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Malaria deaths by world region

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Source
World Health Organization (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
February 21, 2022
Date range
2000–2020

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This data is based on the following sources

World Health Organization – World malaria report 2021

Values for estimated malaria deaths are the point values taken from the World Malaria Report 2021. The regional values are found in the following tables: Africa (Table 3.2), South-East Asia (Table 3.3), Eastern Mediterranean (Table 3.4), Western Pacific (Table 3.5), Americas (Table 3.6) and Europe (Section 3.7).

There is some rounding of the figures for each of the regions, so that the sum doesn't quite add up to the values in the global estimates, which is also rounded. For example their estimate of global malaria deaths is 627000, but the regions sum to 626909.

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This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
World malaria report 2021. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Values for estimated malaria deaths are the point values taken from the World Malaria Report 2021. The regional values are found in the following tables: Africa (Table 3.2), South-East Asia (Table 3.3), Eastern Mediterranean (Table 3.4), Western Pacific (Table 3.5), Americas (Table 3.6) and Europe (Section 3.7).

There is some rounding of the figures for each of the regions, so that the sum doesn't quite add up to the values in the global estimates, which is also rounded. For example their estimate of global malaria deaths is 627000, but the regions sum to 626909.

Retrieved on
February 21, 2022
Retrieved from
https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1398397/retrieve
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
World malaria report 2021. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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“Data Page: Malaria deaths by world region”. Our World in Data (2026). Data adapted from World Health Organization. Retrieved from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260512-085513/grapher/global-malaria-deaths-by-world-region.html [online resource] (archived on May 12, 2026).

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World Health Organization (2021) – processed by Our World in Data

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World Health Organization (2021) – processed by Our World in Data. “Malaria deaths by world region” [dataset]. World Health Organization, “World malaria report 2021” [original data]. Retrieved May 12, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260512-085513/grapher/global-malaria-deaths-by-world-region.html (archived on May 12, 2026).

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