Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Uganda
Uganda: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 284 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Uganda, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 284 for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.3% on the previous year and down 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Uganda peaked at 600 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 232, in 2019.
Uganda ranks 31st of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 391 | — |
| 2014 | 361 | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 331 | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 324 | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 262 | -19.1% |
| 2018 | 331 | +26.3% |
| 2019 | 232 | -29.9% |
| 2020 | 270 | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 415 | +53.7% |
| 2022 | 600 | +44.6% |
| 2023 | 352 | -41.3% |
| 2024 | 284 | -19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 318.86 | 232 | 391 | 7 |
| 2020s | 384.2 | 270 | 600 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Uganda?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Uganda was 284 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 600 in 2022.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 232 in 2019.
- How does Uganda rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Uganda ranks 31st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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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