Number of female leprosy new cases by country

Countries reporting
130
Highest
40,458
India
Lowest
0
Syria
Median
8
Years covered
13
2012–2024
Data points
1,653

What the numbers show

Number of female leprosy new cases is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 40,458 in India; the lowest is 0 in Syria.

The median across all reporting countries is 8, and the mean is 533.45.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 9,860.0%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

Number of female leprosy new cases: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 40,458 2024 down 12.8% falling
2 Brazil 10,225 2024 down 27.5% falling
3 Indonesia 5,260 2024 down 17.4% falling
4 Bangladesh 1,704 2024 up 24.0% rising
5 Mozambique 1,285 2024 up 127.4% rising
6 Nepal 1,042 2024 down 6.5% falling
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 974 2024 down 35.7% falling
8 Ethiopia 896 2024 down 27.7% falling
9 Nigeria 758 2024 down 40.6% falling
10 Philippines 549 2024 up 8.1% falling
11 Somalia 498 2024 up 9,860.0% volatile
12 Sri Lanka 495 2024 down 42.4% falling
13 Tanzania, United Republic of 446 2024 down 36.4% falling
14 Myanmar 402 2024 down 58.3% falling
15 Madagascar 368 2024 down 6.8% falling
16 South Sudan 287 2024 down 10.9% rising
17 Angola 254 2024 down 39.5% falling
18 Egypt 245 2024 up 16.7% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 242 2024 down 40.5% falling
20 Malawi 158 2024 up 56.4% rising
21 Niger 153 2024 down 11.0% falling
22 Uganda 141 2024 up 1.4% rising
23 Burundi 136 2024 down 51.6% falling
24 Chad 128 2024 up 45.5% rising
25 Ghana 126 2024 down 10.6% flat
26 Papua New Guinea 121 2024 down 36.0% falling
27 Paraguay 102 2024 down 15.7% falling
28 Comoros 99 2024 down 50.7% falling
29 Venezuela 97 2024 down 33.6% volatile
30 Central African Republic 89 2024 up 187.1% rising
31 Guinea 85 2024 down 24.8% falling
31 Pakistan 85 2024 down 66.1% falling
33 China 84 2024 down 68.1% falling
33 Sudan 84 2024 down 60.0% falling
35 Kiribati 83 2024 up 45.6% falling
36 Colombia 79 2024 down 48.7% falling
37 Senegal 78 2024 down 6.0% falling
38 Malaysia 73 2024 down 15.1% falling
39 Congo 69 2024 up 91.7% volatile
40 Cuba 63 2024 down 35.1% falling
40 United States 63 2023 unchanged flat
42 Argentina 51 2024 down 56.4% falling
42 Sierra Leone 51 2024 down 56.4% falling
44 Mexico 45 2024 down 46.4% falling
45 Yemen 44 2024 down 68.6% falling
46 Dominican Republic 40 2024 down 42.9% falling
47 Kenya 37 2024 down 33.9% falling
48 Benin 36 2024 down 60.9% falling
48 Micronesia (country) 36 2024 down 44.6% falling
48 Togo 36 2024 down 14.3% flat
51 Cameroon 35 2024 down 74.3% volatile
52 Solomon Islands 30 2024 up 100.0% volatile
52 Thailand 30 2024 down 66.7% falling
54 Liberia 21 2024 down 87.6% volatile
55 Timor-Leste 20 2024 down 16.7% rising
56 Cambodia 16 2024 down 80.0% volatile
56 Rwanda 16 2024 down 44.8% falling
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 15 2024 down 54.5% falling
58 Mali 15 2024 down 64.3% falling
60 Ecuador 13 2024 down 66.7% volatile
60 Haiti 13 2024 down 35.0% falling
62 Viet Nam 12 2024 down 82.4% volatile
63 Marshall Islands 11 2024 down 60.7% falling
63 Namibia 11 2024 volatile
65 Burkina Faso 8 2024 down 92.7% falling
65 France 8 2024 up 100.0% rising
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8 2024 down 81.4% volatile
65 Morocco 8 2024 down 11.1% volatile
69 Costa Rica 6 2024 up 100.0% volatile
69 Japan 6 2024 up 100.0% volatile
69 Vanuatu 6 2024 up 500.0% volatile
69 Zimbabwe 6 2024 down 33.3% volatile
73 United Arab Emirates 5 2024 volatile
73 Equatorial Guinea 5 2024 up 150.0% volatile
73 Guyana 5 2024 down 44.4% volatile
73 Mauritania 5 2024 up 25.0% volatile
73 Peru 5 2024 up 400.0% volatile
73 Trinidad and Tobago 5 2024 down 58.3% falling
79 Iran 4 2024 down 50.0% volatile
80 Gabon 3 2024 down 62.5% volatile
80 Nicaragua 3 2024 down 40.0% volatile
80 Saudi Arabia 3 2024 volatile
83 Chile 2 2024 volatile
83 Eritrea 2 2024 volatile
83 Spain 2 2024 down 33.3% volatile
83 United Kingdom 2 2024 unchanged volatile
83 Gambia 2 2024 down 33.3% volatile
83 Kuwait 2 2024 unchanged volatile
83 Qatar 2 2024 volatile
83 Singapore 2 2024 unchanged falling
83 Tunisia 2 2023 volatile
83 Tuvalu 2 2021 volatile
83 Uruguay 2 2024 unchanged volatile
83 Samoa 2 2020 unchanged volatile
95 Afghanistan 1 2024 down 90.9% volatile
95 Australia 1 2024 down 75.0% volatile
95 Fiji 1 2024 down 50.0% volatile
95 Netherlands 1 2023 volatile
95 New Zealand 1 2022 volatile
95 Palau 1 2024 down 50.0% volatile
95 Uzbekistan 1 2024 volatile
102 Andorra 0 2024 volatile
102 Belgium 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Bahrain 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Bahamas 0 2024 volatile
102 Belize 0 2024 volatile
102 Barbados 0 2024 volatile
102 Bhutan 0 2024 volatile
102 Botswana 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Canada 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Germany 0 2024 volatile
102 Guinea-Bissau 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Grenada 0 2024 volatile
102 Guatemala 0 2024 volatile
102 Honduras 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Iraq 0 2024 volatile
102 Jamaica 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Republic of Korea 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Lebanon 0 2024 volatile
102 Libya 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Saint Lucia 0 2024 volatile
102 Lesotho 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Maldives 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Naoero 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
102 Oman 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Panama 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 El Salvador 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2024 volatile
102 Sweden 0 2024 volatile
102 Syria 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Number of female leprosy new cases
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
166 places, 1,653 data points, 2012–2024
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