Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Kiribati
Kiribati: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 166 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Kiribati, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2024, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Kiribati stood at 166.
That represents a change of up 100.0% on the previous year and up 97.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Kiribati peaked at 215 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 32, in 2019.
Kiribati ranks 45th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 77 | — |
| 2013 | 105 | +36.4% |
| 2014 | 84 | -20.0% |
| 2015 | 103 | +22.6% |
| 2016 | 115 | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 110 | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 215 | +95.5% |
| 2019 | 32 | -85.1% |
| 2020 | 150 | +368.8% |
| 2021 | 140 | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 166 | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 83 | -50.0% |
| 2024 | 166 | +100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 105.12 | 32 | 215 | 8 |
| 2020s | 141 | 83 | 166 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Kiribati?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Kiribati was 166 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 215 in 2018.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 32 in 2019.
- How does Kiribati rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Kiribati ranks 45th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 97.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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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