Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Malaysia
Malaysia: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 340 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Malaysia, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 340 for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in 2024.
The figure is up 33.3% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Malaysia peaked at 496 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 195, in 2022.
Malaysia ranks 28th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 496 | — |
| 2013 | 353 | -28.8% |
| 2014 | 360 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 341 | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 221 | -35.2% |
| 2017 | 279 | +26.2% |
| 2018 | 288 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 382 | +32.6% |
| 2020 | 477 | +24.9% |
| 2021 | 450 | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 195 | -56.7% |
| 2023 | 255 | +30.8% |
| 2024 | 340 | +33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 340 | 221 | 496 | 8 |
| 2020s | 343.4 | 195 | 477 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Malaysia?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Malaysia was 340 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 496 in 2012.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 195 in 2022.
- How does Malaysia rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Malaysia ranks 28th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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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