Malaria incidence in Zambia
Malaria incidence in Zambia was 252.4 per 1,000 at risk in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2005.
Zambia, 2024
252.4
Change from 2023
+0.3per 1,000 at risk
World, 2024
64.0 per 1,000 at risk
Position in 2024
19th of 105
Malaria incidence in Zambia 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 | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 252.4 per 1,000 at risk | 64.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2023 | 252.1 per 1,000 at risk | – |
| 2022 | 246.1 per 1,000 at risk | 60.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2021 | 241.0 per 1,000 at risk | – |
| 2020 | 234.3 per 1,000 at risk | 60.3 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2019 | 223.9 per 1,000 at risk | 58.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2018 | 222.0 per 1,000 at risk | 58.5 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2017 | 220.1 per 1,000 at risk | 59.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2016 | 229.1 per 1,000 at risk | 58.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2015 | 237.8 per 1,000 at risk | 59.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2014 | 237.5 per 1,000 at risk | 58.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2013 | 228.0 per 1,000 at risk | 60.4 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2012 | 206.2 per 1,000 at risk | 62.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2011 | 181.1 per 1,000 at risk | 65.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2010 | 169.9 per 1,000 at risk | 68.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2009 | 166.8 per 1,000 at risk | 69.2 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2008 | 171.6 per 1,000 at risk | 68.9 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2007 | 194.7 per 1,000 at risk | 70.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2006 | 225.9 per 1,000 at risk | 73.4 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2005 | 262.5 per 1,000 at risk | 76.6 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2004 | 300.9 per 1,000 at risk | 78.0 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2003 | 348.0 per 1,000 at risk | 78.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2002 | 370.0 per 1,000 at risk | 78.5 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2001 | 379.2 per 1,000 at risk | 80.7 per 1,000 at risk |
| 2000 | 360.3 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 +0.3 from 252.1 per 1,000 at risk in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 237.5 per 1,000 at risk, the figure has changed by +14.9.
- Among the 105 countries with data for 2024, Zambia has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 64.0 per 1,000 at risk.
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