Malaria deaths — all countries

Malaria deaths — South Africa

Malaria deaths in South Africa in 2024 — 10 people. Ranked 51 in the world out of 109. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 97.6%.

2024 10 people −84.38% vs 2023
World rank 51of 109
Period maximum 424 people2000
Period minimum 10 people2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Malaria deaths — South Africa, 2000–202402004006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 424 people2001: 81 people2002: 96 people2003: 142 people2004: 88 people2005: 63 people2006: 87 people2007: 37 people2008: 43 people2009: 45 people2010: 83 people2011: 54 people2012: 72 people2013: 105 people2014: 174 people2015: 110 people2016: 34 people2017: 301 people2018: 69 people2019: 79 people2020: 38 people2021: 56 people2022: 29 people2023: 64 people2024: 10 people
Change over the period: −414 (−97.64%) Average annual rate: -14.46 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Africa 10 people
World computed 609,930 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 594,119 people
Southern Africa computed 43 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 2,505 people
Malaria deaths — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 10 −54 −84.38%
2023 64 +35 +120.69%
2022 29 −27 −48.21%
2021 56 +18 +47.37%
2020 38 −41 −51.9%
2019 79 +10 +14.49%
2018 69 −232 −77.08%
2017 301 +267 +785.29%
2016 34 −76 −69.09%
2015 110 −64 −36.78%
2014 174 +69 +65.71%
2013 105 +33 +45.83%
2012 72 +18 +33.33%
2011 54 −29 −34.94%
2010 83 +38 +84.44%
2009 45 +2 +4.65%
2008 43 +6 +16.22%
2007 37 −50 −57.47%
2006 87 +24 +38.1%
2005 63 −25 −28.41%
2004 88 −54 −38.03%
2003 142 +46 +47.92%
2002 96 +15 +18.52%
2001 81 −343 −80.9%
2000 424

Southern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.