Countries with the largest number of new malaria cases worldwide 2016

Leading 20 countries based on number of new malaria cases in 2016 (per 1,000 population at risk)

The data displays the 20 countries with the biggest number of new malaria cases per 1,000 inhabitants at risk in 2016. In that year, more than 459 among one thousand inhabitants in Mali developed malaria. Thus, Mali had the highest malaria rate in the world. As of 2015, malaria remained the most serious of the mosquito-borne diseases for at-risk populations worldwide.

Mali 459.7
Burkina Faso 423.3
Rwanda 392.7
Guinea 386.5
Niger 378.9
Togo 360.4
Nigeria 349.6
Central African Republic 311.6
Mozambique 307.8
Sierra Leone 303.5
Benin 297.3
DR Congo 291.9
Ghana 285.6
Cameroon 271.3
Malawi 249.1
Equatorial Guinea 238.8
Liberia 237
Côte d’Ivoire 223.2
Gabon 206.2
Congo 204.7
Zambia 189.8