Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 3,473 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Bangladesh, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 3,473 for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Bangladesh peaked at 3,749 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,439, in 2022.
That places Bangladesh 5th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,459 | — |
| 2013 | 3,087 | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 3,310 | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 3,749 | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 3,132 | -16.5% |
| 2017 | 3,237 | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 3,240 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 3,216 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 2,498 | -22.3% |
| 2021 | 2,603 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 2,439 | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 3,142 | +28.8% |
| 2024 | 3,473 | +10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,304 | 3,087 | 3,749 | 8 |
| 2020s | 2,831 | 2,439 | 3,473 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More health data for Bangladesh
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,153 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4,062 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 0.5189 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0493 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate 0.0043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.049 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Bangladesh?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Bangladesh was 3,473 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 3,749 in 2015.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,439 in 2022.
- How does Bangladesh rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Bangladesh ranks 5th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).