Deaths from meningitis ghe by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
39,607
Nigeria
Lowest
0
Grenada
Median
66.77
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths from meningitis ghe is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 39,607 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 in Grenada.
The median across all reporting countries is 66.77, and the mean is 1,119.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 160 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 213.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Deaths from meningitis ghe: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 39,607 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 2 | India | 28,173 | 2021 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 13,828 | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 13,653 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 12,005 | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 7,330 | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 7 | China | 5,757 | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 8 | Somalia | 5,097 | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 9 | Angola | 4,325 | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 10 | Tanzania | 4,289 | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 3,871 | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 12 | Chad | 3,773 | 2021 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 3,538 | 2021 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 3,495 | 2021 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 15 | Uganda | 3,389 | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 16 | Cameroon | 3,319 | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 17 | Indonesia | 3,303 | 2021 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 3,303 | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 3,120 | 2021 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 20 | Mozambique | 3,024 | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 2,776 | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,628 | 2021 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea | 2,432 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | South Sudan | 2,157 | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 25 | Malawi | 2,123 | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 2,077 | 2021 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Zambia | 1,762 | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 28 | Benin | 1,654 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 29 | Philippines | 1,588 | 2021 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 1,545 | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 1,422 | 2021 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 32 | Burundi | 1,325 | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 33 | Russia | 1,253 | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 1,186 | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 1,183 | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 1,176 | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 37 | Rwanda | 1,142 | 2021 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Thailand | 1,105 | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 950.89 | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 40 | Sudan | 878.65 | 2021 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 41 | Myanmar | 792.05 | 2021 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 42 | Brazil | 790.74 | 2021 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 43 | Nepal | 618.68 | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 44 | Yemen | 586.72 | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 45 | United States | 573.51 | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 46 | Vietnam | 524.43 | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 522.3 | 2021 | down 21.0% | flat |
| 48 | Haiti | 516.65 | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 49 | Liberia | 509.11 | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 50 | Eritrea | 467.78 | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 51 | Egypt | 432.58 | 2021 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 52 | Venezuela | 401.55 | 2021 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 53 | Iran | 400.26 | 2021 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 54 | Mexico | 397.72 | 2021 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 55 | Malaysia | 370.84 | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 56 | Congo | 303.57 | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 57 | Iraq | 298.69 | 2021 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 58 | Japan | 298.41 | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 59 | Algeria | 277.53 | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 60 | Argentina | 266.53 | 2021 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 61 | Lesotho | 265.54 | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 62 | Ukraine | 253.89 | 2021 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 63 | Morocco | 249.33 | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 64 | Papua New Guinea | 249.1 | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 65 | Mauritania | 238.11 | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 226.62 | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 67 | Syria | 224.1 | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 68 | Turkey | 220.14 | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 210.99 | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 70 | Gambia | 207.34 | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 71 | Cambodia | 202.17 | 2021 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Poland | 198.95 | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 191.04 | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 74 | North Korea | 176.27 | 2021 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 172.72 | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 76 | France | 154.29 | 2021 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 77 | Equatorial Guinea | 147.31 | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 78 | Gabon | 143.03 | 2021 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 132.42 | 2021 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Guatemala | 127.14 | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 81 | Germany | 126.57 | 2021 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 82 | Djibouti | 126.53 | 2021 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 83 | Italy | 123.17 | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 84 | Namibia | 121.97 | 2021 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 120.4 | 2021 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Eswatini | 116.05 | 2021 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 105.63 | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 88 | Peru | 94.05 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 89 | Botswana | 92.06 | 2021 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 90 | Spain | 86.92 | 2021 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 91 | Bolivia | 86.69 | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 92 | Romania | 85 | 2021 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 93 | Comoros | 83.41 | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 94 | Ecuador | 83.17 | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 83.15 | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 72.09 | 2021 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 97 | Canada | 71.93 | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 98 | Belarus | 61.6 | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 99 | Honduras | 58.56 | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | Paraguay | 55.29 | 2021 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 101 | Netherlands | 55.12 | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 102 | Cuba | 53.52 | 2021 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 103 | Tunisia | 48.98 | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 104 | Libya | 46.96 | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 105 | Portugal | 44.17 | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 106 | South Korea | 42.17 | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 107 | Chile | 42.1 | 2021 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 108 | El Salvador | 40.82 | 2021 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 109 | Belgium | 40.65 | 2021 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 110 | Serbia | 39.13 | 2021 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 111 | Georgia | 37.04 | 2021 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 112 | Mongolia | 35.65 | 2021 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 34.47 | 2021 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Hungary | 34.07 | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 115 | Jordan | 33.78 | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 116 | United Arab Emirates | 33.75 | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 117 | East Timor | 33.21 | 2021 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 31.37 | 2021 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.58 | 2021 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Australia | 30.07 | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 121 | Czechia | 25.62 | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 122 | Armenia | 24.32 | 2021 | up 213.0% | falling |
| 123 | Lebanon | 23.63 | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 124 | Sweden | 23.58 | 2021 | up 61.4% | falling |
| 125 | Slovakia | 22.18 | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 21.69 | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 127 | Denmark | 20.54 | 2021 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 18.6 | 2021 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 129 | Panama | 17.49 | 2021 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 16.77 | 2021 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 131 | Greece | 15.75 | 2021 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 132 | Jamaica | 15.4 | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 133 | Croatia | 15.35 | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 134 | Austria | 15 | 2021 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 135 | Cape Verde | 14.48 | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 14.4 | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 137 | Moldova | 14.26 | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 138 | Bhutan | 14.02 | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 139 | Lithuania | 12.73 | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 140 | Latvia | 12.63 | 2021 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.22 | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 142 | Israel | 12 | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 143 | Switzerland | 11.25 | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 144 | Norway | 11.07 | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 145 | Oman | 10.91 | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 146 | Uruguay | 10.31 | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 147 | New Zealand | 10.27 | 2021 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Ireland | 9.98 | 2021 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.51 | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 150 | Kuwait | 9.4 | 2021 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 151 | Guyana | 9.16 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 152 | Mauritius | 9.04 | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 153 | Kiribati | 8.93 | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 154 | Finland | 8.2 | 2021 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 6.55 | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 156 | Albania | 6.21 | 2021 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Slovenia | 5.73 | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 158 | Suriname | 5.59 | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 159 | Qatar | 5.58 | 2021 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 5.48 | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 161 | Bahrain | 4.19 | 2021 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 162 | Estonia | 3.57 | 2021 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.12 | 2021 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Samoa | 2.55 | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 165 | Singapore | 2.39 | 2021 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Seychelles | 2.04 | 2021 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 167 | Barbados | 2.02 | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 168 | Bahamas | 2 | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 169 | Tonga | 1.97 | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 170 | Maldives | 1.87 | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 171 | Cyprus | 1.86 | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 172 | North Macedonia | 1.72 | 2021 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 1.66 | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 174 | Belize | 1.1 | 2021 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Montenegro | 1.04 | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 176 | Luxembourg | 0.85 | 2021 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 0.82 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 178 | Brunei | 0.8 | 2021 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 0.78 | 2021 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 180 | Iceland | 0.52 | 2021 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Dominica | 0.46 | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.46 | 2021 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.42 | 2021 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Nauru | 0.23 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Monaco | 0.19 | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 186 | Palau | 0.18 | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 187 | Malta | 0.17 | 2021 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 0.16 | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 189 | San Marino | 0.04 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 0.04 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 191 | Niue | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 192 | Andorra | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Grenada | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |