Malaria incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Malaria incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa was 229.3 per 1,000 at risk in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2017.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
229.3
Change from 2023
+2.1per 1,000 at risk
World, 2024
64.0 per 1,000 at risk
Malaria incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 229.3 per 1,000 at risk | 64.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2023 | 227.2 per 1,000 at risk | – |
| 2022 | 222.2 per 1,000 at risk | 60.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2021 | 225.1 per 1,000 at risk | – |
| 2020 | 228.0 per 1,000 at risk | 60.3 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2019 | 222.1 per 1,000 at risk | 58.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2018 | 225.5 per 1,000 at risk | 58.5 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2017 | 231.5 per 1,000 at risk | 59.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2016 | 227.8 per 1,000 at risk | 58.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2015 | 232.5 per 1,000 at risk | 59.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2014 | 233.0 per 1,000 at risk | 58.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2013 | 242.1 per 1,000 at risk | 60.4 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2012 | 250.6 per 1,000 at risk | 62.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2011 | 260.4 per 1,000 at risk | 65.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2010 | 271.8 per 1,000 at risk | 68.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2009 | 278.2 per 1,000 at risk | 69.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2008 | 279.7 per 1,000 at risk | 68.9 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2007 | 289.6 per 1,000 at risk | 70.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2006 | 301.7 per 1,000 at risk | 73.4 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2005 | 310.2 per 1,000 at risk | 76.6 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2004 | 321.0 per 1,000 at risk | 78.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2003 | 328.8 per 1,000 at risk | 78.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2002 | 332.0 per 1,000 at risk | 78.5 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2001 | 341.9 per 1,000 at risk | 80.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2000 | 339.9 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 +2.1 from 227.2 per 1,000 at risk in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 233.0 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by −3.7.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 64.0 per 1,000 at risk.
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