Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children was 160 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children in Bangladesh, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 160 for leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children in 2024.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children in Bangladesh peaked at 327 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 148, in 2022.
That places Bangladesh 7th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 191 | — |
| 2013 | 166 | -13.1% |
| 2014 | 197 | +18.7% |
| 2015 | 327 | +66.0% |
| 2016 | 166 | -49.2% |
| 2017 | 235 | +41.6% |
| 2018 | 220 | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 210 | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 189 | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 169 | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 148 | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 148 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 160 | +8.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 160 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5, 32.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 160 is above the median for South Asia, which is 115, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +66.0% | 197 | 327 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 214 | 166 | 327 | 8 |
| 2020s | 162.8 | 148 | 189 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 4 Democratic Republic of Congo 236 compare
- 5 Mozambique 223 compare
- 6 Ethiopia 181 compare
- 8 Philippines 148 compare
- 9 Nepal 136 compare
- 10 Nigeria 130 compare
More health data for Bangladesh
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,153 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4,062 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 35 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.8772 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0468 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.7714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children in Bangladesh?
- Leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children in Bangladesh was 160 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 327 in 2015.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 148 in 2022.
- How does Bangladesh rank for leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children (less than 15 years of age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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