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New cases of meningitis per 100,000 people
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
34.3new cases per 100,000 people
Median: 12.7new cases per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
239.3new cases per 100,000 people
Lowest
South Korea
1.9new cases per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria239.3new cases per 100,000 people
2Chad230.6new cases per 100,000 people
3Niger222.9new cases per 100,000 people
4South Sudan208.5new cases per 100,000 people
5Somalia207.8new cases per 100,000 people
By Region
Africa78.7new cases per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Other44.7new cases per 100,000 people(124 countries)
Asia15.6new cases per 100,000 people(26 countries)
Europe8.3new cases per 100,000 people(32 countries)
South America7.2new cases per 100,000 people(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1.9new cases per 100,000 people)High (239.3new cases per 100,000 people)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 34.3new cases per 100,000 people)
Africa (9)
Other (124)
Asia (26)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 239.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 2 | Chad | 230.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 3 | Niger | 222.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 4 | South Sudan | 208.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 5 | Somalia | 207.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 182.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 7 | Guinea | 180.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 156.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 9 | Mali | 151.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 141.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 11 | Eritrea | 135.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 12 | Burundi | 118.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 13 | Mozambique | 117.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 14 | Togo | 108.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 15 | Madagascar | 106.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 16 | Republic of The Gambia | 105.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 17 | Kenya | 102.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 18 | Liberia | 101.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 19 | Malawi | 99.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 98.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 21 | Zambia | 97.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 22 | Benin | 97.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 23 | Senegal | 94.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 24 | Cameroon | 94.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 25 | Angola | 94.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 92.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 91.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 91.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 29 | Uganda | 87.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 30 | Comoros | 86.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 31 | Ghana | 84.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 82.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 33 | Djibouti | 80.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 77.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 35 | Rwanda | 76.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 36 | Cape Verde | 76.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 37 | Lesotho | 66.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 38 | Kiribati | 65.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 39 | Mauritania | 64.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 40 | United Republic of Tanzania | 64.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 41 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 60.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 42 | Republic of the Congo | 57.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 43 | Afghanistan | 55.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 44 | Gabon | 54.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 45 | Haiti | 52.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 50.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 47 | Eswatini | 48.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 48 | South Africa | 45.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 49 | Pakistan | 41.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 50 | Namibia | 37.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 30.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 52 | Tonga | 30.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 53 | Yemen | 28.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 55 | Timor-Leste | 28.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 56 | Botswana | 27.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 57 | India | 25.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 23.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 59 | Lebanon | 23.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 60 | Mongolia | 23.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 61 | Northern Mariana Islands | 23.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 62 | Tokelau | 23.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 22.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 64 | Cook Islands | 21.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 65 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 66 | Jordan | 20.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 67 | Guam | 20.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 68 | Samoa | 20.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 69 | Tuvalu | 20.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 70 | Myanmar | 20.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 71 | Egypt | 20.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 72 | Nauru | 19.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 73 | Cuba | 19.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 74 | Nepal | 19.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 75 | Seychelles | 18.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 76 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 18.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 77 | American Samoa | 18.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 78 | Sudan | 17.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 79 | Turkmenistan | 17.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 80 | Marshall Islands | 17.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 81 | Iraq | 17.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 82 | Indonesia | 17.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 16.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 84 | Solomon Islands | 16.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 16.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 86 | Suriname | 16.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 15.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 89 | Fiji | 15.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 91 | Bhutan | 14.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 14.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 93 | Lithuania | 14.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 94 | Belarus | 14.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 95 | Estonia | 14.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 96 | Greenland | 13.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 97 | Niue | 13.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 98 | Dominica | 13.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 99 | Georgia | 13.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 100 | Portugal | 13.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 101 | Thailand | 12.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 102 | Denmark | 12.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 103 | Belize | 12.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 104 | Russian Federation | 12.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 105 | Iceland | 12.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 106 | Palau | 12.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 107 | Jamaica | 12.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 108 | Tunisia | 12.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 109 | Moldova, Republic of | 12.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 110 | Barbados | 12.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 111 | Armenia | 11.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 113 | Philippines | 11.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 114 | Algeria | 11.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 115 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 11.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 117 | State of Palestine | 11.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 118 | Morocco | 11.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 119 | Grenada | 11.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 120 | Norway | 11.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 121 | Ukraine | 11.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 122 | Cambodia | 11.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 123 | Latvia | 10.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 125 | Libya | 10.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 10.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 127 | Venezuela | 10.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 128 | Greece | 9.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 129 | Guyana | 9.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 130 | Argentina | 9.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 131 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 9.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 132 | Paraguay | 9.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 133 | Kuwait | 9.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 134 | Brazil | 9.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 135 | Bermuda | 9.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 136 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 9.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 137 | Malaysia | 9.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 138 | Bahamas | 9.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 139 | Slovenia | 9.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 140 | Bolivia | 9.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 141 | Czech Republic | 8.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | 8.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 143 | New Zealand | 8.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 144 | Mauritius | 8.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 145 | Malta | 8.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 147 | Finland | 8.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 148 | Croatia | 8.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 8.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 150 | Belgium | 8.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 151 | Switzerland | 8.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 152 | Montenegro | 7.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 153 | Qatar | 7.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 154 | Slovakia | 7.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 155 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 7.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 156 | Israel | 7.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 7.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 158 | Monaco | 7.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 159 | Sweden | 7.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 160 | Ireland | 7.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 161 | United Kingdom | 7.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 162 | Uruguay | 7.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 163 | North Korea | 7.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 7.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 165 | Hungary | 7.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 166 | Honduras | 7.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 167 | Oman | 6.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 168 | Maldives | 6.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 169 | Chile | 6.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 170 | Taiwan, Province of China | 6.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 171 | Panama | 6.8new cases per 100,000 people |
| 172 | Bulgaria | 6.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 173 | San Marino | 6.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 174 | Japan | 6.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 175 | Nicaragua | 6.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 176 | Austria | 6.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 177 | Guatemala | 6.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 178 | Germany | 6.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 179 | Ecuador | 6.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 180 | Netherlands | 6.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 181 | Colombia | 5.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 182 | Romania | 5.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 183 | Albania | 5.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 184 | Italy | 5.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 185 | Spain | 5.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 186 | Andorra | 5.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 187 | El Salvador | 5.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 188 | Vietnam | 5.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 189 | Peru | 5.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 190 | Costa Rica | 5.3new cases per 100,000 people |
| 191 | Serbia | 5.2new cases per 100,000 people |
| 192 | Mexico | 5.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 193 | Canada | 4.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 194 | Poland | 4.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 195 | Türkiye | 4.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 196 | People's Republic of China | 4.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 197 | Bahrain | 4.1new cases per 100,000 people |
| 198 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.0new cases per 100,000 people |
| 199 | United States of America | 3.9new cases per 100,000 people |
| 200 | France | 3.7new cases per 100,000 people |
| 201 | Cyprus | 3.5new cases per 100,000 people |
| 202 | Australia | 2.6new cases per 100,000 people |
| 203 | Singapore | 2.4new cases per 100,000 people |
| 204 | South Korea | 1.9new cases per 100,000 people |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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