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Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021

2021, as MAP’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021 covers 76 countries on 3 measures. Benin is highest, at 375.86343; Oman is lowest, at 0.00009. The middle country reads 47.67026. Against 2020, 75 values changed (31 up, 44 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum) · Data for 2021

HighestBenin

375.86343

LowestOman

0.00009

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), 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 76 countries · select a heading to sort

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021: every country, as published by Malaria Atlas Project (MAP).
BeninBENWestern Africa375.86343268.17219481.5095
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa357.89631171.22405537.5076
BurundiBDIEastern Africa351.20714240.67731460.7573
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa324.38509261.11857404.0789
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa318.01672240.13432388.9435
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa312.44839224.85976419.5223
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa311.73818253.57473385.2202
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa309.27619161.78708458.6030
NigerNERWestern Africa295.72654201.79552384.9258
GuineaGINWestern Africa294.88847226.41942378.6246
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa283.61966217.11496366.6279
MalawiMWIEastern Africa280.77108173.32162380.3089
TogoTGOWestern Africa278.16682197.43042385.8670
South SudanSSDEastern Africa275.46934181.49849373.6983
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa270.33333206.89778353.2281
UgandaUGAEastern Africa268.48165192.54969351.0637
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa260.32902158.80275390.8669
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa241.36146196.59477300.7836
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa237.88678169.34239335.2728
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa235.02411150.41368320.9548
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa216.21375149.56721288.9690
GhanaGHAWestern Africa212.55401157.91808267.9476
MaliMLIWestern Africa207.10810155.40221274.7552
ChadTCDMiddle Africa205.54411107.82949302.9190
GabonGABMiddle Africa193.78471139.92166252.9871

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Benin375.86343
  2. Central African Republic357.89631
  3. Burundi351.20714
  4. DR Congo324.38509
  5. Burkina Faso318.01672

Lowest

  1. Oman0.00009
  2. Nepal0.00010
  3. Iran0.00029
  4. Vietnam0.00150
  5. Panama0.00315

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 47.67026. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (uncertainty interval)

    HighestBenin268.17219

    LowestOman0.00000

    Middle country: 30.87697

  • Upper bound (uncertainty interval)

    HighestCentral African Republic537.5076

    LowestNepal0.0001

    Middle country: 63.8281

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −3countries joined / left
  • 75values changed, of 75 in both
  • 31 · 44rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bhutan− Saudi Arabia− Timor-Leste− Vanuatu

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 2021.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 76 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) (2021). Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/falciparum-malaria-incidence/2021

0626 held

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07Questions

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest malaria incidence (falciparum) in Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021?

Benin, at 375.86343, of the 76 countries in the file.

What year does Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021 cover?

76.

Where can I download Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), 2021?

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), 2021 the newest?

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

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