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Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020

2020, as MAP’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020 covers 78 countries on 3 measures. Benin is highest, at 377.6731; Oman is lowest, at 0.0001. The middle country reads 51.3047. Against 2019, 77 values changed (37 up, 40 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum) · Data for 2020

HighestBenin

377.6731

LowestOman

0.0001

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), 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 78 countries · select a heading to sort

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020: every country, as published by Malaria Atlas Project (MAP).
BeninBENWestern Africa377.6731283.681808477.0200
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa368.8527188.073756545.6432
BurundiBDIEastern Africa345.8453251.129380447.2224
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa323.4494254.545302413.7028
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa320.2072258.541467394.3601
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa319.8649222.822738437.9141
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa316.9384178.239603471.5348
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa314.4147242.697494409.8433
GuineaGINWestern Africa304.4937236.927954398.3036
NigerNERWestern Africa303.8054201.986162422.3739
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa294.4535230.065371374.6098
MalawiMWIEastern Africa283.8395165.828467388.7505
TogoTGOWestern Africa281.9580189.644715379.7694
South SudanSSDEastern Africa281.8338187.281835387.8291
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa277.7102176.314034404.7570
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa263.9304195.861582348.7742
UgandaUGAEastern Africa254.6965196.253558330.1371
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa244.0015149.079037367.7612
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa243.2579173.525016349.6074
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa242.6587149.644699343.4109
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa234.1932184.069550293.0308
GhanaGHAWestern Africa219.8032164.984533278.2152
MaliMLIWestern Africa215.1845157.917530276.7292
ChadTCDMiddle Africa206.8516102.144085313.3773
GabonGABMiddle Africa193.2502139.631305244.8952

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Benin377.6731
  2. Central African Republic368.8527
  3. Burundi345.8453
  4. DR Congo323.4494
  5. Mozambique320.2072

Lowest

  1. Oman0.0001
  2. Iran0.0003
  3. Nepal0.0004
  4. Costa Rica0.0005
  5. Timor-Leste0.0039

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 51.3047. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 77values changed, of 77 in both
  • 37 · 40rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Comoros42.0908 → 10.3576−31.7332
  • Liberia300.6863 → 277.7102−22.9761
  • Benin399.4026 → 377.6731−21.7295
  • Guinea321.1974 → 304.4937−16.7037
  • Rwanda52.3976 → 39.4986−12.8989
+ Timor-Leste− Cabo Verde

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 2020.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 78 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) (2020). Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/falciparum-malaria-incidence/2020

0626 held

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07Questions

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest malaria incidence (falciparum) in Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020?

Benin, at 377.6731, of the 78 countries in the file.

What year does Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020 cover?

78.

Where can I download Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2020?

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), 2020 the newest?

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

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