Malaria deaths — all countries

Malaria deaths — Southern Africa

Malaria deaths in Southern Africa in 2024 — 43 people. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 98.3%.

2024 43 people −56.12% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2,528 people2000
Period minimum 43 people2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Malaria deaths — Southern Africa, 2000–202401,0002,0003,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 2,528 people2001: 1,900 people2002: 1,669 people2003: 1,296 people2004: 1,320 people2005: 1,416 people2006: 725 people2007: 241 people2008: 217 people2009: 132 people2010: 162 people2011: 99 people2012: 82 people2013: 137 people2014: 261 people2015: 152 people2016: 105 people2017: 395 people2018: 138 people2019: 95 people2020: 86 people2021: 80 people2022: 67 people2023: 98 people2024: 43 people
Change over the period: −2,485 (−98.3%) Average annual rate: -15.61 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 43 people
World computed 609,930 people
Malaria deaths — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 43 −55 −56.12%
2023 98 +31 +46.27%
2022 67 −13 −16.25%
2021 80 −6 −6.98%
2020 86 −9 −9.47%
2019 95 −43 −31.16%
2018 138 −257 −65.06%
2017 395 +290 +276.19%
2016 105 −47 −30.92%
2015 152 −109 −41.76%
2014 261 +124 +90.51%
2013 137 +55 +67.07%
2012 82 −17 −17.17%
2011 99 −63 −38.89%
2010 162 +30 +22.73%
2009 132 −85 −39.17%
2008 217 −24 −9.96%
2007 241 −484 −66.76%
2006 725 −691 −48.8%
2005 1,416 +96 +7.27%
2004 1,320 +24 +1.85%
2003 1,296 −373 −22.35%
2002 1,669 −231 −12.16%
2001 1,900 −628 −24.84%
2000 2,528

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.