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Malaria deaths — Sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 594,119 people. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 26.9%.

2024 594,119 people +2% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 824,331 people2001
Period minimum 553,540 people2016

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Malaria deaths — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2024500,000600,000700,000800,000900,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 813,278 people2001: 824,331 people2002: 794,336 people2003: 766,612 people2004: 759,053 people2005: 720,241 people2006: 730,975 people2007: 710,985 people2008: 671,459 people2009: 677,689 people2010: 653,964 people2011: 622,493 people2012: 581,965 people2013: 560,225 people2014: 555,680 people2015: 556,266 people2016: 553,540 people2017: 555,920 people2018: 560,660 people2019: 554,587 people2020: 608,147 people2021: 588,000 people2022: 584,344 people2023: 582,477 people2024: 594,119 people
Change over the period: −219,159 (−26.95%) Average annual rate: -1.3 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 594,119 people
World computed 609,930 people
Malaria deaths — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 594,119 +11,642 +2%
2023 582,477 −1,867 −0.32%
2022 584,344 −3,656 −0.62%
2021 588,000 −20,147 −3.31%
2020 608,147 +53,560 +9.66%
2019 554,587 −6,073 −1.08%
2018 560,660 +4,740 +0.85%
2017 555,920 +2,380 +0.43%
2016 553,540 −2,726 −0.49%
2015 556,266 +586 +0.11%
2014 555,680 −4,545 −0.81%
2013 560,225 −21,740 −3.74%
2012 581,965 −40,528 −6.51%
2011 622,493 −31,471 −4.81%
2010 653,964 −23,725 −3.5%
2009 677,689 +6,230 +0.93%
2008 671,459 −39,526 −5.56%
2007 710,985 −19,990 −2.73%
2006 730,975 +10,734 +1.49%
2005 720,241 −38,812 −5.11%
2004 759,053 −7,559 −0.99%
2003 766,612 −27,724 −3.49%
2002 794,336 −29,995 −3.64%
2001 824,331 +11,053 +1.36%
2000 813,278 — —

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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