiribati | 6.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 38 | Tanzania | 6.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Kenya | 6.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 40 | Gabon | 6.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 41 | South Africa | 5.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 42 | Pakistan | 5.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 43 | Congo | 5.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 44 | Mauritania | 5.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 45 | Namibia | 4.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 46 | Haiti | 4.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 3.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 48 | Botswana | 3.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 49 | East Timor | 2.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 2.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 2.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 53 | Nepal | 2.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 54 | India | 2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 55 | Sudan | 1.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Seychelles | 1.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 57 | Tonga | 1.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 58 | Marshall Islands | 1.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 59 | Nauru | 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 60 | Bhutan | 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 61 | Yemen | 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 1.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 1.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 64 | Laos | 1.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Fiji | 1.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 66 | Thailand | 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 67 | Micronesia (country) | 1.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 67 | Myanmar | 1.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 69 | Tuvalu | 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 70 | Venezuela | 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 56.0% | flat |
| 71 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Philippines | 1.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Cambodia | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Indonesia | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 76 | Samoa | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 1.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 78 | Malaysia | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 79 | Mongolia | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Syria | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 81 | Niue | 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 82 | Palau | 1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 0.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 0.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 86 | Solomon Islands | 0.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 87 | Suriname | 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 88 | Armenia | 0.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 222.2% | falling |
| 89 | Russia | 0.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 0.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 92 | Bolivia | 0.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 92 | Barbados | 0.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 92 | Guatemala | 0.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Libya | 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 95 | Mauritius | 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 97 | Iraq | 0.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 98 | North Korea | 0.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Latvia | 0.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 99 | Morocco | 0.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 101 | El Salvador | 0.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 102 | Belarus | 0.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 102 | Dominica | 0.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 104 | Algeria | 0.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 105 | Argentina | 0.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 106 | Ukraine | 0.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 107 | Honduras | 0.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 108 | Jamaica | 0.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 108 | Serbia | 0.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 0.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Vietnam | 0.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 112 | Monaco | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 112 | Poland | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 114 | Bahamas | 0.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 115 | Cuba | 0.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 116 | Ecuador | 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Moldova | 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 119 | Iran | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 119 | Saint Lucia | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 119 | Lithuania | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 122 | Romania | 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 123 | Portugal | 0.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 0.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 124 | Lebanon | 0.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 126 | Slovakia | 0.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 127 | China | 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 127 | Egypt | 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 127 | Panama | 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 127 | Tunisia | 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Croatia | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Brazil | 0.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 135 | Colombia | 0.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 137 | Maldives | 0.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 138 | Belgium | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 138 | Denmark | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 138 | Hungary | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 0.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 142 | United Kingdom | 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 142 | Mexico | 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 142 | Netherlands | 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Jordan | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 145 | Uruguay | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 148 | Bahrain | 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 150 | Peru | 0.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 151 | Belize | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Estonia | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Nicaragua | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovenia | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 156 | Turkey | 0.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Bulgaria | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 157 | Czechia | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 157 | France | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 157 | Japan | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 157 | Oman | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 157 | Cook Islands | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Sweden | 0.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 53.3% | falling |
| 164 | Albania | 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Chile | 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 167 | Italy | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 167 | Qatar | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 169 | Ireland | 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 169 | Norway | 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 169 | New Zealand | 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Canada | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 173 | Brunei | 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Spain | 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 175 | Austria | 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 175 | Montenegro | 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 175 | United States | 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 178 | Cyprus | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Germany | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 178 | Finland | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 178 | Greece | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 182 | Iceland | 0.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Switzerland | 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 183 | Israel | 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 183 | Luxembourg | 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Australia | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 186 | San Marino | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 188 | South Korea | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 188 | North Macedonia | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 190 | Singapore | 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Malta | 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Andorra | 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Grenada | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from meningitis in both sexes, per 100,000 people.