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Malaria deaths — Low-income countries

Malaria deaths in low-income countries in 2024 — 289,175 people. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 26.9%.

2024 289,175 people +4.24% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 406,833 people2001
Period minimum 254,103 people2019

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Malaria deaths — Low-income countries, 2000–2024250,000300,000350,000400,000450,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 395,670 people2001: 406,833 people2002: 382,678 people2003: 381,197 people2004: 359,778 people2005: 347,645 people2006: 337,577 people2007: 328,145 people2008: 310,035 people2009: 317,665 people2010: 314,968 people2011: 306,072 people2012: 289,277 people2013: 278,788 people2014: 272,392 people2015: 268,285 people2016: 264,212 people2017: 259,121 people2018: 260,658 people2019: 254,103 people2020: 281,803 people2021: 270,204 people2022: 269,170 people2023: 277,411 people2024: 289,175 people
Change over the period: −106,495 (−26.92%) Average annual rate: -1.3 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 289,175 people
World computed 609,930 people
Malaria deaths — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 289,175 +11,764 +4.24%
2023 277,411 +8,241 +3.06%
2022 269,170 −1,034 −0.38%
2021 270,204 −11,599 −4.12%
2020 281,803 +27,700 +10.9%
2019 254,103 −6,555 −2.51%
2018 260,658 +1,537 +0.59%
2017 259,121 −5,091 −1.93%
2016 264,212 −4,073 −1.52%
2015 268,285 −4,107 −1.51%
2014 272,392 −6,396 −2.29%
2013 278,788 −10,489 −3.63%
2012 289,277 −16,795 −5.49%
2011 306,072 −8,896 −2.82%
2010 314,968 −2,697 −0.85%
2009 317,665 +7,630 +2.46%
2008 310,035 −18,110 −5.52%
2007 328,145 −9,432 −2.79%
2006 337,577 −10,068 −2.9%
2005 347,645 −12,133 −3.37%
2004 359,778 −21,419 −5.62%
2003 381,197 −1,481 −0.39%
2002 382,678 −24,155 −5.94%
2001 406,833 +11,163 +2.82%
2000 395,670 — —

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.

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