Deaths from meningitis by country
Estimated number of deaths from meningitis in both sexes.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
39,607 deaths
Nigeria
Lowest
0 deaths
Grenada
Median
66.77 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths from meningitis is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 39,607 deaths in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 deaths in Grenada.
The median across all reporting countries is 66.77 deaths, and the mean is 1,140 deaths.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 157 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 213.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Deaths from meningitis: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 39,607 deaths | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 2 | India | 28,173 deaths | 2021 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 13,828 deaths | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 13,653 deaths | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 12,005 deaths | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 7,330 deaths | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 7 | China | 5,757 deaths | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 8 | Somalia | 5,097 deaths | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 9 | Angola | 4,325 deaths | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 10 | Tanzania | 4,289 deaths | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 3,871 deaths | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 12 | Chad | 3,773 deaths | 2021 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 3,538 deaths | 2021 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 3,495 deaths | 2021 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 15 | Uganda | 3,389 deaths | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 16 | Cameroon | 3,319 deaths | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 17 | Indonesia | 3,303 deaths | 2021 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 3,303 deaths | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 3,120 deaths | 2021 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 20 | Mozambique | 3,024 deaths | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 2,776 deaths | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,628 deaths | 2021 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea | 2,432 deaths | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | South Sudan | 2,157 deaths | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 25 | Malawi | 2,123 deaths | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 2,077 deaths | 2021 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Zambia | 1,762 deaths | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 28 | Benin | 1,654 deaths | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 29 | Philippines | 1,588 deaths | 2021 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 1,545 deaths | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 1,422 deaths | 2021 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 32 | Burundi | 1,325 deaths | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 33 | Russia | 1,253 deaths | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 1,186 deaths | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 1,183 deaths | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 1,176 deaths | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 37 | Rwanda | 1,142 deaths | 2021 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Thailand | 1,105 deaths | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 950.89 deaths | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 40 | Sudan | 878.65 deaths | 2021 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 41 | Myanmar | 792.05 deaths | 2021 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 42 | Brazil | 790.74 deaths | 2021 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 43 | Nepal | 618.68 deaths | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 44 | Yemen | 586.72 deaths | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 45 | United States | 573.51 deaths | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 46 | Vietnam | 524.43 deaths | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 522.3 deaths | 2021 | down 21.0% | flat |
| 48 | Haiti | 516.65 deaths | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 49 | Liberia | 509.11 deaths | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 50 | Eritrea | 467.78 deaths | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 51 | Egypt | 432.58 deaths | 2021 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 52 | Venezuela | 401.55 deaths | 2021 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 53 | Iran | 400.26 deaths | 2021 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 55 | Malaysia | 370.84 deaths | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 56 | Congo | 303.57 deaths | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 57 | Iraq | 298.69 deaths | 2021 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 58 | Japan | 298.41 deaths | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 59 | Algeria | 277.53 deaths | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 60 | Argentina | 266.53 deaths | 2021 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 61 | Lesotho | 265.54 deaths | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 62 | Ukraine | 253.89 deaths | 2021 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 63 | Morocco | 249.33 deaths | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 64 | Papua New Guinea | 249.1 deaths | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 65 | Mauritania | 238.11 deaths | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 226.62 deaths | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 67 | Syria | 224.1 deaths | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 68 | Turkey | 220.14 deaths | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 210.99 deaths | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 70 | Gambia | 207.34 deaths | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 71 | Cambodia | 202.17 deaths | 2021 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Poland | 198.95 deaths | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 191.04 deaths | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 74 | North Korea | 176.27 deaths | 2021 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 172.72 deaths | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 76 | France | 154.29 deaths | 2021 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 77 | Equatorial Guinea | 147.31 deaths | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 78 | Gabon | 143.03 deaths | 2021 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 132.42 deaths | 2021 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Guatemala | 127.14 deaths | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 81 | Germany | 126.57 deaths | 2021 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 83 | Italy | 123.17 deaths | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 84 | Namibia | 121.97 deaths | 2021 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 120.4 deaths | 2021 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Eswatini | 116.05 deaths | 2021 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 105.63 deaths | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 88 | Peru | 94.05 deaths | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 89 | Botswana | 92.06 deaths | 2021 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 90 | Spain | 86.92 deaths | 2021 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 91 | Bolivia | 86.69 deaths | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 92 | Romania | 85 deaths | 2021 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 93 | Comoros | 83.41 deaths | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 94 | Ecuador | 83.17 deaths | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 83.15 deaths | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 72.09 deaths | 2021 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 97 | Canada | 71.93 deaths | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 98 | Belarus | 61.6 deaths | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 99 | Honduras | 58.56 deaths | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | Paraguay | 55.29 deaths | 2021 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 101 | Netherlands | 55.12 deaths | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 102 | Cuba | 53.52 deaths | 2021 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 103 | Tunisia | 48.98 deaths | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 104 | Libya | 46.96 deaths | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 105 | Portugal | 44.17 deaths | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 106 | South Korea | 42.17 deaths | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 107 | Chile | 42.1 deaths | 2021 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 108 | El Salvador | 40.82 deaths | 2021 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 109 | Belgium | 40.65 deaths | 2021 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 110 | Serbia | 39.13 deaths | 2021 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 111 | Georgia | 37.04 deaths | 2021 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 112 | Mongolia | 35.65 deaths | 2021 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 34.47 deaths | 2021 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Hungary | 34.07 deaths | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 115 | Jordan | 33.78 deaths | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 116 | United Arab Emirates | 33.75 deaths | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 117 | East Timor | 33.21 deaths | 2021 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 31.37 deaths | 2021 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.58 deaths | 2021 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Australia | 30.07 deaths | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 121 | Czechia | 25.62 deaths | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 122 | Armenia | 24.32 deaths | 2021 | up 213.0% | falling |
| 123 | Lebanon | 23.63 deaths | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 124 | Sweden | 23.58 deaths | 2021 | up 61.4% | falling |
| 125 | Slovakia | 22.18 deaths | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 21.69 deaths | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 127 | Denmark | 20.54 deaths | 2021 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 18.6 deaths | 2021 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 16.77 deaths | 2021 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 131 | Greece | 15.75 deaths | 2021 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 132 | Jamaica | 15.4 deaths | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 133 | Croatia | 15.35 deaths | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 134 | Austria | 15 deaths | 2021 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 135 | Cape Verde | 14.48 deaths | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 14.4 deaths | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 137 | Moldova | 14.26 deaths | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 138 | Bhutan | 14.02 deaths | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 139 | Lithuania | 12.73 deaths | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 140 | Latvia | 12.63 deaths | 2021 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.22 deaths | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 142 | Israel | 12 deaths | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 143 | Switzerland | 11.25 deaths | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 144 | Norway | 11.07 deaths | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 145 | Oman | 10.91 deaths | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 146 | Uruguay | 10.31 deaths | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 147 | New Zealand | 10.27 deaths | 2021 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Ireland | 9.98 deaths | 2021 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.51 deaths | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 150 | Kuwait | 9.4 deaths | 2021 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 151 | Guyana | 9.16 deaths | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 152 | Mauritius | 9.04 deaths | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 153 | Kiribati | 8.93 deaths | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 154 | Finland | 8.2 deaths | 2021 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 6.55 deaths | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 156 | Albania | 6.21 deaths | 2021 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Slovenia | 5.73 deaths | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 158 | Suriname | 5.59 deaths | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 159 | Qatar | 5.58 deaths | 2021 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 5.48 deaths | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 161 | Bahrain | 4.19 deaths | 2021 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 162 | Estonia | 3.57 deaths | 2021 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.12 deaths | 2021 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Samoa | 2.55 deaths | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 166 | Seychelles | 2.04 deaths | 2021 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 167 | Barbados | 2.02 deaths | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 168 | Bahamas | 2 deaths | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 169 | Tonga | 1.97 deaths | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 170 | Maldives | 1.87 deaths | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 171 | Cyprus | 1.86 deaths | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 172 | North Macedonia | 1.72 deaths | 2021 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 1.66 deaths | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 174 | Belize | 1.1 deaths | 2021 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Montenegro | 1.04 deaths | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 176 | Luxembourg | 0.85 deaths | 2021 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 0.82 deaths | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 178 | Brunei | 0.8 deaths | 2021 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 0.78 deaths | 2021 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 180 | Iceland | 0.52 deaths | 2021 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Dominica | 0.46 deaths | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.46 deaths | 2021 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.42 deaths | 2021 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Nauru | 0.23 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Monaco | 0.19 deaths | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 186 | Palau | 0.18 deaths | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 187 | Malta | 0.17 deaths | 2021 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 0.16 deaths | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 189 | San Marino | 0.04 deaths | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 0.04 deaths | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 191 | Niue | 0.02 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 192 | Andorra | 0.01 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 deaths | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Grenada | 0 deaths | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from meningitis in both sexes.