New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population by country
Countries reporting
154
Highest
1,106
Kiribati
Lowest
0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
2.46
Years covered
14
2012–2025
Data points
1,979
What the numbers show
New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 1,106 in Kiribati; the lowest is 0 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.46, and the mean is 34.77.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 544.8%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 1,106 | 2025 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 1,102 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Micronesia (country) | 615.75 | 2025 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 4 | Nauru | 415.78 | 2025 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Comoros | 245.8 | 2025 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 6 | Palau | 113.23 | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 107.61 | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 8 | Tuvalu | 105.35 | 2025 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Nepal | 97.81 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 94.37 | 2025 | up 94.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Mozambique | 75.97 | 2025 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 12 | Cook Islands | 75.4 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Solomon Islands | 69.16 | 2025 | up 210.5% | rising |
| 14 | Somalia | 63.95 | 2025 | up 544.8% | volatile |
| 15 | India | 62.7 | 2025 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 16 | Indonesia | 57.02 | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 55.19 | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 18 | East Timor | 50.76 | 2025 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 41.78 | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 20 | Paraguay | 38.78 | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 21 | South Sudan | 36.67 | 2025 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 34.47 | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 30.47 | 2025 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 24 | Samoa | 27.36 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 25 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 26.82 | 2025 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 26 | Liberia | 24.95 | 2025 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Guyana | 21.53 | 2025 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 20.48 | 2025 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 20.25 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 30 | Angola | 20.24 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 31 | Tanzania | 20.1 | 2025 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 32 | Myanmar | 20.02 | 2025 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 33 | Burundi | 18.21 | 2025 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 17.58 | 2025 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 35 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.54 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 16.44 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 15.05 | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 14.92 | 2025 | up 294.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Congo | 14.65 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 40 | Guinea | 14.64 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 41 | Qatar | 14.44 | 2025 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 42 | Philippines | 14.32 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 43 | Fiji | 13.93 | 2025 | up 314.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Chad | 13.47 | 2025 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 45 | Niger | 12.97 | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 46 | Bhutan | 12.55 | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 47 | Malawi | 12.51 | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 48 | Sudan | 12.25 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 49 | Venezuela | 11.82 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 50 | Zambia | 11.36 | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 51 | Cuba | 11.34 | 2025 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 52 | Malaysia | 10.59 | 2025 | up 52.9% | falling |
| 53 | Nigeria | 10.45 | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 54 | Namibia | 10.35 | 2025 | up 138.4% | rising |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 8.89 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.32 | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.74 | 2025 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 7.58 | 2025 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 59 | Ghana | 7.47 | 2025 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 60 | Brunei | 6.43 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Togo | 6.28 | 2025 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 62 | Benin | 5.87 | 2025 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Maldives | 5.66 | 2025 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 5.47 | 2025 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Egypt | 5.44 | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.33 | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Cameroon | 5.02 | 2025 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Colombia | 4.44 | 2025 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 69 | Uganda | 3.97 | 2025 | down 35.7% | flat |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 3.72 | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 71 | Malta | 3.67 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Mali | 3.61 | 2025 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 3.49 | 2025 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Argentina | 2.92 | 2025 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 75 | Bolivia | 2.86 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Gabon | 2.7 | 2025 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Gambia | 2.48 | 2025 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Haiti | 2.44 | 2025 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 2.41 | 2025 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Laos | 1.78 | 2025 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Mauritania | 1.69 | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Oman | 1.64 | 2025 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Kuwait | 1.59 | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Jamaica | 1.41 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Kenya | 1.39 | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 86 | Ecuador | 1.26 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Rwanda | 1.24 | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 88 | Pakistan | 1.18 | 2025 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 89 | Zimbabwe | 1.12 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 90 | United States | 1.08 | 2023 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 91 | Thailand | 1.05 | 2025 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 0.999 | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Uruguay | 0.886 | 2025 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Eritrea | 0.832 | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Peru | 0.81 | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritius | 0.787 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Portugal | 0.768 | 2025 | up 297.9% | volatile |
| 98 | New Zealand | 0.762 | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 99 | Sweden | 0.751 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Singapore | 0.681 | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Mexico | 0.667 | 2025 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 102 | Panama | 0.656 | 2025 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 0.608 | 2025 | up 540.0% | rising |
| 104 | Australia | 0.593 | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 105 | Libya | 0.542 | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Yemen | 0.503 | 2025 | down 94.7% | falling |
| 107 | Chile | 0.453 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Lesotho | 0.423 | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Vietnam | 0.374 | 2025 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Morocco | 0.364 | 2025 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 0.342 | 2025 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Spain | 0.271 | 2025 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 113 | Croatia | 0.26 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 114 | France | 0.255 | 2025 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 115 | China | 0.189 | 2025 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 116 | United Kingdom | 0.187 | 2025 | up 201.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Finland | 0.178 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Denmark | 0.167 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Tunisia | 0.161 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | El Salvador | 0.157 | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 121 | South Africa | 0.154 | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Syria | 0.117 | 2025 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Austria | 0.11 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Romania | 0.106 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Iran | 0.097 | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Japan | 0.065 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 127 | South Korea | 0.058 | 2025 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 128 | Netherlands | 0.055 | 2025 | down 81.3% | falling |
| 129 | Guatemala | 0.054 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Ukraine | 0.051 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Germany | 0.048 | 2025 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 0.027 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Canada | 0.025 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Andorra | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Belgium | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahrain | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahamas | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Belize | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Barbados | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Botswana | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Djibouti | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Algeria | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Grenada | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Honduras | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Ireland | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Iraq | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Lebanon | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Norway | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Seychelles | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Tonga | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Turkey | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.