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Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), 2021

2021, as MAP’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), 2021 covers 75 countries on 3 measures. Sierra Leone is highest, at 158.24377; Costa Rica is lowest, at 0.00000. The middle country reads 8.75022. Against 2020, 74 values changed (29 up, 45 down), 1 country joined, 4 left.

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Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum) · Data for 2021

HighestSierra Leone

158.24377

LowestCosta Rica

0.00000

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

Showing 25 of 75 countries · select a heading to sort

Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), 2021: every country, as published by Malaria Atlas Project (MAP).
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa158.2437764.521792265.0562
NigerNERWestern Africa142.9450166.455627241.5428
BurundiBDIEastern Africa121.2716648.908913189.6539
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa104.2356236.972101203.3477
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa100.6647844.680236205.5547
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa98.0093237.733762174.5523
BeninBENWestern Africa97.4091045.060012159.5166
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa94.8387443.151003167.7703
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa93.2163766.099248129.4796
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa87.7737557.773624137.0234
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa84.1775044.602777130.8045
GuineaGINWestern Africa79.2571147.630676136.8626
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa78.0852651.386851124.7544
MaliMLIWestern Africa76.2305944.635318125.8245
UgandaUGAEastern Africa73.8266622.054900128.2273
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa61.9740319.965073122.6545
TogoTGOWestern Africa60.8449016.853466123.2281
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa58.4490624.933391116.1941
South SudanSSDEastern Africa57.2294817.655770104.2180
GhanaGHAWestern Africa52.4212218.301011107.5921
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa46.7993018.89336192.3389
ChadTCDMiddle Africa44.6584120.92590286.3927
MalawiMWIEastern Africa43.6809810.283065104.3572
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa36.7197815.11045473.2959
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa36.497479.74232082.4055

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. Sierra Leone158.24377
  2. Niger142.94501
  3. Burundi121.27166
  4. Liberia104.23562
  5. Central African Republic100.66478

Lowest

  1. Costa Rica0.00000
  2. Oman0.00004
  3. Panama0.00071
  4. Nepal0.00076
  5. Thailand0.00099

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.75022. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (uncertainty interval)

    HighestNiger66.455627

    LowestCosta Rica0.000000

    Middle country: 3.455773

  • Upper bound (uncertainty interval)

    HighestSierra Leone265.0562

    LowestCosta Rica0.0000

    Middle country: 17.1304

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

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

  • +1 / −4countries joined / left
  • 74values changed, of 74 in both
  • 29 · 45rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Mali93.42477 → 76.23059−17.19418
  • Guinea95.62142 → 79.25711−16.36431
  • Liberia120.36193 → 104.23562−16.12631
  • Burkina Faso105.01417 → 93.21637−11.79780
  • Mauritania21.11751 → 9.60638−11.51113
+ Bhutan− Iran− 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 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 2021.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 75 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 Mortality (P. falciparum), 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/falciparum-malaria-mortality/2021

0625 held

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07Questions

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

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

Sierra Leone, at 158.24377, of the 75 countries in the file.

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

2021.

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

75.

Where can I download Malaria Mortality (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 Mortality (P. falciparum), 2021 the newest?

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

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