Malaria incidence in Ghana

Malaria incidence in Ghana was 195.8 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
Ghana, 2024 195.8 New cases per 1,000 people at risk
Change from 2023 +0.9per 1,000 at risk 2023: 194.9 per 1,000 at risk
World, 2024 64.0 per 1,000 at risk Official aggregate
Position in 2024 25th of 105 See the full ranking

Malaria incidence in Ghana 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 GhanaWorld
2024 195.8 per 1,000 at risk 64.0 per 1,000 at risk
2023 194.9 per 1,000 at risk –
2022 210.8 per 1,000 at risk 60.7 per 1,000 at risk
2021 212.5 per 1,000 at risk –
2020 219.6 per 1,000 at risk 60.3 per 1,000 at risk
2019 215.3 per 1,000 at risk 58.0 per 1,000 at risk
2018 212.8 per 1,000 at risk 58.5 per 1,000 at risk
2017 226.2 per 1,000 at risk 59.7 per 1,000 at risk
2016 244.9 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2015 276.0 per 1,000 at risk 59.0 per 1,000 at risk
2014 313.8 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2013 344.3 per 1,000 at risk 60.4 per 1,000 at risk
2012 367.3 per 1,000 at risk 62.7 per 1,000 at risk
2011 375.1 per 1,000 at risk 65.2 per 1,000 at risk
2010 366.4 per 1,000 at risk 68.2 per 1,000 at risk
2009 340.4 per 1,000 at risk 69.2 per 1,000 at risk
2008 314.6 per 1,000 at risk 68.9 per 1,000 at risk
2007 305.8 per 1,000 at risk 70.7 per 1,000 at risk
2006 311.3 per 1,000 at risk 73.4 per 1,000 at risk
2005 323.7 per 1,000 at risk 76.6 per 1,000 at risk
2004 340.2 per 1,000 at risk 78.0 per 1,000 at risk
2003 366.0 per 1,000 at risk 78.7 per 1,000 at risk
2002 392.1 per 1,000 at risk 78.5 per 1,000 at risk
2001 411.2 per 1,000 at risk 80.7 per 1,000 at risk
2000 430.4 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 +0.9 from 194.9 per 1,000 at risk in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 313.8 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by −118.0.
  • Among the 105 countries with data for 2024, Ghana has the 25th 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 Ghana
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