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Malaria deaths — Zambia

Malaria deaths in Zambia in 2024 — 8,682 people. Ranked 90 in the world out of 109. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 40.7%.

2024 8,682 people +1.84% vs 2023
World rank 90of 109
Period maximum 14,647 people2000
Period minimum 6,278 people2008

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Malaria deaths — Zambia, 2000–20245,0007,50010,00012,50015,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 14,647 people2001: 14,486 people2002: 12,203 people2003: 10,245 people2004: 8,669 people2005: 7,515 people2006: 6,805 people2007: 6,398 people2008: 6,278 people2009: 6,296 people2010: 6,353 people2011: 6,666 people2012: 6,979 people2013: 7,459 people2014: 8,037 people2015: 8,015 people2016: 7,930 people2017: 7,892 people2018: 8,046 people2019: 8,084 people2020: 8,556 people2021: 8,734 people2022: 8,834 people2023: 8,525 people2024: 8,682 people
Change over the period: −5,965 (−40.73%) Average annual rate: -2.16 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 8,682 people
World computed 609,930 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 594,119 people
Eastern Africa computed 151,832 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 318,106 people
Malaria deaths — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 8,682 +157 +1.84%
2023 8,525 −309 −3.5%
2022 8,834 +100 +1.14%
2021 8,734 +178 +2.08%
2020 8,556 +472 +5.84%
2019 8,084 +38 +0.47%
2018 8,046 +154 +1.95%
2017 7,892 −38 −0.48%
2016 7,930 −85 −1.06%
2015 8,015 −22 −0.27%
2014 8,037 +578 +7.75%
2013 7,459 +480 +6.88%
2012 6,979 +313 +4.7%
2011 6,666 +313 +4.93%
2010 6,353 +57 +0.91%
2009 6,296 +18 +0.29%
2008 6,278 −120 −1.88%
2007 6,398 −407 −5.98%
2006 6,805 −710 −9.45%
2005 7,515 −1,154 −13.31%
2004 8,669 −1,576 −15.38%
2003 10,245 −1,958 −16.05%
2002 12,203 −2,283 −15.76%
2001 14,486 −161 −1.1%
2000 14,647 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

YT Mayotte 0 DJ Djibouti 72 KM Comoros 139 ZW Zimbabwe 381 ER Eritrea 786 SO Somalia 2,592 RW Rwanda 3,410 BI Burundi 6,389 SS South Sudan 6,749 MW Malawi 7,501 ZM Zambia 8,682 KE Kenya 11,656 UG Uganda 16,204 MZ Mozambique 17,946 MG Madagascar 20,903 ET Ethiopia 22,360 TZ Tanzania 26,062
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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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