Pertussis - number of reported cases by country
Countries reporting
207
Highest
89,577
Japan
Lowest
0
Tokelau
Median
15
Years covered
52
1974–2025
Data points
9,189
What the numbers show
Pertussis - number of reported cases is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 89,577 in Japan; the lowest is 0 in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 15, and the mean is 1,375.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 149,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 100.0%).
Pertussis - number of reported cases: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 89,577 | 2025 | up 3,248.7% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 33,364 | 2025 | up 401.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 25,277 | 2025 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Poland | 11,323 | 2025 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Yemen | 10,754 | 2025 | up 325.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Nigeria | 7,897 | 2018 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Russia | 7,288 | 2025 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 7,122 | 2025 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Chad | 5,898 | 1998 | up 156.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 5,506 | 2025 | up 397.4% | volatile |
| 12 | South Korea | 5,500 | 2025 | up 2,582.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Slovakia | 5,308 | 2025 | up 1,489.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Peru | 4,633 | 2025 | up 3,793.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Norway | 3,973 | 2025 | up 108.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Switzerland | 3,950 | 2018 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Czechia | 3,693 | 2025 | up 531.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Chile | 3,352 | 2025 | up 356.7% | volatile |
| 19 | United States | 3,044 | 2023 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Ecuador | 2,923 | 2025 | up 41,657.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Latvia | 2,868 | 2025 | up 1,265.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Brazil | 2,746 | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 23 | New Zealand | 2,678 | 2025 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Nepal | 2,677 | 2024 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 25 | India | 2,149 | 2025 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Canada | 1,939 | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Austria | 1,916 | 2025 | up 230.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,745 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 1,501 | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,492 | 2025 | up 149,100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Indonesia | 1,396 | 2025 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Colombia | 1,207 | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 1,150 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Ukraine | 1,123 | 2025 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 1,103 | 2025 | up 155.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Argentina | 1,096 | 2025 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Libya | 991 | 2025 | up 403.0% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 859 | 2025 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Spain | 813 | 2025 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Sweden | 782 | 2025 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 756 | 2025 | up 3,336.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Finland | 545 | 2025 | up 230.3% | volatile |
| 43 | French Polynesia | 524 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Romania | 519 | 2025 | up 458.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Sudan | 499 | 2025 | up 253.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Iran | 490 | 2025 | up 237.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 482 | 2025 | up 4,281.8% | volatile |
| 48 | France | 464 | 2024 | up 452.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 450 | 2025 | up 7,400.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Denmark | 427 | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 407 | 2025 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Iraq | 404 | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 365 | 2025 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Guatemala | 356 | 2025 | up 328.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Bolivia | 355 | 2025 | up 3,127.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Ireland | 348 | 2025 | up 194.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Netherlands | 333 | 2025 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 240 | 2025 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Thailand | 231 | 2025 | up 352.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Belgium | 202 | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Georgia | 196 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Lithuania | 188 | 2025 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Algeria | 187 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Madagascar | 177 | 2025 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Vietnam | 176 | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 66 | New Caledonia | 171 | 2024 | up 263.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Mali | 160 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Italy | 157 | 2025 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Estonia | 141 | 2025 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Malaysia | 133 | 2025 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Moldova | 130 | 2025 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Singapore | 130 | 2024 | up 664.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Honduras | 114 | 2025 | up 280.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Samoa | 107 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 88 | 2025 | up 151.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Paraguay | 83 | 2025 | up 159.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Hungary | 82 | 2025 | up 1,266.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Pakistan | 79 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Morocco | 73 | 2018 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 69 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Turkey | 55 | 2025 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Uganda | 55 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 52 | 2025 | up 477.8% | volatile |
| 83 | South Sudan | 52 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Seychelles | 45 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 39 | 2025 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Oman | 39 | 2025 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Israel | 37 | 2022 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Belarus | 34 | 2025 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Myanmar | 33 | 2025 | up 560.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovenia | 33 | 2025 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Croatia | 30 | 2025 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Lebanon | 28 | 2025 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Laos | 26 | 2025 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Qatar | 26 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Tunisia | 23 | 2025 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Armenia | 22 | 2025 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 21 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Portugal | 20 | 2025 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Uruguay | 19 | 2025 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 18 | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Serbia | 18 | 2025 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Palestine | 16 | 2025 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Bahrain | 15 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Kuwait | 15 | 2025 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 14 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14 | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Brunei | 14 | 2025 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Iceland | 14 | 2025 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 14 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Maldives | 12 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Guinea | 10 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Greece | 10 | 2025 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Albania | 8 | 2025 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Malta | 8 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Hong Kong | 7 | 2025 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Cambodia | 7 | 2025 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Aruba | 6 | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Haiti | 6 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Bhutan | 5 | 2025 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Guam | 5 | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Jordan | 5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Bermuda | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Namibia | 4 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Cyprus | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Micronesia (country) | 3 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Wallis and Futuna | 3 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2025 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Fiji | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Kenya | 2 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Montenegro | 2 | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Philippines | 2 | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Belize | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 133 | El Salvador | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 133 | East Timor | 1 | 2025 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Venezuela | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Andorra | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Burundi | 0 | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Benin | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahamas | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Barbados | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Botswana | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Cameroon | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Congo | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Comoros | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Cuba | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Djibouti | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Dominica | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Egypt | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Eritrea | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Gabon | 0 | 2002 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Ghana | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Gambia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Grenada | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Guyana | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Jamaica | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Kiribati | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 137 | Liberia | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Lesotho | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Macao | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Monaco | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Mongolia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Mozambique | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Malawi | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Niger | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Nauru | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Palau | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | North Korea | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Rwanda | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Senegal | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | San Marino | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Somalia | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Eswatini | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Syria | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Togo | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Tonga | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Tanzania | 0 | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 137 | Zambia | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Anguilla | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 137 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Montserrat | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 137 | Niue | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Tokelau | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 265,317
- High income (World Bank) 178,482
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 159,013
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 63,803
- Europe (WHO region) 52,021
- Americas (WHO region) 24,640
- Low income (World Bank) 16,008
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 14,992
- Africa (WHO region) 12,202
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 7,080
- South Africa 5,666
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 2,449