Malaria incidence in Papua New Guinea

Malaria incidence in Papua New Guinea was 151.8 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
Papua New Guinea, 2024 151.8 New cases per 1,000 people at risk
Change from 2023 +4.6per 1,000 at risk 2023: 147.2 per 1,000 at risk
World, 2024 64.0 per 1,000 at risk Official aggregate
Position in 2024 28th of 105 See the full ranking

Malaria incidence in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New GuineaWorld
2024 151.8 per 1,000 at risk 64.0 per 1,000 at risk
2023 147.2 per 1,000 at risk –
2022 162.7 per 1,000 at risk 60.7 per 1,000 at risk
2021 123.6 per 1,000 at risk –
2020 149.8 per 1,000 at risk 60.3 per 1,000 at risk
2019 140.1 per 1,000 at risk 58.0 per 1,000 at risk
2018 138.6 per 1,000 at risk 58.5 per 1,000 at risk
2017 134.0 per 1,000 at risk 59.7 per 1,000 at risk
2016 134.9 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2015 101.2 per 1,000 at risk 59.0 per 1,000 at risk
2014 189.3 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2013 171.1 per 1,000 at risk 60.4 per 1,000 at risk
2012 154.7 per 1,000 at risk 62.7 per 1,000 at risk
2011 114.4 per 1,000 at risk 65.2 per 1,000 at risk
2010 141.4 per 1,000 at risk 68.2 per 1,000 at risk
2009 211.1 per 1,000 at risk 69.2 per 1,000 at risk
2008 164.3 per 1,000 at risk 68.9 per 1,000 at risk
2007 179.7 per 1,000 at risk 70.7 per 1,000 at risk
2006 219.6 per 1,000 at risk 73.4 per 1,000 at risk
2005 216.3 per 1,000 at risk 76.6 per 1,000 at risk
2004 269.9 per 1,000 at risk 78.0 per 1,000 at risk
2003 217.7 per 1,000 at risk 78.7 per 1,000 at risk
2002 208.6 per 1,000 at risk 78.5 per 1,000 at risk
2001 252.0 per 1,000 at risk 80.7 per 1,000 at risk
2000 264.1 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 +4.6 from 147.2 per 1,000 at risk in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 189.3 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by −37.6.
  • Among the 105 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 28th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 64.0 per 1,000 at risk.

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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 Papua New Guinea
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