Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people by country

Confirmed neonatal tetanus cases per million.

Countries reporting
207
Highest
16.98 cases per million
Kenya
Lowest
0 cases per million
Tokelau
Median
0 cases per million
Years covered
51
1974–2024
Data points
7,819

What the numbers show

Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 16.98 cases per million in Kenya; the lowest is 0 cases per million in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 cases per million, and the mean is 0.6685 cases per million.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 2,076.9%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 100.0%).

Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kenya 16.98 cases per million 2024 up 2,076.9% volatile
2 Somalia 14.14 cases per million 2013 down 87.1% volatile
3 Uganda 13.72 cases per million 2024 up 493.9% volatile
4 Chad 13.55 cases per million 2024 up 24.9% volatile
5 Central African Republic 11.63 cases per million 2024 up 124.1% volatile
6 Guinea 10.23 cases per million 2024 up 56.4% volatile
7 Angola 7.79 cases per million 2024 up 1,012.9% volatile
8 Liberia 5.88 cases per million 2024 volatile
9 Fiji 4.33 cases per million 2023 volatile
10 South Sudan 4.18 cases per million 2023 up 86.6% volatile
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.75 cases per million 2024 up 46.5% volatile
12 Laos 2.96 cases per million 2024 up 8.8% falling
13 Mozambique 2.48 cases per million 2024 up 5.1% volatile
14 Madagascar 2.32 cases per million 2024 up 728.6% volatile
15 Congo 2.21 cases per million 2024 up 452.5% volatile
16 Benin 1.73 cases per million 2024 up 540.7% volatile
17 Yemen 1.5 cases per million 2024 down 33.3% volatile
18 East Timor 1.43 cases per million 2024 volatile
19 Cameroon 1.2 cases per million 2024 down 20.0% volatile
19 Pakistan 1.2 cases per million 2024 down 71.8% volatile
21 Comoros 1.15 cases per million 2024 volatile
22 Afghanistan 1.1 cases per million 2024 up 111.5% volatile
22 Haiti 1.1 cases per million 2024 up 279.3% volatile
24 Equatorial Guinea 1.06 cases per million 2024 volatile
25 Ethiopia 1.05 cases per million 2024 up 425.0% volatile
26 Philippines 0.99 cases per million 2024 up 11.2% volatile
27 Burundi 0.85 cases per million 2024 up 203.6% volatile
28 Gabon 0.79 cases per million 2024 volatile
29 Ghana 0.76 cases per million 2024 up 1,800.0% volatile
30 Mali 0.61 cases per million 2024 down 15.3% volatile
31 Togo 0.59 cases per million 2024 down 77.2% volatile
32 Malaysia 0.48 cases per million 2024 up 84.6% volatile
33 Guinea-Bissau 0.45 cases per million 2024 volatile
34 Cote d'Ivoire 0.38 cases per million 2024 down 22.4% volatile
34 Vietnam 0.38 cases per million 2024 up 2.7% volatile
36 Malawi 0.37 cases per million 2024 up 516.7% volatile
37 Namibia 0.33 cases per million 2024 down 80.9% volatile
37 Zambia 0.33 cases per million 2024 volatile
39 Bangladesh 0.23 cases per million 2024 down 66.7% volatile
39 Cambodia 0.23 cases per million 2024 down 80.3% volatile
41 Burkina Faso 0.21 cases per million 2024 up 31.2% volatile
42 Papua New Guinea 0.19 cases per million 2023 down 94.2% volatile
43 Lebanon 0.17 cases per million 2024 volatile
43 Nigeria 0.17 cases per million 2024 down 69.6% volatile
45 Indonesia 0.15 cases per million 2024 down 48.3% volatile
45 Tanzania 0.15 cases per million 2024 up 275.0% volatile
47 Myanmar 0.13 cases per million 2024 down 79.4% volatile
48 Saudi Arabia 0.12 cases per million 2024 up 71.4% volatile
48 Zimbabwe 0.12 cases per million 2024 volatile
50 Switzerland 0.11 cases per million 2023 volatile
51 South Africa 0.09 cases per million 2024 up 125.0% volatile
52 Morocco 0.08 cases per million 2018 down 68.0% volatile
53 India 0.05 cases per million 2024 down 86.5% volatile
54 Syria 0.04 cases per million 2024 volatile
54 Venezuela 0.04 cases per million 2022 up 33.3% volatile
56 Peru 0.03 cases per million 2024 unchanged volatile
57 Colombia 0.02 cases per million 2024 down 50.0% volatile
57 Egypt 0.02 cases per million 2024 down 77.8% volatile
59 China 0.01 cases per million 2024 down 96.8% volatile
59 Iran 0.01 cases per million 2024 unchanged volatile
59 Mexico 0.01 cases per million 2024 unchanged volatile
59 Thailand 0.01 cases per million 2024 down 66.7% volatile
63 Aruba 0 cases per million 2023 flat
63 Albania 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Andorra 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 United Arab Emirates 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Argentina 0 cases per million 2023 volatile
63 Armenia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 American Samoa 0 cases per million 2011 flat
63 Antigua and Barbuda 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Australia 0 cases per million 2021 flat
63 Austria 0 cases per million 2001 flat
63 Azerbaijan 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Belgium 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Bulgaria 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Bahrain 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Bahamas 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Belarus 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Belize 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Bermuda 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Bolivia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Brazil 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Barbados 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Brunei 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Bhutan 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Botswana 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Canada 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Chile 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Cape Verde 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Costa Rica 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Cuba 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Cayman Islands 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Cyprus 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Czechia 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Germany 0 cases per million 2000 flat
63 Djibouti 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Dominica 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Denmark 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Dominican Republic 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Algeria 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Ecuador 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Eritrea 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Spain 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Estonia 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Finland 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 France 0 cases per million 2023 flat
63 Micronesia (country) 0 cases per million 2023 volatile
63 United Kingdom 0 cases per million 2023 volatile
63 Georgia 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Gambia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Greece 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Grenada 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Guatemala 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Guam 0 cases per million 2023 volatile
63 Guyana 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Hong Kong 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Honduras 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Croatia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Hungary 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Iraq 0 cases per million 2024 down 100.0% volatile
63 Iceland 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Israel 0 cases per million 2022 volatile
63 Italy 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Jamaica 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Jordan 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Japan 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Kazakhstan 0 cases per million 2023 flat
63 Kyrgyzstan 0 cases per million 2023 flat
63 Kiribati 0 cases per million 2023 volatile
63 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 South Korea 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Kuwait 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Libya 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Saint Lucia 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Sri Lanka 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Lesotho 0 cases per million 2020 volatile
63 Lithuania 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Latvia 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Macao 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Monaco 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Moldova 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Maldives 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Marshall Islands 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 North Macedonia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Montenegro 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Mongolia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Northern Mariana Islands 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Mauritania 0 cases per million 2024 down 100.0% volatile
63 Mauritius 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 New Caledonia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Niger 0 cases per million 2024 down 100.0% volatile
63 Nicaragua 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Netherlands 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Norway 0 cases per million 2021 flat
63 Nepal 0 cases per million 2023 down 100.0% volatile
63 Nauru 0 cases per million 2019 volatile
63 New Zealand 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Oman 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Panama 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Palau 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Poland 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 North Korea 0 cases per million 2022 volatile
63 Portugal 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Paraguay 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Palestine 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 French Polynesia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Qatar 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Romania 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Russia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Rwanda 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Sudan 0 cases per million 2024 down 100.0% volatile
63 Senegal 0 cases per million 2024 down 100.0% volatile
63 Singapore 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Solomon Islands 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Sierra Leone 0 cases per million 2024 down 100.0% volatile
63 El Salvador 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 San Marino 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Serbia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Sao Tome and Principe 0 cases per million 2021 volatile
63 Suriname 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Slovakia 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Slovenia 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Sweden 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Eswatini 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Seychelles 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Tajikistan 0 cases per million 2021 flat
63 Turkmenistan 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Tonga 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Trinidad and Tobago 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Tunisia 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Turkey 0 cases per million 2023 volatile
63 Tuvalu 0 cases per million 2019 flat
63 Ukraine 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Uruguay 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 United States 0 cases per million 2023 volatile
63 Uzbekistan 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 British Virgin Islands 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Vanuatu 0 cases per million 2024 volatile
63 Samoa 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Anguilla 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Cook Islands 0 cases per million 2019 flat
63 Montserrat 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Niue 0 cases per million 2024 flat
63 Tokelau 0 cases per million 2019 flat

About this data

Indicator
Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people
Unit
cases per million
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
210 places, 7,819 data points, 1974–2024
Last refreshed

Confirmed neonatal tetanus cases per million.