Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Guyana
Guyana: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 17 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Guyana, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 17 for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 70.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Guyana peaked at 97 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 17, in 2024.
That places Guyana 78th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 64 | — |
| 2013 | 50 | -21.9% |
| 2014 | 58 | +16.0% |
| 2015 | 37 | -36.2% |
| 2016 | 80 | +116.2% |
| 2017 | 97 | +21.2% |
| 2019 | 80 | -17.5% |
| 2021 | 32 | -60.0% |
| 2022 | 42 | +31.2% |
| 2023 | 34 | -19.0% |
| 2024 | 17 | -50.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 66.57 | 37 | 97 | 7 |
| 2020s | 31.25 | 17 | 42 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 75 Marshall Islands 20 compare
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- 79 Japan 13 compare
- 80 United Kingdom 12 compare
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More health data for Guyana
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.59 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4509 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,225 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 62 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per capita 0.0038 units per person (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Guyana?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Guyana was 17 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 97 in 2017.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Guyana ranks 78th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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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