Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population by country
Countries reporting
140
Highest
1,234
Kiribati
Lowest
0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
2.84
Years covered
13
2012–2024
Data points
1,685
What the numbers show
Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 1,234 in Kiribati; the lowest is 0 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.84, and the mean is 35.26.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 3,346.2%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 100.0%).
Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 1,234 | 2024 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 2 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 715.79 | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 532.65 | 2024 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 357.01 | 2021 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Comoros | 251.55 | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 6 | Brazil | 129.4 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 7 | Palau | 113.02 | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 100.1 | 2024 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 9 | Nepal | 91.26 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 79.96 | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 11 | India | 73.2 | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 68.39 | 2024 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Indonesia | 61.64 | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 14 | Madagascar | 56.81 | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 56.74 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 16 | South Sudan | 50.99 | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Paraguay | 49.93 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 18 | Angola | 48.91 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 19 | Somalia | 44.66 | 2024 | up 3,346.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea | 42.07 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 36.96 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 22 | Malawi | 33.9 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 23 | Vanuatu | 33.56 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Mozambique | 32.92 | 2024 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 25 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 32.74 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 26 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 32.38 | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 27 | Samoa | 30.24 | 2020 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 28 | Congo | 29.53 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 29 | Philippines | 28.96 | 2024 | up 470.7% | falling |
| 30 | Bhutan | 22.74 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 22.48 | 2024 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 32 | Myanmar | 21.5 | 2024 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 33 | Guyana | 20.45 | 2024 | down 71.7% | falling |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 20.01 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 35 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 19.75 | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 36 | Burundi | 19.36 | 2024 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 18.11 | 2024 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 38 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.16 | 2024 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 39 | Cuba | 16.21 | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea | 14.23 | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 41 | Namibia | 12.87 | 2024 | up 196.5% | rising |
| 42 | Qatar | 12.79 | 2024 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 43 | Chad | 12.37 | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.94 | 2024 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Liberia | 11.22 | 2024 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Niger | 11.13 | 2024 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 11.13 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 10.83 | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.99 | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 9.56 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 9.53 | 2024 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Egypt | 9.29 | 2024 | up 43.9% | falling |
| 53 | Fiji | 8.61 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 54 | Togo | 8.41 | 2024 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 55 | Nigeria | 8.35 | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Sudan | 7.69 | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 7.47 | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 58 | Senegal | 6.49 | 2024 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Mali | 6.46 | 2024 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 60 | Argentina | 6.32 | 2024 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 61 | Benin | 5.88 | 2024 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 5.85 | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Cameroon | 5.7 | 2024 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 64 | Uganda | 5.68 | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 65 | Yemen | 4.68 | 2024 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 66 | Colombia | 3.31 | 2024 | down 72.4% | falling |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.17 | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Haiti | 3.14 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.09 | 2024 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Gambia | 2.9 | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Cambodia | 2.78 | 2024 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.5 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Mexico | 2.09 | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 74 | Maldives | 1.9 | 2024 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Rwanda | 1.89 | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Ecuador | 1.82 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Mauritius | 1.57 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Mauritania | 1.55 | 2024 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 79 | Kenya | 1.52 | 2024 | up 116.8% | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 1.48 | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 81 | Peru | 1.26 | 2024 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 82 | Kuwait | 1.22 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Botswana | 1.19 | 2024 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 84 | Gabon | 1.18 | 2024 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Thailand | 1.17 | 2024 | down 86.2% | falling |
| 86 | Pakistan | 1.05 | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 87 | Panama | 0.886 | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 0.868 | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Singapore | 0.857 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Eritrea | 0.849 | 2024 | up 454.9% | volatile |
| 91 | New Zealand | 0.77 | 2022 | up 243.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Morocco | 0.735 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 0.677 | 2024 | up 895.6% | volatile |
| 94 | South Africa | 0.641 | 2024 | down 68.2% | falling |
| 95 | Bahrain | 0.622 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Viet Nam | 0.485 | 2024 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0.473 | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Lesotho | 0.428 | 2024 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Korea | 0.425 | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 100 | United States of America | 0.424 | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 101 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.404 | 2024 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Australia | 0.374 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | France | 0.361 | 2024 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 0.361 | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Jamaica | 0.352 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Chile | 0.253 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Oman | 0.189 | 2024 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 108 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.174 | 2024 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Denmark | 0.167 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Spain | 0.167 | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Guatemala | 0.163 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0.161 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Iraq | 0.152 | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Afghanistan | 0.141 | 2024 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Libya | 0.135 | 2024 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Iran | 0.109 | 2024 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 117 | Japan | 0.105 | 2024 | up 337.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 0.083 | 2024 | up 159.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Canada | 0.075 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Germany | 0.012 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Andorra | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Belgium | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Bahamas | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Belize | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Barbados | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Grenada | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Honduras | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Lebanon | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Netherlands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Norway | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Naoero | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Romania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Seychelles | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Tonga | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |