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Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), 2008

2008, as MAP’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), 2008 covers 93 countries on 3 measures. Sierra Leone is highest, at 232.740486; Iraq is lowest, at 0.000000. The middle country reads 4.889772. Against 2007, 90 values changed (25 up, 65 down), 3 countries joined, 4 left.

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Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum) · Data for 2008

HighestSierra Leone

232.740486

LowestIraq

0.000000

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 Mortality (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 Mortality (P. falciparum), 2008: every country, as published by Malaria Atlas Project (MAP).
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa232.740486158.477365334.427215
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa212.006053147.176753283.617604
NigerNERWestern Africa176.52888083.604157290.153976
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa169.247199111.496723245.239175
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa164.584851113.131115218.415490
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa161.358707111.718819218.072135
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa157.94325290.361928244.447779
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa156.40364695.557554229.292935
UgandaUGAEastern Africa151.78134995.154304213.248579
MaliMLIWestern Africa147.94239684.810420237.935653
BeninBENWestern Africa138.31918092.847055194.163694
GuineaGINWestern Africa132.02506679.088835222.407024
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa132.01185172.762514245.412449
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa123.27196073.582781186.750870
GhanaGHAWestern Africa114.52210766.951167156.790054
BurundiBDIEastern Africa106.91486852.953561186.961464
TogoTGOWestern Africa96.95297457.805126147.492159
MalawiMWIEastern Africa84.04948345.989181135.574106
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa82.30000542.893845133.255570
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa78.94600038.725860139.775093
ChadTCDMiddle Africa65.65819337.234365113.097183
GambiaGMBWestern Africa64.30466739.182992100.327028
South SudanSSDEastern Africa63.46487135.805038112.914536
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa59.73375125.021900120.457542
SenegalSENWestern Africa57.37139429.07835796.130958

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. Sierra Leone232.740486
  2. Burkina Faso212.006053
  3. Niger176.528880
  4. Liberia169.247199
  5. DR Congo164.584851

Lowest

  1. Iraq0.000000
  2. Türkiye0.000000
  3. Azerbaijan0.000000
  4. South Korea0.000000
  5. Georgia0.000000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.889772. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (uncertainty interval)

    HighestSierra Leone158.477365

    LowestIraq0.000000

    Middle country: 2.387044

  • Upper bound (uncertainty interval)

    HighestSierra Leone334.427215

    LowestIraq0.000000

    Middle country: 9.320693

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
  • 25 · 65rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Angola98.112442 → 78.946000−19.166441
  • Mozambique100.245072 → 82.300005−17.945067
  • Burundi124.117930 → 106.914868−17.203061
  • Liberia185.076298 → 169.247199−15.829100
  • Cameroon171.142007 → 157.943252−13.198754
+ 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 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from MAP’s 2025 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 Mortality (P. falciparum), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/falciparum-malaria-mortality/2008

0625 held

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07Questions

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

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

Sierra Leone, at 232.740486, of the 93 countries in the file.

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

2008.

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

93.

Where can I download Malaria Mortality (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 Mortality (P. falciparum), 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), 2024.

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