Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases (number) by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
553.99 million
India
Lowest
0
Brunei Darussalam
Median
12,796
Years covered
15
2010–2024
Data points
3,090

What the numbers show

Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases (number) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 553.99 million in India; the lowest is 0 in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 12,796, and the mean is 7.23 million.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 258,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 553.99 million 2024 down 25.7% falling
2 Nigeria 72.95 million 2024 down 48.0% falling
3 Ethiopia 70.15 million 2024 down 3.4% rising
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61.15 million 2024 up 6.3% falling
4 Indonesia 67.22 million 2024 down 47.4% falling
5 Bangladesh 55.18 million 2024 up 10.6% falling
6 Philippines 39.44 million 2024 down 11.7% falling
6 Viet Nam 8.41 million 2024 down 5.1% flat
7 Pakistan 27.75 million 2024 down 8.8% falling
8 Mozambique 24.31 million 2024 up 6.6% rising
9 Uganda 20.75 million 2024 down 18.1% falling
9 Cabo Verde 143,054 2024 up 5.9% falling
10 Myanmar 19.50 million 2024 down 52.2% falling
11 Madagascar 18.17 million 2024 down 11.3% rising
11 Timor-Leste 430,792 2024 down 61.1% falling
12 Afghanistan 16.98 million 2024 up 26.9% rising
13 South Africa 14.44 million 2024 up 117.7% rising
14 Cameroon 12.40 million 2024 down 36.2% falling
15 Nepal 12.26 million 2024 down 42.6% falling
15 Türkiye 6 2024 down 99.9% volatile
16 Sudan 12.14 million 2024 down 57.3% falling
17 Guinea 11.78 million 2024 up 33.3% rising
18 Mali 11.41 million 2024 down 41.4% falling
19 Malawi 11.23 million 2024 up 1.4% falling
20 Brazil 10.30 million 2024 down 10.7% falling
21 Ghana 10.28 million 2024 down 44.9% falling
22 Kenya 9.92 million 2024 down 19.3% falling
23 South Sudan 9.77 million 2024 up 4.8% rising
24 Angola 9.68 million 2024 down 45.2% falling
25 Yemen 9.07 million 2024 down 41.3% falling
26 Rwanda 8.63 million 2024 up 107.9% rising
27 Sierra Leone 7.07 million 2024 down 6.5% flat
28 Zambia 7.04 million 2024 down 38.6% falling
29 Central African Republic 6.70 million 2024 up 65.4% rising
30 Benin 6.55 million 2024 up 50.2% falling
31 Papua New Guinea 6.25 million 2024 down 0.8% rising
32 Chad 6.17 million 2024 down 41.1% falling
33 Burundi 5.53 million 2024 up 3.7% falling
34 Togo 5.34 million 2024 up 15.8% rising
35 Niger 5.10 million 2024 down 65.7% falling
36 Cambodia 4.79 million 2024 down 13.7% flat
37 Haiti 4.58 million 2024 down 59.7% falling
38 Burkina Faso 4.56 million 2024 down 69.5% volatile
39 Senegal 3.95 million 2024 down 66.5% falling
40 Liberia 3.84 million 2024 down 1.4% falling
41 Somalia 3.79 million 2024 down 22.5% falling
42 Tajikistan 3.45 million 2024 up 2,762.0% volatile
43 Colombia 3.27 million 2024 down 25.8% falling
44 Zimbabwe 2.98 million 2024 down 57.7% flat
45 Dominican Republic 2.91 million 2024 up 146.2% rising
46 Honduras 2.21 million 2024 down 17.1% falling
47 Iraq 2.17 million 2024 up 6.4% falling
48 Kyrgyzstan 2.17 million 2024 up 1,871.0% volatile
49 Egypt 2.09 million 2024 up 3,265.2% volatile
50 Paraguay 2.09 million 2024 up 159.5% rising
51 Nicaragua 1.83 million 2024 up 56.0% rising
52 Congo 1.59 million 2024 down 55.4% falling
53 El Salvador 1.34 million 2024 up 63.3% rising
54 Equatorial Guinea 1.05 million 2024 up 124.9% rising
55 Gabon 978,475 2024 down 36.2% falling
56 Eritrea 813,233 2024 up 45.8% volatile
57 Guinea-Bissau 746,690 2024 down 60.4% falling
58 Guatemala 729,890 2024 down 77.4% falling
59 Gambia 672,208 2024 down 44.0% volatile
60 Mauritania 596,151 2024 down 12.5% rising
61 Solomon Islands 595,815 2024 up 14.0% rising
62 Guyana 588,310 2024 down 18.2% falling
63 Argentina 581,955 2024 up 15,489.5% volatile
64 Mexico 559,376 2024 down 94.5% volatile
65 Peru 420,150 2024 down 85.9% volatile
66 Eswatini 419,521 2024 down 29.7% falling
67 Lesotho 387,421 2024 down 25.1% falling
68 Fiji 358,135 2024 down 59.9% flat
69 Uzbekistan 343,828 2024 down 12.8% falling
70 Comoros 277,694 2024 down 46.9% falling
71 Botswana 273,235 2024 up 8.3% volatile
72 Namibia 196,714 2024 down 81.2% volatile
73 Samoa 191,219 2024 up 5.0% rising
74 Bhutan 173,578 2024 up 60.9% rising
75 Kiribati 130,322 2024 up 138.0% rising
76 Malaysia 122,700 2024 down 30.6% volatile
77 Vanuatu 114,130 2024 down 56.5% rising
78 Thailand 104,768 2024 up 153.7% volatile
79 Sao Tome and Principe 102,313 2024 down 47.5% volatile
80 Ecuador 62,597 2024 down 96.5% volatile
81 Panama 58,388 2024 down 85.1% volatile
82 Sri Lanka 55,627 2024 up 9.5% volatile
83 Tonga 37,131 2024 up 1.3% rising
84 Costa Rica 31,870 2024 up 10.1% volatile
85 China 24,597 2024 down 99.9% volatile
86 Marshall Islands 19,594 2024 down 7.8% rising
87 Singapore 13,660 2024 down 24.1% volatile
88 Algeria 13,645 2024 up 149.9% falling
89 Naoero 11,946 2024 up 334.6% volatile
90 Mauritius 9,918 2024 volatile
91 Saudi Arabia 8,924 2024 up 304.0% volatile
92 Australia 8,631 2024 down 84.1% volatile
92 Australia and New Zealand 8,631 2024 down 84.9% volatile
94 Tunisia 3,619 2024 up 6.0% volatile
95 Maldives 3,295 2024 up 341.1% volatile
96 Tuvalu 3,120 2024 down 73.5% falling
97 Seychelles 2,583 2024 up 258,200.0% volatile
98 Jamaica 2,035 2024 down 99.5% volatile
99 Trinidad and Tobago 2,022 2024 down 88.7% volatile
100 Djibouti 1,690 2024 down 98.4% falling
101 Belize 1,201 2024 down 83.0% volatile
102 Uruguay 1,142 2024 up 28,450.0% volatile
103 Cuba 1,137 2024 down 97.7% volatile
104 Barbados 1,133 2024 down 57.9% volatile
105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 971 2024 up 729.9% volatile
106 Grenada 798 2024 up 1,946.2% volatile
107 Libya 546 2024 up 4.2% volatile
108 Saint Lucia 433 2024 down 98.8% volatile
109 Dominica 402 2024 down 94.9% volatile
110 Saint Kitts and Nevis 253 2024 up 237.3% volatile
111 Suriname 233 2024 down 99.5% volatile
112 Italy 230 2024 up 3.6% falling
113 France 198 2024 down 41.8% volatile
114 Germany 183 2024 down 75.6% volatile
115 Antigua and Barbuda 169 2024 down 87.6% volatile
116 Chile 163 2024 up 443.3% volatile
117 Lebanon 162 2024 down 88.4% volatile
118 Bulgaria 116 2024 down 63.3% falling
118 Spain 116 2024 down 58.1% volatile
120 Lithuania 97 2024 up 288.0% volatile
121 Jordan 89 2024 down 66.4% volatile
122 Morocco 81 2024 down 97.1% volatile
123 Poland 73 2024 up 15.9% rising
124 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 55 2024 up 48.6% rising
125 Austria 54 2024 down 42.6% volatile
126 United Arab Emirates 43 2024 volatile
127 Greece 42 2024 down 59.2% falling
128 Romania 34 2024 down 8.1% volatile
129 Belgium 31 2024 down 71.6% volatile
130 Qatar 29 2024 down 49.1% flat
130 Sweden 29 2024 down 79.3% volatile
132 Armenia 23 2024 down 99.9% volatile
133 Portugal 21 2024 up 61.5% volatile
134 Hungary 20 2024 up 150.0% flat
135 Czechia 18 2024 up 200.0% volatile
135 Slovakia 18 2024 up 125.0% volatile
137 Slovenia 17 2024 up 142.9% falling
138 Latvia 14 2024 unchanged falling
139 Japan 13 2024 up 8.3% volatile
140 Georgia 12 2024 down 80.6% volatile
140 Norway 12 2024 down 83.6% volatile
140 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12 2024 down 97.0% volatile
143 Croatia 8 2024 down 60.0% volatile
144 Kuwait 6 2024 down 70.0% volatile
144 Palau 6 2024 down 60.0% volatile
146 Finland 5 2024 volatile
146 Republic of Korea 5 2024 down 97.1% volatile
148 Canada 4 2024 volatile
148 Ireland 4 2024 down 71.4% volatile
150 Estonia 3 2024 down 70.0% volatile
150 Ukraine 3 2024 down 40.0% volatile
152 Oman 2 2024 down 88.9% volatile
153 Bahrain 1 2024 volatile
153 Denmark 1 2024 volatile
155 Albania 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Andorra 0 2024 volatile
155 Azerbaijan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Bahamas 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Belarus 0 2024 volatile
155 Switzerland 0 2024 volatile
155 Cyprus 0 2024 volatile
155 Iceland 0 2024 volatile
155 Israel 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Kazakhstan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Luxembourg 0 2024 volatile
155 Monaco 0 2024 volatile
155 North Macedonia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Malta 0 2024 volatile
155 Montenegro 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Mongolia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 New Zealand 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 San Marino 0 2024 volatile
155 Serbia 0 2024 volatile
155 Turkmenistan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Cook Islands 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Niue 0 2024 volatile
155 Russian Federation 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
155 Brunei Darussalam 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 people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases (number)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
206 places, 3,090 data points, 2010–2024
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