Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Mozambique
Mozambique: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 1,140 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Mozambique, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 1,140 for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in 2024.
That represents a change of down 53.8% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Mozambique peaked at 4,111 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,042, in 2012.
Mozambique ranks 15th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,042 | — |
| 2015 | 1,382 | +32.6% |
| 2016 | 1,375 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,412 | +75.4% |
| 2018 | 3,376 | +40.0% |
| 2019 | 3,119 | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 4,111 | +31.8% |
| 2022 | 2,750 | -33.1% |
| 2023 | 2,465 | -10.4% |
| 2024 | 1,140 | -53.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,118 | 1,042 | 3,376 | 6 |
| 2020s | 2,616 | 1,140 | 4,111 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Mozambique?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Mozambique was 1,140 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 4,111 in 2021.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,042 in 2012.
- How does Mozambique rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Mozambique ranks 15th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique 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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