Mali vs Tanzania: Number of people treated for river blindness

Mali
5.51 million People
in 2024
Tanzania
5.91 million People
in 2024
Mali rank
8th
Tanzania rank
7th

Number of people treated for river blindness over time

  • Mali
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 5.91 million People against 5.51 million People in Mali, a difference of 406,060 People.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Mali ahead.

Mali ranks 8th and Tanzania ranks 7th of 33 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of people treated for river blindness
Unit
People
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
33 places, 538 data points, 2005–2024
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