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Malaria incidence (falciparum) by country

How often do people fall ill with falciparum malaria?

Of the 75 countries compared in 2025, Oman had the lowest reading, 0.0001, and Benin had the highest reading, 334.7472. In the middle country the figure was 52.4723. Among the 70 countries measured in every edition since 2000, the middle one moved from 121.6749 to 65.9582.

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Malaria incidence (falciparum) · 2025

Context statistic

Lowest of 75Oman

0.0001

012025 · values only

Who leads

The three countries at the lowest end of 75 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.

  1. 1

    Oman

    Western Asia

    0.0001

    Photo: Alfred Weidinger from Vienna, Austria derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY 2.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Cambodia

    South-eastern Asia

    0.0002

    Photo: Chris · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Nepal

    Southern Asia

    0.0006

    Photo: Laxman Thapa from Nepal derivative work: Inkey · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale

Highest in 2025

  1. Benin334.7472
  2. Burkina Faso334.0260
  3. Central African Republic332.7589

Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.

Lowest on each continent

02Every measured country

Malaria incidence (falciparum) on a map

Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.

All regions

Darker is a lower value — the better end.

  • 251.4495–334.7472
  • 104.0848–251.2369
  • 19.8698–103.7713
  • 0.2335–16.8431
  • 0.0001–0.2049
  • No reading in 2025 (26 measured in an earlier edition)
  • Asia

    0.2049

    the middle country, of 15 measured · 52 members

    Oman0.0001

    Yemen45.7197

    Lowest and highest reading in Asia.

  • Americas

    0.2335

    the middle country, of 13 measured · 48 members

    Panama0.0046

    Guyana19.8698

    Lowest and highest reading in Americas.

  • Africa

    189.1151

    the middle country, of 45 measured · 55 members

    South Africa0.1863

    Benin334.7472

    Lowest and highest reading in Africa.

  • Oceania

    2 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

    Solomon Islands103.7713

    Papua New Guinea114.2485

    Lowest and highest reading in Oceania.

12 sub-regions, lowest middle country first
  • South-eastern Asia

    0.0234

    the middle country, of 7 measured · 11 members

    Cambodia0.0002

    Indonesia2.5875

    Lowest and highest reading in South-eastern Asia.

  • South America

    0.4042

    the middle country, of 7 measured · 12 members

    Ecuador0.0090

    Guyana19.8698

    Lowest and highest reading in South America.

  • Southern Asia

    0.5970

    the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members

    Nepal0.0006

    Pakistan16.8431

    Lowest and highest reading in Southern Asia.

  • Eastern Africa

    117.8990

    the middle country, of 16 measured · 19 members

    Zimbabwe21.8207

    Burundi321.8088

    Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Africa.

  • Middle Africa

    224.2641

    the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members

    São Tomé and Príncipe33.4555

    Central African Republic332.7589

    Lowest and highest reading in Middle Africa.

  • Western Africa

    235.8157

    the middle country, of 15 measured · 16 members

    Mauritania56.4402

    Benin334.7472

    Lowest and highest reading in Western Africa.

  • Caribbean

    2 of 24 measured — too few for a middle: Dominican Republic, Haiti.

    Dominican Republic0.0630

    Haiti13.1528

    Lowest and highest reading in Caribbean.

  • Central America

    4 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

    Panama0.0046

    Nicaragua0.1372

    Lowest and highest reading in Central America.

  • Melanesia

    2 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

    Solomon Islands103.7713

    Papua New Guinea114.2485

    Lowest and highest reading in Melanesia.

  • Northern Africa

    1 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Sudan.

    Sudan80.5885

    Lowest and highest reading in Northern Africa.

  • Southern Africa

    4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa.

    South Africa0.1863

    Namibia8.7209

    Lowest and highest reading in Southern Africa.

  • Western Asia

    2 of 19 measured — too few for a middle: Oman, Yemen.

    Oman0.0001

    Yemen45.7197

    Lowest and highest reading in Western Asia.

03The whole field at once

The spread

75 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 52.4723; a quarter are above 226.6026, and a quarter below 0.4200. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.

0.0010.010.1110100Africa45 comparedSouth Africa: 0.1863Botswana: 0.4358Eswatini: 1.2052Namibia: 8.7209Zimbabwe: 21.8207Eritrea: 31.4259São Tomé and Príncipe: 33.4555Rwanda: 38.3937Djibouti: 51.3652Somalia: 52.4723Mauritania: 56.4402Senegal: 60.0680Kenya: 71.8485Sudan: 80.5885Comoros: 82.2762Gambia: 101.0374Guinea-Bissau: 104.0848Ethiopia: 110.3825Madagascar: 125.4156Tanzania: 131.1831Liberia: 170.3601Ghana: 186.3036Gabon: 189.1151Chad: 200.0181Republic of the Congo: 215.2878Equatorial Guinea: 224.2641Mali: 228.9411Togo: 235.8157South Sudan: 246.0417Cameroon: 251.2369Uganda: 251.4495Angola: 251.9807Niger: 260.8576Côte d’Ivoire: 262.4434Zambia: 266.3802Sierra Leone: 266.4762Nigeria: 267.5016Guinea: 276.5494DR Congo: 283.3795Malawi: 285.0009Mozambique: 285.3423Burundi: 321.8088Central African Republic: 332.7589Burkina Faso: 334.0260Benin: 334.7472South Africa 0.1863Benin 334.7472Americas13 comparedPanama: 0.0046Ecuador: 0.0090Honduras: 0.0491Dominican Republic: 0.0630Costa Rica: 0.0759Nicaragua: 0.1372Brazil: 0.2335Bolivia: 0.3248Peru: 0.4042Colombia: 1.7935Venezuela: 2.2016Haiti: 13.1528Guyana: 19.8698Panama 0.0046Guyana 19.8698Asia15 comparedOman: 0.0001Cambodia: 0.0002Nepal: 0.0006Vietnam: 0.0017Iran: 0.0071Thailand: 0.0137Laos: 0.0234Philippines: 0.2049Bangladesh: 0.2690India: 0.9250Afghanistan: 1.3891Myanmar: 2.3406Indonesia: 2.5875Pakistan: 16.8431Yemen: 45.7197Oman 0.0001Yemen 45.7197Oceania2 comparedSolomon Islands: 103.7713Papua New Guinea: 114.2485Solomon Islands 103.7713 · Papua New Guinea 114.2485middle country 52.4723

Log scale: each gridline is ten times the one before, so countries of very different sizes can be seen on one line.

04All 101 ever measured

Every country

In order, lowest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Only countries where falciparum malaria has been transmitted since 2000 appear. A country missing from the table is not a country with a zero: MAP's data cannot tell 'no transmission' from 'no estimate', so neither is shown as a reading. The other main parasite, P. vivax, is not counted here, so the figure understates malaria where vivax is common, as in much of Asia and Latin America.

The raw table

Showing 25 of 101 countries

  1. OmanWestern Asia0.0001range 0.0000–0.0008
  2. CambodiaSouth-eastern Asia0.0002range 0.0000–0.0006
  3. NepalSouthern Asia0.0006range 0.0001–0.0023
  4. VietnamSouth-eastern Asia0.0017range 0.0002–0.0034
  5. PanamaCentral America0.0046range 0.0000–0.0191
  6. IranSouthern Asia0.0071range 0.0006–0.0271
  7. EcuadorSouth America0.0090range 0.0000–0.0576
  8. ThailandSouth-eastern Asia0.0137range 0.0067–0.0250
  9. LaosSouth-eastern Asia0.0234range 0.0000–0.0601
  10. HondurasCentral America0.0491range 0.0067–0.1747
  11. Dominican RepublicCaribbean0.0630range 0.0132–0.1842
  12. Costa RicaCentral America0.0759range 0.0000–0.1964
  13. NicaraguaCentral America0.1372range 0.0000–0.6453
  14. South AfricaSouthern Africa0.1863range 0.0000–0.5987
  15. PhilippinesSouth-eastern Asia0.2049range 0.0001–1.1276
  16. BrazilSouth America0.2335range 0.1204–0.3906
  17. BangladeshSouthern Asia0.2690range 0.1224–0.5098
  18. BoliviaSouth America0.3248range 0.1651–0.5549
  19. PeruSouth America0.4042range 0.0423–0.9417
  20. BotswanaSouthern Africa0.4358range 0.0000–2.0719
  21. IndiaSouthern Asia0.9250range 0.3392–1.7094
  22. EswatiniSouthern Africa1.2052range 0.0865–2.5039
  23. AfghanistanSouthern Asia1.3891range 0.5678–2.8258
  24. ColombiaSouth America1.7935range 0.8845–2.8269
  25. VenezuelaSouth America2.2016range 1.6091–2.9485

Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.

052000–2025 · 26 reference years

Over time

Each point is one year from 2000, all re-estimated together in MAP's newest release to carry this measure, and the shaded band is the uncertainty MAP publishes around each estimate. A falling line means fewer cases per person, not necessarily fewer cases in total, because populations grow.

5010015020025030020002004200820122016202020242025AfricaAmericasAsia
  • the middle country
  • the middle half of countries
  • the middle of the 70 countries measured every time
  • each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
YearCountriesMiddle countryMiddle halfMeasured every time
20257552.47230.4200 – 226.602665.9582
20247549.56430.2908 – 230.714164.4660
20237744.02000.3290 – 228.456856.2629
20227645.75610.4152 – 226.736256.5190
20217647.67030.4577 – 235.739858.5878
20207851.30470.3012 – 240.542361.0926
20197844.61390.4111 – 236.141654.6118
20188039.48050.4744 – 224.444360.0137
20178042.59551.2632 – 223.926160.4519
20168123.73620.5205 – 228.665655.9711
20158217.39100.2740 – 234.677857.1426
20148319.06480.6084 – 224.911146.9557
20138529.80650.4773 – 227.562372.1032
20128725.98830.2315 – 215.245463.1787
20118728.04290.3525 – 221.817173.0926
20108732.33990.5421 – 204.499675.8965
20099220.11290.3748 – 173.284570.3240
20089317.92400.3842 – 174.284173.2669
20079417.02040.4176 – 197.083281.8408
20069614.72700.5084 – 225.798380.4379
20059224.84990.5396 – 255.249381.4822
20049619.50400.4607 – 275.250584.3359
20039626.07670.4474 – 288.7986106.0149
20029630.41490.7034 – 301.711897.0094
20019628.17970.7557 – 323.1821110.6828
20009729.38160.7780 – 333.6316121.6749

062024 → 2025

Who rose and fell

The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.

Improved most

before → after
  1. Benin352.0659 → 334.7472−17.3187
  2. Togo249.7930 → 235.8157−13.9772
  3. DR Congo296.8993 → 283.3795−13.5198
  4. Uganda263.6339 → 251.4495−12.1844
  5. Niger272.5680 → 260.8576−11.7104

Worsened most

before → after
  1. Gambia83.4205 → 101.0374+17.6169
  2. Ethiopia96.2717 → 110.3825+14.1108
  3. Djibouti37.3383 → 51.3652+14.0269
  4. Solomon Islands90.0333 → 103.7713+13.7380
  5. Papua New Guinea101.3783 → 114.2485+12.8701

75 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025.

07Across every edition

Malaria incidence (falciparum) in records

The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.

08The measure

About malaria incidence (falciparum)

Malaria incidence is the number of new clinical cases of falciparum malaria — the deadliest of the malaria parasites — per 1,000 people each year. The figures are modelled by the Malaria Atlas Project from parasite surveys and health-system case reports, which is why every endemic country has an estimate for every year, even where few cases are ever recorded.

What the number is: New P. falciparum malaria cases per 1,000 people per year.

09Where it fits

Connections

Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.

All statistics

In the Country Index

Context, with no vote

This statistic is published in full under Health & Wellbeing and Development & Human Capital, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.

Health & WellbeingDevelopment & Human CapitalWhich statistics vote, and why

Moves with

Where malaria incidence (falciparum) is higher, these tend to be higher too.

No statistic lines up this closely.

Moves against

Where malaria incidence (falciparum) is higher, these tend to be lower.

No statistic lines up this closely.

Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 0 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.

On the same subject

10Keep reading

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11Questions

Malaria incidence (falciparum): questions and answers

Which country has the lowest malaria incidence (falciparum)?

Oman, at 0.0001, among the 75 countries compared in 2025.

Which country has the highest malaria incidence (falciparum)?

Benin, at 334.7472, among the 75 countries compared in 2025.

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

75 in 2025, and 101 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 75 to 97 between editions.

What is the world average malaria incidence (falciparum)?

This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 75 compared in 2025, the figure was 52.4723.

Is this Malaria Atlas Project (MAP)’s own ranking?

No ranking is shown. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.

How often is the Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum) published?

This site holds 26 reference years, 2000–2025, all recalculated in Malaria Atlas Project (MAP)’s 2026 report on one method — not 26 separate publications.

Where does the data come from, and can I download it?

From Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), under CC BY 3.0. From the Malaria Atlas Project's own Trends API (national estimates, with their uncertainty bounds). MAP serves the rate per person; the decimal point has been moved to its documented unit, cases per 1,000 people, without changing a digit. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.

12Method

Sources, method and citation

Source

Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum) — Malaria Atlas Project (MAP)

From the Malaria Atlas Project's own Trends API (national estimates, with their uncertainty bounds). MAP serves the rate per person; the decimal point has been moved to its documented unit, cases per 1,000 people, without changing a digit.

Newest edition

Report year 2025Data year 2025

Cite the source as: Malaria Atlas Project. Plasmodium falciparum clinical incidence rate, national (admin0) estimates, release 202608. https://data.malariaatlas.org/. Accessed 29 September 2026.

Licence: CC BY 3.0, checked 2026-09-29.

The full 2025 table, row for row

How this page reads the numbers

  • No rank or position is shown: Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
  • Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
  • A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
  • Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.

The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.

Photographs

The countries at the top of this statistic, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Malaria incidence (falciparum) by country: Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), data from Malaria Atlas Project (MAP). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/falciparum-malaria-incidence

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