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Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008

2008, as MAP’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008 covers 93 countries on 3 measures. Burkina Faso is highest, at 555.467953; Iraq is lowest, at 0.000011. The middle country reads 17.924031. Against 2007, 90 values changed (29 up, 61 down), 3 countries joined, 4 left.

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Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum) · Data for 2008

HighestBurkina Faso

555.467953

LowestIraq

0.000011

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 93 countries · select a heading to sort

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008: every country, as published by Malaria Atlas Project (MAP).
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa555.467953458.139426677.820129
BeninBENWestern Africa468.397922383.296598591.051889
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa464.490180320.216688611.052480
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa439.864384294.608340584.926486
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa431.889413351.257607535.594591
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa423.659714292.962898539.306675
UgandaUGAEastern Africa419.339692332.839657512.236608
TogoTGOWestern Africa395.201642302.125224524.449195
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa394.720375325.444352493.882323
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa392.789989323.725885487.617437
GuineaGINWestern Africa379.859170287.436509475.076159
MaliMLIWestern Africa377.397530294.539951465.540413
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa370.831542302.874376452.576715
MalawiMWIEastern Africa356.749209269.132755445.304114
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa356.632928274.828948462.395114
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa332.502899252.763700451.631979
NigerNERWestern Africa331.360118200.089278486.310478
GhanaGHAWestern Africa315.541820248.898042404.158117
BurundiBDIEastern Africa287.558840202.245632374.237911
South SudanSSDEastern Africa268.410097210.713381337.553241
ChadTCDMiddle Africa235.461730162.110527317.636464
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa227.610919174.007478285.953381
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa227.460526150.214155321.596265
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa174.284095129.705605225.061069
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa171.635831127.856223222.704544

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Burkina Faso555.467953
  2. Benin468.397922
  3. Central African Republic464.490180
  4. Nigeria439.864384
  5. DR Congo431.889413

Lowest

  1. Iraq0.000011
  2. Algeria0.000108
  3. Azerbaijan0.000109
  4. Georgia0.000182
  5. South Korea0.000222

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.924031. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (uncertainty interval)

    HighestBurkina Faso458.139426

    LowestIraq0.000011

    Middle country: 14.752074

  • Upper bound (uncertainty interval)

    HighestBurkina Faso677.820129

    LowestIraq0.000011

    Middle country: 21.651983

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −4countries joined / left
  • 90values changed, of 90 in both
  • 29 · 61rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Georgia+ Iraq+ South Korea− Argentina− Costa Rica− Mexico− Uzbekistan

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from MAP’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2008.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 93 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) (2008). Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/falciparum-malaria-incidence/2008

0626 held

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07Questions

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest malaria incidence (falciparum) in Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008?

Burkina Faso, at 555.467953, of the 93 countries in the file.

What year does Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008 cover?

93.

Where can I download Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2025.

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