Malaria ITN use: Population in malaria-endemic areas who slept under an insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) the previous night (%) by country

Countries reporting
40
Highest
83.1%
Togo
Lowest
8.9%
Angola
Median
50.7%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,000

What the numbers show

Malaria ITN use: Population in malaria-endemic areas who slept under an insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) the previous night (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 83.1% in Togo; the lowest is 8.9% in Angola.

The median across all reporting countries is 50.7%, and the mean is 47.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 1,197.1%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 52.3%).

Malaria ITN use: Population in malaria-endemic areas who slept under: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Togo 83.1% 2024 up 37.9% volatile
2 Niger 81.9% 2024 up 194.3% volatile
3 Sierra Leone 74.0% 2024 up 23.8% volatile
4 Central African Republic 71.2% 2024 up 120.9% volatile
5 Uganda 69.4% 2024 up 13.8% volatile
6 Congo 69.0% 2024 up 30.2% volatile
7 Mali 66.7% 2024 up 31.1% volatile
8 Liberia 65.3% 2024 up 392.2% volatile
9 Gambia 64.5% 2024 up 14.9% volatile
10 Ghana 64.4% 2024 up 20.7% volatile
11 Zambia 61.5% 2024 up 14.8% volatile
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 60.8% 2024 up 45.9% volatile
13 Cameroon 59.1% 2024 up 22.5% volatile
14 Tanzania, United Republic of 57.4% 2024 up 199.9% volatile
15 South Sudan 56.9% 2024 up 111.5% volatile
16 Sudan 56.6% 2024 up 10.8% volatile
17 Kenya 54.1% 2024 up 18.4% volatile
18 Burkina Faso 53.4% 2024 down 14.2% volatile
19 Benin 52.6% 2024 up 84.4% volatile
20 Mozambique 51.3% 2024 up 13.9% volatile
21 Chad 50.1% 2024 down 6.3% volatile
22 Zimbabwe 47.1% 2024 up 17.0% volatile
23 Guinea 46.2% 2024 down 19.6% volatile
24 Rwanda 44.6% 2024 down 29.2% volatile
25 Nigeria 41.5% 2024 up 2.9% volatile
26 Burundi 34.5% 2024 down 39.5% volatile
27 Eritrea 33.9% 2024 down 0.8% rising
28 Comoros 32.5% 2024 down 50.0% rising
29 Côte d'Ivoire 32.1% 2024 down 32.5% volatile
30 Madagascar 32.0% 2024 down 31.7% volatile
31 Malawi 31.9% 2024 down 24.7% volatile
32 Mauritania 31.8% 2024 up 1,197.1% volatile
33 Guinea-Bissau 30.9% 2024 down 39.5% volatile
34 Senegal 28.4% 2024 down 46.3% volatile
35 Equatorial Guinea 25.9% 2024 up 75.3% volatile
36 Somalia 22.6% 2024 up 72.0% volatile
37 Ethiopia 19.5% 2024 down 24.1% volatile
38 Djibouti 12.2% 2024 up 110.7% volatile
39 Gabon 10.1% 2024 down 47.8% volatile
40 Angola 8.9% 2024 down 52.3% volatile

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Indicator
Malaria ITN use: Population in malaria-endemic areas who slept under an insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) the previous night (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
40 places, 1,000 data points, 2000–2024
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