Malaria incidence in Gambia

Malaria incidence in Gambia was 75.4 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
Gambia, 2024 75.4 New cases per 1,000 people at risk
Change from 2023 −12.1per 1,000 at risk 2023: 87.5 per 1,000 at risk
World, 2024 64.0 per 1,000 at risk Official aggregate
Position in 2024 35th of 105 See the full ranking

Malaria incidence in Gambia over time

View
Places
2 selected
Gambia World ×

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 GambiaWorld
2024 75.4 per 1,000 at risk 64.0 per 1,000 at risk
2023 87.5 per 1,000 at risk –
2022 95.5 per 1,000 at risk 60.7 per 1,000 at risk
2021 62.5 per 1,000 at risk –
2020 83.8 per 1,000 at risk 60.3 per 1,000 at risk
2019 44.8 per 1,000 at risk 58.0 per 1,000 at risk
2018 81.8 per 1,000 at risk 58.5 per 1,000 at risk
2017 63.2 per 1,000 at risk 59.7 per 1,000 at risk
2016 130.1 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2015 202.5 per 1,000 at risk 59.0 per 1,000 at risk
2014 140.3 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2013 204.1 per 1,000 at risk 60.4 per 1,000 at risk
2012 256.5 per 1,000 at risk 62.7 per 1,000 at risk
2011 238.9 per 1,000 at risk 65.2 per 1,000 at risk
2010 232.8 per 1,000 at risk 68.2 per 1,000 at risk
2009 239.7 per 1,000 at risk 69.2 per 1,000 at risk
2008 246.9 per 1,000 at risk 68.9 per 1,000 at risk
2007 254.2 per 1,000 at risk 70.7 per 1,000 at risk
2006 261.7 per 1,000 at risk 73.4 per 1,000 at risk
2005 269.4 per 1,000 at risk 76.6 per 1,000 at risk
2004 277.3 per 1,000 at risk 78.0 per 1,000 at risk
2003 285.3 per 1,000 at risk 78.7 per 1,000 at risk
2002 293.3 per 1,000 at risk 78.5 per 1,000 at risk
2001 301.5 per 1,000 at risk 80.7 per 1,000 at risk
2000 309.7 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 −12.1 from 87.5 per 1,000 at risk in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 140.3 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by −64.9.
  • Among the 105 countries with data for 2024, Gambia has the 35th 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 Gambia
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