Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Congo
Congo: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 187 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Congo, 2013–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Congo is 187, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 50.3% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Congo peaked at 376 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41, in 2021.
Congo ranks 41st of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 143 | — |
| 2015 | 254 | +77.6% |
| 2016 | 151 | -40.6% |
| 2017 | 289 | +91.4% |
| 2018 | 189 | -34.6% |
| 2020 | 289 | +52.9% |
| 2021 | 41 | -85.8% |
| 2022 | 233 | +468.3% |
| 2023 | 376 | +61.4% |
| 2024 | 187 | -50.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 205.2 | 143 | 289 | 5 |
| 2020s | 225.2 | 41 | 376 | 5 |
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More health data for Congo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.4813 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9705 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 759.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,688 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1979 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.2015 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Congo?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Congo was 187 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 376 in 2023.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 41 in 2021.
- How does Congo rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Congo ranks 41st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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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