Malaria deaths — all countries

Malaria deaths — Latin America & Caribbean

Malaria deaths in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 504 people. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 46.7%.

2024 504 people +51.81% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 946 people2000
Period minimum 332 people2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Malaria deaths — Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–20242004006008001,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 946 people2001: 838 people2002: 763 people2003: 734 people2004: 709 people2005: 685 people2006: 584 people2007: 504 people2008: 468 people2009: 461 people2010: 499 people2011: 464 people2012: 430 people2013: 472 people2014: 348 people2015: 390 people2016: 529 people2017: 666 people2018: 573 people2019: 509 people2020: 408 people2021: 333 people2022: 342 people2023: 332 people2024: 504 people
Change over the period: −442 (−46.72%) Average annual rate: -2.59 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 504 people
World computed 609,930 people
Malaria deaths — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 504 +172 +51.81%
2023 332 −10 −2.92%
2022 342 +9 +2.7%
2021 333 −75 −18.38%
2020 408 −101 −19.84%
2019 509 −64 −11.17%
2018 573 −93 −13.96%
2017 666 +137 +25.9%
2016 529 +139 +35.64%
2015 390 +42 +12.07%
2014 348 −124 −26.27%
2013 472 +42 +9.77%
2012 430 −34 −7.33%
2011 464 −35 −7.01%
2010 499 +38 +8.24%
2009 461 −7 −1.5%
2008 468 −36 −7.14%
2007 504 −80 −13.7%
2006 584 −101 −14.74%
2005 685 −24 −3.39%
2004 709 −25 −3.41%
2003 734 −29 −3.8%
2002 763 −75 −8.95%
2001 838 −108 −11.42%
2000 946

About the indicator

The estimated number of deaths from malaria during a year. The series is kept only for countries where malaria is transmitted: in the rest it does not occur, and that is not a gap in the data but the absence of the phenomenon. The bulk of the deaths are children under five in Africa south of the Sahara, which makes malaria one of the few infections where the age structure of mortality is skewed so far.

Important: The table holds only countries where malaria is transmitted — about 110 territories. For the rest the value is missing, and this should be read as “practically zero” rather than “unknown”.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.