Total disease burden in Niger
Niger: Total disease burden was 18.63 million DALYs in 2021. ▲ Rising
Total disease burden in Niger, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in DALYs.
Analysis
Niger recorded 18.63 million DALYs for total disease burden in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total disease burden in Niger peaked at 18.63 million DALYs in 2021 and was at its lowest, 14.27 million DALYs, in 2008.
Niger ranks 30th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.94 million DALYs | 14.27 million DALYs | 15.79 million DALYs | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.77 million DALYs | 14.42 million DALYs | 17.55 million DALYs | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.32 million DALYs | 18.01 million DALYs | 18.63 million DALYs | 2 |
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More health data for Niger
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 887.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 22,995 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 259 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 259 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 229,629 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 221,206 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 240,294 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 231,501 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 251,401 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 242,059 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total disease burden in Niger?
- Total disease burden in Niger was 18.63 million DALYs in 2021, according to World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total disease burden recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 18.63 million DALYs in 2021.
- What is the lowest total disease burden recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.27 million DALYs in 2008.
- How does Niger rank for total disease burden?
- Niger ranks 30th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is total disease burden rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total disease burden. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of DALYs from all causes in both sexes.