Malaria incidence in World

Malaria incidence in the world was 64.0 per 1,000 at risk in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2011.

Measure: Malaria incidence Unit: New cases per 1,000 people at risk Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 64.0 New cases per 1,000 people at risk
Change from 2022 +3.3per 1,000 at risk 2022: 60.7 per 1,000 at risk

Malaria incidence in World 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 World
2024 64.0 per 1,000 at risk
2022 60.7 per 1,000 at risk
2020 60.3 per 1,000 at risk
2019 58.0 per 1,000 at risk
2018 58.5 per 1,000 at risk
2017 59.7 per 1,000 at risk
2016 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2015 59.0 per 1,000 at risk
2014 58.7 per 1,000 at risk
2013 60.4 per 1,000 at risk
2012 62.7 per 1,000 at risk
2011 65.2 per 1,000 at risk
2010 68.2 per 1,000 at risk
2009 69.2 per 1,000 at risk
2008 68.9 per 1,000 at risk
2007 70.7 per 1,000 at risk
2006 73.4 per 1,000 at risk
2005 76.6 per 1,000 at risk
2004 78.0 per 1,000 at risk
2003 78.7 per 1,000 at risk
2002 78.5 per 1,000 at risk
2001 80.7 per 1,000 at risk
2000 79.9 per 1,000 at risk

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 60.7 per 1,000 at risk in 2022, a change of +3.3.
  • Since 2012, when it was 62.7 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by +1.3.

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 World
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