Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children in Egypt
Egypt: Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children was 64 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children in Egypt, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 64 for leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 33.3% on the previous year and up 190.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children in Egypt peaked at 64 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19, in 2018.
Egypt ranks 16th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 29 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | -24.1% |
| 2015 | 45 | +104.5% |
| 2016 | 43 | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 32 | -25.6% |
| 2018 | 19 | -40.6% |
| 2019 | 26 | +36.8% |
| 2020 | 19 | -26.9% |
| 2021 | 24 | +26.3% |
| 2022 | 21 | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 48 | +128.6% |
| 2024 | 64 | +33.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 64 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5, 12.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.86 | 19 | 45 | 7 |
| 2020s | 35.2 | 19 | 64 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 13 Sri Lanka 94 compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 84 compare
- 15 Angola 70 compare
- 17 Cote d'Ivoire 47 compare
- 17 Central African Republic 47 compare
- 19 Kiribati 42 compare
More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % 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 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % 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 Egypt?
- Leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children in Egypt was 64 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 64 in 2024.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 in 2018.
- How does Egypt rank for leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children?
- Egypt ranks 16th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of new leprosy cases among children rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 190.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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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