Communicable Diseases
Malaria Deaths by Country 2026
Est. Malaria Death Rate (IHME) (per 100k)
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Country | Est. Malaria Death Rate (IHME) 2023 (per 100k)↓ | Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME) 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sierra Leone | 131.15 | 10,510 |
 | Niger | 115.86 | 30,864 |
 | Burundi | 90.82 | 12,964 |
 | Benin | 89.24 | 12,687 |
 | Nigeria | 88.52 | 216,719 |
 | Burkina Faso | 87.05 | 21,128 |
 | Central African Republic | 84.92 | 5,575 |
 | Liberia | 84.85 | 4,866 |
 | Cameroon | 83.25 | 28,205 |
 | Ivory Coast | 80.73 | 27,317 |
 | DR Congo | 79.55 | 74,977 |
 | Mali | 77.40 | 18,752 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.61 | 1,165 |
 | Guinea | 69.02 | 9,783 |
 | Togo | 56.66 | 4,847 |
 | Uganda | 55.67 | 25,386 |
 | South Sudan | 49.95 | 4,921 |
 | Mozambique | 48.86 | 16,273 |
 | Ghana | 48.49 | 16,131 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 41.89 | 2,563 |
 | Chad | 41.42 | 7,988 |
 | Angola | 39.02 | 14,079 |
 | Malawi | 38.82 | 8,048 |
 | Gabon | 31.80 | 609 |
 | Madagascar | 31.02 | 9,569 |
 | Zambia | 29.42 | 6,164 |
 | Gambia | 27.95 | 705 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 24.38 | 2,708 |
 | Solomon Islands | 22.46 | 193 |
 | Senegal | 22.15 | 4,149 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.37 | 442 |
 | Tanzania | 19.55 | 12,788 |
 | Rwanda | 19.14 | 2,667 |
 | Mauritania | 18.52 | 852 |
 | Yemen | 12.04 | 4,280 |
 | Ethiopia | 10.79 | 12,233 |
 | Djibouti | 9.22 | 128 |
 | Somalia | 8.50 | 1,858 |
 | Sudan | 7.65 | 2,868 |
 | Eritrea | 6.59 | 463 |
 | Kenya | 6.21 | 3,237 |
 | Guyana | 6.03 | 49 |
 | Haiti | 3.75 | 505 |
 | Comoros | 3.38 | 30 |
 | Pakistan | 3.37 | 8,217 |
 | Zimbabwe | 2.72 | 433 |
 | Namibia | 2.08 | 63 |
 | Myanmar | 1.71 | 983 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.49 | 3 |
 | India | 1.09 | 15,760 |
 | Venezuela | 0.83 | 212 |
 | Bangladesh | 0.50 | 866 |
 | Afghanistan | 0.37 | 133 |
 | Eswatini | 0.31 | 4 |
 | Colombia | 0.27 | 141 |
 | Nicaragua | 0.26 | 18 |
 | Cambodia | 0.18 | 32 |
 | Laos | 0.17 | 13 |
 | Botswana | 0.17 | 4 |
 | Indonesia | 0.14 | 399 |
 | South Africa | 0.05 | 31 |
 | Brazil | 0.04 | 87 |
 | Peru | 0.04 | 16 |
 | Bolivia | 0.04 | 5 |
 | Malaysia | 0.03 | 11 |
 | Dominican Republic | 0.02 | 2 |
 | Philippines | 0.01 | 12 |
 | Vietnam | 0.01 | 12 |
 | Honduras | 0.01 | 1 |
 | Panama | 0.01 | 0 |
 | Iran | 0 | |
 | Thailand | 1 | |
 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | |
 | Nepal | 0 | |
 | Guatemala | 0 | |
 | Ecuador | 1 | |
 | Timor-Leste | 0 | |
 | Bhutan | 0 | |
| Total | 669,705 |
- All data displayed are statistical projections based upon best available real-world data.
- Considerable differences exist between various estimates of malaria’s prevalence. For example, while the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that malaria causes more than 14% of all deaths in Niger, PMI Measure Malaria’s estimate charges malaria as the cause of more than 50% of the country’s deaths.
