Number of suspected malaria cases by country

Countries reporting
100
Highest
181.86 million
India
Lowest
121
Armenia
Median
686,246
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
1,002

What the numbers show

Number of suspected malaria cases is currently reported for 100 countries. The highest value is 181.86 million in India; the lowest is 121 in Armenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 686,246, and the mean is 6.08 million.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 4,520.2%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 95.5%).

Number of suspected malaria cases: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 181.86 million 2024 up 29.1% rising
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 49.38 million 2024 up 180.3% rising
3 Nigeria 33.35 million 2024 up 64.7% rising
4 Uganda 29.24 million 2024 up 27.4% rising
5 Mozambique 23.20 million 2024 up 54.1% rising
6 Tanzania 21.51 million 2024 up 3.3% flat
7 Angola 21.02 million 2024 up 207.2% rising
8 Zambia 18.43 million 2024 up 127.0% rising
9 Malawi 18.15 million 2024 up 113.1% rising
10 Burkina Faso 17.61 million 2024 up 80.0% rising
11 Pakistan 15.82 million 2024 up 76.8% rising
12 Kenya 15.76 million 2024 down 1.8% falling
13 Ethiopia 15.25 million 2024 up 154.6% rising
14 Ghana 11.88 million 2024 down 25.5% falling
15 Burundi 11.71 million 2024 up 33.7% rising
16 Côte d’Ivoire 11.22 million 2024 up 115.0% rising
17 Niger 10.75 million 2024 up 130.1% rising
18 Madagascar 8.12 million 2024 up 240.3% rising
19 South Sudan 7.45 million 2024 up 95.3% rising
20 Mali 5.80 million 2024 up 23.5% rising
21 Indonesia 5.42 million 2024 up 245.7% rising
22 Rwanda 5.23 million 2024 down 14.1% falling
23 Cameroon 4.99 million 2024 up 47.6% rising
24 Guinea 4.97 million 2024 up 296.4% rising
25 Central African Republic 4.42 million 2024 up 262.6% rising
26 Chad 3.95 million 2024 up 140.6% rising
27 Sudan 3.92 million 2024 down 4.4% flat
28 Togo 3.74 million 2024 up 58.6% rising
29 Benin 3.70 million 2024 up 35.3% rising
30 Sierra Leone 3.49 million 2024 up 49.3% rising
31 Myanmar 2.69 million 2024 up 1.1% falling
32 Senegal 2.66 million 2024 up 87.2% rising
33 Papua New Guinea 1.88 million 2024 up 89.0% rising
34 Nicaragua 1.80 million 2024 up 198.6% rising
35 Liberia 1.77 million 2024 down 26.2% falling
36 Yemen 1.74 million 2024 up 144.6% rising
37 Bangladesh 1.59 million 2024 up 101.7% rising
38 Brazil 1.53 million 2024 down 3.8% falling
39 Congo 1.23 million 2024 up 308.6% volatile
40 Afghanistan 1.17 million 2024 up 24.9% flat
41 Cambodia 997,259 2024 up 199.8% rising
42 China (People’s Republic of) 992,854 2024 down 75.5% falling
43 Gambia 951,304 2024 up 4.8% flat
44 Viet Nam 909,030 2024 down 66.0% falling
45 Thailand 897,620 2024 down 41.6% falling
46 Malaysia 875,712 2024 down 17.9% falling
47 Sri Lanka 854,175 2023 down 26.2% falling
48 Zimbabwe 773,670 2024 down 54.3% falling
49 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 752,138 2024 up 164.5% rising
50 Venezuela 717,800 2024 up 14.8% falling
51 Saudi Arabia 654,693 2024 down 49.9% falling
52 Eritrea 647,966 2024 up 315.9% rising
53 Philippines 578,191 2024 up 83.5% rising
54 Iran 574,659 2024 down 5.8% flat
55 Comoros 568,019 2024 up 382.3% volatile
56 Uzbekistan 552,458 2020 down 31.0% falling
57 Colombia 501,913 2024 up 52.8% rising
58 Nepal 481,558 2024 up 265.8% volatile
59 Guinea-Bissau 400,032 2024 down 3.3% flat
60 Somalia 364,053 2024 up 205.9% rising
61 Namibia 353,692 2024 up 70.4% flat
62 Solomon Islands 275,938 2024 up 43.7% rising
63 Mauritania 266,899 2024 up 14.4% flat
64 Gabon 241,663 2024 down 15.4% volatile
65 Djibouti 241,248 2024 up 2,178.9% volatile
66 Sao Tome and Principe 240,774 2024 up 185.5% rising
67 Mexico 236,878 2024 down 72.7% falling
68 Haiti 231,506 2024 down 30.0% falling
69 Honduras 206,611 2024 up 35.3% rising
70 Ecuador 195,903 2024 down 25.2% falling
71 Guatemala 185,848 2024 down 37.1% falling
72 Timor-Leste 177,056 2024 up 95.0% rising
73 Bolivia 168,507 2024 up 5.9% rising
74 Peru 163,233 2024 down 81.2% volatile
75 Tajikistan 159,124 2020 down 15.5% falling
76 South Africa 154,178 2024 up 254.3% rising
77 Equatorial Guinea 147,899 2024 up 117.3% volatile
78 Panama 124,079 2024 up 92.3% volatile
79 Guyana 123,151 2024 down 7.4% falling
80 Bhutan 116,388 2024 up 57.1% falling
81 Dominican Republic 85,923 2024 down 72.9% volatile
82 Turkmenistan 71,887 2020 down 14.1% falling
83 Costa Rica 70,517 2024 up 856.4% volatile
84 Eswatini 57,706 2024 up 4,520.2% volatile
85 Türkiye 54,586 2020 down 74.2% falling
86 El Salvador 51,830 2024 down 41.9% volatile
87 Cabo Verde 38,058 2024 up 474.9% volatile
88 North Korea 28,113 2024 down 69.1% volatile
89 Vanuatu 27,476 2024 up 71.3% rising
90 French Guiana 19,437 2024 up 68.2% rising
91 Kyrgyzstan 18,717 2020 down 75.3% volatile
92 Belize 18,251 2024 down 30.8% falling
93 Botswana 12,836 2024 up 888.9% rising
94 Algeria 11,518 2024 up 44.0% flat
95 Paraguay 10,777 2024 up 61.2% rising
96 Kazakhstan 3,918 2020 down 83.4% falling
97 Korea 713 2024 up 5.9% rising
98 Georgia 237 2020 down 19.4% falling
99 Argentina 172 2024 down 95.5% volatile
100 Armenia 121 2020 down 90.0% 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 suspected malaria cases
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
108 places, 1,002 data points, 2015–2024
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