Malaria incidence in South Asia

Malaria incidence in South Asia was 1.5 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
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024 1.5 New cases per 1,000 people at risk
Change from 2023 +0.1per 1,000 at risk 2023: 1.3 per 1,000 at risk
World, 2024 64.0 per 1,000 at risk Official aggregate

Malaria incidence in South Asia 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 South AsiaWorld
2024 1.5 per 1,000 at risk 64.0 per 1,000 at risk
2023 1.3 per 1,000 at risk –
2022 1.4 per 1,000 at risk 60.7 per 1,000 at risk
2021 2.4 per 1,000 at risk –
2020 2.5 per 1,000 at risk 60.3 per 1,000 at risk
2019 2.8 per 1,000 at risk 58.0 per 1,000 at risk
2018 3.4 per 1,000 at risk 58.5 per 1,000 at risk
2017 4.5 per 1,000 at risk 59.7 per 1,000 at risk
2016 6.2 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2015 6.3 per 1,000 at risk 59.0 per 1,000 at risk
2014 6.2 per 1,000 at risk 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2013 6.1 per 1,000 at risk 60.4 per 1,000 at risk
2012 7.9 per 1,000 at risk 62.7 per 1,000 at risk
2011 10.3 per 1,000 at risk 65.2 per 1,000 at risk
2010 12.8 per 1,000 at risk 68.2 per 1,000 at risk
2009 13.6 per 1,000 at risk 69.2 per 1,000 at risk
2008 14.3 per 1,000 at risk 68.9 per 1,000 at risk
2007 14.7 per 1,000 at risk 70.7 per 1,000 at risk
2006 16.2 per 1,000 at risk 73.4 per 1,000 at risk
2005 22.0 per 1,000 at risk 76.6 per 1,000 at risk
2004 21.3 per 1,000 at risk 78.0 per 1,000 at risk
2003 19.9 per 1,000 at risk 78.7 per 1,000 at risk
2002 19.2 per 1,000 at risk 78.5 per 1,000 at risk
2001 21.3 per 1,000 at risk 80.7 per 1,000 at risk
2000 21.6 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 +0.1 from 1.3 per 1,000 at risk in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 6.2 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by −4.8.
  • 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 South Asia
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