Malaria deaths — all countries

Malaria deaths — Nigeria

Malaria deaths in Nigeria in 2024 — 184,933 people. Ranked 109 in the world out of 109. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 18.2%.

2024 184,933 people +0.13% vs 2023
World rank 109of 109
Period maximum 238,098 people2006
Period minimum 163,867 people2013

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Malaria deaths — Nigeria, 2000–2024160,000180,000200,000220,000240,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 226,214 people2001: 226,394 people2002: 230,268 people2003: 205,773 people2004: 226,329 people2005: 209,804 people2006: 238,098 people2007: 231,657 people2008: 220,910 people2009: 218,497 people2010: 199,233 people2011: 183,768 people2012: 172,012 people2013: 163,867 people2014: 165,886 people2015: 169,052 people2016: 171,827 people2017: 177,176 people2018: 181,095 people2019: 181,560 people2020: 200,257 people2021: 190,761 people2022: 187,692 people2023: 184,689 people2024: 184,933 people
Change over the period: −41,281 (−18.25%) Average annual rate: -0.84 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 184,933 people
World computed 609,930 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 594,119 people
Western Africa computed 311,376 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 318,106 people
Malaria deaths — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 184,933 +244 +0.13%
2023 184,689 −3,003 −1.6%
2022 187,692 −3,069 −1.61%
2021 190,761 −9,496 −4.74%
2020 200,257 +18,697 +10.3%
2019 181,560 +465 +0.26%
2018 181,095 +3,919 +2.21%
2017 177,176 +5,349 +3.11%
2016 171,827 +2,775 +1.64%
2015 169,052 +3,166 +1.91%
2014 165,886 +2,019 +1.23%
2013 163,867 −8,145 −4.74%
2012 172,012 −11,756 −6.4%
2011 183,768 −15,465 −7.76%
2010 199,233 −19,264 −8.82%
2009 218,497 −2,413 −1.09%
2008 220,910 −10,747 −4.64%
2007 231,657 −6,441 −2.71%
2006 238,098 +28,294 +13.49%
2005 209,804 −16,525 −7.3%
2004 226,329 +20,556 +9.99%
2003 205,773 −24,495 −10.64%
2002 230,268 +3,874 +1.71%
2001 226,394 +180 +0.08%
2000 226,214

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.