Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 445 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Papua New Guinea, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2024, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Papua New Guinea stood at 445.
The figure is down 26.9% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Papua New Guinea peaked at 700 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 381, in 2014.
Papua New Guinea ranks 24th 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 608 | — |
| 2013 | 650 | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 381 | -41.4% |
| 2015 | 658 | +72.7% |
| 2016 | 439 | -33.3% |
| 2017 | 632 | +44.0% |
| 2018 | 626 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 457 | -27.0% |
| 2020 | 700 | +53.2% |
| 2021 | 559 | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 543 | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 609 | +12.2% |
| 2024 | 445 | -26.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 556.38 | 381 | 658 | 8 |
| 2020s | 571.2 | 445 | 700 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Papua New Guinea?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Papua New Guinea was 445 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 700 in 2020.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 381 in 2014.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 24th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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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