Country rankings
Mosquito Deaths by Country
Nigeria has the highest Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME) in 2023 (216,719), followed by DR Congo (74,977) and Niger (30,864). Timor-Leste has the lowest (0.01).
78 of 235 countries
Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME), 2023
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 78 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
778
Middle half 16.5 – 8.2K
Average
8,586
78 countries
Lowest (best)
0.01
Timor-Leste
Highest (worst)
216,719
Nigeria
Over time · 2015–2023
The top 5 in 2023, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Timor-Leste
- Bhutan
- Iran
- Guatemala
- Nepal
Data
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78 countries · # = rank by Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME)
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Timor-Leste | 0.01 | — |
| 2 |  Bhutan | 0.02 | — |
| 3 |  Iran | 0.03 | — |
| 4 |  Guatemala | 0.07 | — |
| 5 |  Nepal | 0.22 | — |
| 6 |  Saudi Arabia | 0.23 | — |
| 7 |  Panama | 0.42 | 0.01 per 100k |
| 8 |  Ecuador | 0.85 | — |
| 9 |  Thailand | 1.02 | — |
| 10 |  Honduras | 1.24 | 0.01 per 100k |
| 11 |  Dominican Republic | 2.46 | 0.02 per 100k |
| 12 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 3.31 | 1.49 per 100k |
| 13 |  Eswatini | 3.65 | 0.31 per 100k |
| 14 |  Botswana | 4.16 | 0.17 per 100k |
| 15 |  Bolivia | 4.69 | 0.04 per 100k |
| 16 |  Malaysia | 10.55 | 0.03 per 100k |
| 17 |  Philippines | 11.92 | 0.01 per 100k |
| 18 |  Vietnam | 12.14 | 0.01 per 100k |
| 19 |  Laos | 12.53 | 0.17 per 100k |
| 20 |  Peru | 15.99 | 0.04 per 100k |
| 21 |  Nicaragua | 17.87 | 0.26 per 100k |
| 22 |  Comoros | 29.83 | 3.38 per 100k |
| 23 |  South Africa | 30.84 | 0.05 per 100k |
| 24 |  Cambodia | 31.57 | 0.18 per 100k |
| 25 |  Guyana | 49.23 | 6.03 per 100k |
| 26 |  Namibia | 62.75 | 2.08 per 100k |
| 27 |  Brazil | 86.96 | 0.04 per 100k |
| 28 |  Djibouti | 128 | 9.22 per 100k |
| 29 |  Afghanistan | 133 | 0.37 per 100k |
| 30 |  Colombia | 141 | 0.27 per 100k |
| 31 |  Solomon Islands | 193 | 22.46 per 100k |
| 32 |  Venezuela | 212 | 0.83 per 100k |
| 33 |  Indonesia | 399 | 0.14 per 100k |
| 34 |  Zimbabwe | 433 | 2.72 per 100k |
| 35 |  Guinea-Bissau | 442 | 20.37 per 100k |
| 36 |  Eritrea | 463 | 6.59 per 100k |
| 37 |  Haiti | 505 | 3.75 per 100k |
| 38 |  Gabon | 609 | 31.8 per 100k |
| 39 |  Gambia | 705 | 27.95 per 100k |
| 40 |  Mauritania | 852 | 18.52 per 100k |
| 41 |  Bangladesh | 866 | 0.5 per 100k |
| 42 |  Myanmar | 983 | 1.71 per 100k |
| 43 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1,165 | 71.61 per 100k |
| 44 |  Somalia | 1,858 | 8.5 per 100k |
| 45 |  Republic of the Congo | 2,563 | 41.89 per 100k |
| 46 |  Rwanda | 2,667 | 19.14 per 100k |
| 47 |  Papua New Guinea | 2,708 | 24.38 per 100k |
| 48 |  Sudan | 2,868 | 7.65 per 100k |
| 49 |  Kenya | 3,237 | 6.21 per 100k |
| 50 |  Senegal | 4,149 | 22.15 per 100k |
| 51 |  Yemen | 4,280 | 12.04 per 100k |
| 52 |  Togo | 4,847 | 56.66 per 100k |
| 53 |  Liberia | 4,866 | 84.85 per 100k |
| 54 |  South Sudan | 4,921 | 49.95 per 100k |
| 55 |  Central African Republic | 5,575 | 84.92 per 100k |
| 56 |  Zambia | 6,164 | 29.42 per 100k |
| 57 |  Chad | 7,988 | 41.42 per 100k |
| 58 |  Malawi | 8,048 | 38.82 per 100k |
| 59 |  Pakistan | 8,217 | 3.37 per 100k |
| 60 |  Madagascar | 9,569 | 31.02 per 100k |
| 61 |  Guinea | 9,783 | 69.02 per 100k |
| 62 |  Sierra Leone | 10,510 | 131.15 per 100k |
| 63 |  Ethiopia | 12,233 | 10.79 per 100k |
| 64 |  Benin | 12,687 | 89.24 per 100k |
| 65 |  Tanzania | 12,788 | 19.55 per 100k |
| 66 |  Burundi | 12,964 | 90.82 per 100k |
| 67 |  Angola | 14,079 | 39.02 per 100k |
| 68 |  India | 15,760 | 1.09 per 100k |
| 69 |  Ghana | 16,131 | 48.49 per 100k |
| 70 |  Mozambique | 16,273 | 48.86 per 100k |
| 71 |  Mali | 18,752 | 77.4 per 100k |
| 72 |  Burkina Faso | 21,128 | 87.05 per 100k |
| 73 |  Uganda | 25,386 | 55.67 per 100k |
| 74 |  Ivory Coast | 27,317 | 80.73 per 100k |
| 75 |  Cameroon | 28,205 | 83.25 per 100k |
| 76 |  Niger | 30,864 | 115.86 per 100k |
| 77 |  DR Congo | 74,977 | 79.55 per 100k |
| 78 |  Nigeria | 216,719 | 88.52 per 100k |
What correlates with Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME) (2023)?
Pearson r against 1,425 other country metrics sharing at least 47 countries. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME)?
- Nigeria has the highest Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME) in 2023, at 216,719, followed by DR Congo (74,977) and Niger (30,864).
- Which country has the lowest Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME)?
- Timor-Leste has the lowest Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME) in 2023, at 0.01.
- What is the median Est. Malaria Deaths (IHME) across countries?
- The median is 778 across the 78 countries with data in 2023.
- Where does this mosquito deaths by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Global Burden of Disease - Deaths and DALYs - Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; Global Health Observatory - World Health Organization; Malaria - Our World In Data.