Estimated malaria incidence (per 1000 population at risk) by country

Countries reporting
105
Highest
354.25
Benin
Lowest
0
Mayotte
Median
7.2
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,854

What the numbers show

Estimated malaria incidence (per 1000 population at risk) is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 354.25 in Benin; the lowest is 0 in Mayotte.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.2, and the mean is 83.59.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 1,927.8%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).

Estimated malaria incidence: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Benin 354.25 2024 down 4.0% falling
2 Burkina Faso 353.49 2024 down 20.8% falling
3 Mali 346.22 2024 down 19.4% falling
4 Central African Republic 343.84 2024 down 18.2% falling
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 321.89 2024 up 8.2% falling
6 Burundi 314.9 2024 up 25.5% falling
7 Niger 305.14 2024 down 25.6% flat
8 Mozambique 295.1 2024 down 18.4% falling
9 Malawi 294.53 2024 up 7.1% falling
10 Nigeria 294.25 2024 up 2.3% falling
11 Guinea 286.08 2024 down 27.9% falling
12 Sierra Leone 282.67 2024 down 25.7% falling
13 Côte d'Ivoire 267.95 2024 up 10.2% falling
14 Uganda 264.23 2024 down 9.5% falling
15 Cameroon 260.46 2024 down 4.4% falling
16 Angola 258.9 2024 up 58.0% falling
17 Madagascar 255.45 2024 up 413.0% volatile
18 South Sudan 254.08 2024 down 6.3% falling
19 Zambia 252.41 2024 up 6.3% falling
20 Togo 249.25 2024 down 32.4% falling
21 Equatorial Guinea 227.73 2024 down 31.8% falling
22 Solomon Islands 224.28 2024 up 293.6% volatile
23 Congo 221.02 2024 up 3.7% falling
24 Chad 206.14 2024 down 2.8% falling
25 Ghana 195.77 2024 down 37.6% falling
26 Gabon 187 2024 down 3.5% falling
27 Liberia 172.34 2024 down 40.1% falling
28 Papua New Guinea 151.76 2024 down 19.8% falling
29 Ethiopia 138.5 2024 down 3.9% falling
30 United Republic of Tanzania 136.72 2024 down 6.6% falling
31 Guinea-Bissau 110.13 2024 up 4.2% volatile
32 Eritrea 102.42 2024 up 189.0% volatile
33 Sudan 98.25 2024 up 164.8% rising
34 Rwanda 77.14 2024 down 61.9% volatile
35 Gambia 75.44 2024 down 46.2% falling
36 Kenya 74.17 2024 down 12.2% falling
37 Mauritania 69.55 2024 up 23.5% falling
38 Comoros 62.79 2024 up 1,927.8% volatile
39 Somalia 53.28 2024 up 14.3% falling
40 Yemen 52.17 2024 up 71.5% falling
41 Djibouti 45.09 2024 up 259.2% volatile
42 Guyana 38.74 2024 up 31.0% falling
43 Senegal 36.78 2024 down 2.3% volatile
44 Sao Tome and Principe 30.09 2024 up 237.5% volatile
45 Afghanistan 17.76 2024 up 40.9% volatile
46 Colombia 15.19 2024 up 174.6% volatile
47 Myanmar 14.78 2024 up 70.1% volatile
48 Pakistan 12.77 2024 up 170.5% volatile
49 Vanuatu 12.25 2024 up 23.6% volatile
50 Zimbabwe 11.36 2024 down 88.4% falling
51 Haiti 8.7 2024 up 143.3% falling
52 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.79 2024 up 11.0% volatile
53 Namibia 7.2 2024 down 48.8% volatile
54 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.83 2024 up 71.4% volatile
55 Brazil 3.75 2024 up 4.0% volatile
56 Panama 3.5 2024 up 809.1% volatile
57 Peru 3.25 2024 down 54.3% volatile
58 Indonesia 2.23 2024 down 50.4% falling
59 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.18 2024 up 405.7% volatile
60 India 1.48 2024 down 76.6% volatile
61 French Guiana 1.44 2024 down 61.6% volatile
62 Nicaragua 1.04 2024 up 285.3% volatile
63 Bangladesh 0.8605 2024 down 77.9% volatile
64 Thailand 0.5793 2024 down 81.3% volatile
65 Eswatini 0.5546 2024 down 54.6% volatile
66 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.5052 2024 down 52.3% volatile
67 Philippines 0.3531 2024 up 48.5% volatile
68 Honduras 0.2337 2024 down 58.2% volatile
69 Guatemala 0.2105 2024 down 56.8% volatile
70 Botswana 0.2004 2024 down 86.1% volatile
71 Dominican Republic 0.1911 2024 up 91.9% volatile
72 Republic of Korea 0.1768 2024 up 12.3% volatile
73 Cabo Verde 0.1392 2024 down 28.7% volatile
74 Costa Rica 0.1337 2024 volatile
75 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1331 2024 down 99.5% volatile
76 South Africa 0.1148 2024 down 94.5% volatile
77 Mexico 0.0959 2024 down 62.9% volatile
78 Ecuador 0.037 2024 up 38.8% volatile
79 Cambodia 0.0257 2024 down 99.9% volatile
80 Nepal 0.0043 2024 down 99.3% volatile
81 Viet Nam 0.0032 2024 down 98.9% volatile
82 Argentina 0 2024 volatile
82 Armenia 0 2024 volatile
82 Azerbaijan 0 2023 volatile
82 Belize 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
82 Bhutan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
82 China 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
82 Algeria 0 2024 volatile
82 Georgia 0 2024 volatile
82 Iraq 0 2024 volatile
82 Kyrgyzstan 0 2024 volatile
82 Sri Lanka 0 2024 volatile
82 Morocco 0 2024 volatile
82 Malaysia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
82 Oman 0 2024 volatile
82 Paraguay 0 2024 volatile
82 Saudi Arabia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
82 El Salvador 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
82 Syrian Arab Republic 0 2024 volatile
82 Tajikistan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
82 Turkmenistan 0 2024 volatile
82 Timor-Leste 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
82 Türkiye 0 2020 volatile
82 Uzbekistan 0 2024 volatile
82 Mayotte 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Estimated malaria incidence (per 1000 population at risk)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
116 places, 2,854 data points, 2000–2024
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