Malaria incidence in Afghanistan
Malaria incidence in Afghanistan was 17.8 per 1,000 at risk in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.
Afghanistan, 2024
17.8
Change from 2023
+4.5per 1,000 at risk
World, 2024
64.0 per 1,000 at risk
Position in 2024
45th of 105
Malaria incidence in Afghanistan over time
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New cases per 1,000 people at risk. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17.8 per 1,000 at risk | 64.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2023 | 13.3 per 1,000 at risk | – |
| 2022 | 9.2 per 1,000 at risk | 60.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2021 | 6.3 per 1,000 at risk | – |
| 2020 | 8.4 per 1,000 at risk | 60.3 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2019 | 14.2 per 1,000 at risk | 58.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2018 | 22.3 per 1,000 at risk | 58.5 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2017 | 29.0 per 1,000 at risk | 59.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2016 | 27.4 per 1,000 at risk | 58.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2015 | 14.1 per 1,000 at risk | 59.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2014 | 12.6 per 1,000 at risk | 58.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2013 | 11.5 per 1,000 at risk | 60.4 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2012 | 9.4 per 1,000 at risk | 62.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2011 | 16.0 per 1,000 at risk | 65.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2010 | 13.4 per 1,000 at risk | 68.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2009 | 13.0 per 1,000 at risk | 69.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2008 | 19.7 per 1,000 at risk | 68.9 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2007 | 22.6 per 1,000 at risk | 70.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2006 | 21.3 per 1,000 at risk | 73.4 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2005 | 28.4 per 1,000 at risk | 76.6 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2004 | 39.4 per 1,000 at risk | 78.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2003 | 70.8 per 1,000 at risk | 78.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2002 | 83.8 per 1,000 at risk | 78.5 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2001 | 83.8 per 1,000 at risk | 80.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2000 | 84.5 per 1,000 at risk | 79.9 per 1,000 at risk |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +4.5 from 13.3 per 1,000 at risk in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 12.6 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by +5.2.
- Among the 105 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 45th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 64.0 per 1,000 at risk.
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203 per 100,000 people
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Life expectancy estimates and projections
66.0 years
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Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
13.3 years
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Healthy life expectancy
53.3 years
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UHC service coverage
42
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Alcohol consumption
0.00 litres
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