Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Angola
Angola: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 1,853 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Angola, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Angola recorded 1,853 for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and up 69.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Angola peaked at 1,937 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13, in 2021.
That places Angola 10th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Angola, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,159 | — |
| 2013 | 1,092 | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 1,173 | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 1,230 | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,018 | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 1,070 | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 1,070 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,870 | +74.8% |
| 2021 | 13 | -99.3% |
| 2022 | 1,731 | +13215.4% |
| 2023 | 1,937 | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 1,853 | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,116 | 1,018 | 1,230 | 7 |
| 2020s | 1,481 | 13 | 1,937 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Angola?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Angola was 1,853 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 1,937 in 2023.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 in 2021.
- How does Angola rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Angola ranks 10th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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