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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
170 places, 1,685 data points, 2012–2024
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