Malaria incidence in Cameroon

Malaria incidence in Cameroon was 260.5 per 1,000 at risk in 2024.

Measure: Malaria incidence Unit: New cases per 1,000 people at risk Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cameroon, 2024 260.5 New cases per 1,000 people at risk
Change from 2023 +1.4per 1,000 at risk 2023: 259.1 per 1,000 at risk
World, 2024 64.0 per 1,000 at risk Official aggregate
Position in 2024 15th of 105 See the full ranking

Malaria incidence in Cameroon 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.

Malaria incidence (new cases per 1,000 people at risk), 2000 to 2024
Period CameroonWorld
2024 260.5 per 1,000 at risk 64.0 per 1,000 at risk
2023 259.1 per 1,000 at risk –
2022 265.0 per 1,000 at risk 60.7 per 1,000 at risk
2021 270.7 per 1,000 at risk –
2020 264.8 per 1,000 at risk 60.3 per 1,000 at risk
2019 243.4 per 1,000 at risk 58.0 per 1,000 at risk
2018 249.0 per 1,000 at risk 58.5 per 1,000 at risk
2017 259.0 per 1,000 at risk 59.7 per 1,000 at risk
2016 268.5 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2015 271.1 per 1,000 at risk 59.0 per 1,000 at risk
2014 272.5 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2013 271.1 per 1,000 at risk 60.4 per 1,000 at risk
2012 261.1 per 1,000 at risk 62.7 per 1,000 at risk
2011 266.6 per 1,000 at risk 65.2 per 1,000 at risk
2010 295.7 per 1,000 at risk 68.2 per 1,000 at risk
2009 351.2 per 1,000 at risk 69.2 per 1,000 at risk
2008 391.6 per 1,000 at risk 68.9 per 1,000 at risk
2007 410.0 per 1,000 at risk 70.7 per 1,000 at risk
2006 426.0 per 1,000 at risk 73.4 per 1,000 at risk
2005 435.6 per 1,000 at risk 76.6 per 1,000 at risk
2004 438.7 per 1,000 at risk 78.0 per 1,000 at risk
2003 441.4 per 1,000 at risk 78.7 per 1,000 at risk
2002 437.2 per 1,000 at risk 78.5 per 1,000 at risk
2001 426.3 per 1,000 at risk 80.7 per 1,000 at risk
2000 394.9 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 +1.4 from 259.1 per 1,000 at risk in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 272.5 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by −12.1.
  • Among the 105 countries with data for 2024, Cameroon has the 15th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 64.0 per 1,000 at risk.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, World Malaria Report
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.MLR.INCD.P3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Cameroon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, World Malaria Report