Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Egypt
Egypt: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 1,082 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Egypt, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 1,082 for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 61.5% on the previous year and up 101.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Egypt peaked at 1,082 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 318, in 2020.
Egypt ranks 16th of 169 countries on this measure, 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 625 | — |
| 2014 | 538 | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 598 | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 721 | +20.6% |
| 2017 | 735 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 407 | -44.6% |
| 2019 | 540 | +32.7% |
| 2020 | 318 | -41.1% |
| 2021 | 361 | +13.5% |
| 2022 | 395 | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 670 | +69.6% |
| 2024 | 1,082 | +61.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 594.86 | 407 | 735 | 7 |
| 2020s | 565.2 | 318 | 1,082 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Egypt?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Egypt was 1,082 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1,082 in 2024.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 318 in 2020.
- How does Egypt rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Egypt ranks 16th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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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