Reported cases of guinea worm disease by country
Reported cases of guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis) as recorded by the WHO.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
4 cases
Ethiopia
Lowest
0 cases
Niue
Median
0 cases
Years covered
46
1980–2025
Data points
6,202
What the numbers show
Reported cases of guinea worm disease is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 4 cases in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0 cases in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 cases, and the mean is 0.0521 cases.
Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 100.0%).
Reported cases of guinea worm disease: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 4 cases | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Chad | 4 cases | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 3 | South Sudan | 2 cases | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Angola | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Albania | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Andorra | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Argentina | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Armenia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Australia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Austria | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Burundi | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Belgium | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Benin | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Bahrain | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Bahamas | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Belarus | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Belize | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Bolivia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Brazil | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Barbados | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Brunei | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Bhutan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Botswana | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Switzerland | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Chile | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | China | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Cameroon | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Congo | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Colombia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Comoros | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Cape Verde | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Cuba | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Cyprus | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Czechia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Germany | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Djibouti | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Dominica | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Denmark | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Algeria | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Ecuador | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Egypt | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Eritrea | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Spain | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Estonia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Finland | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Fiji | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | France | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Micronesia (country) | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Georgia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Ghana | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Guinea | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Gambia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Greece | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Grenada | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Greenland | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Guatemala | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Guyana | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Honduras | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Croatia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Haiti | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Indonesia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | India | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Iran | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Iraq | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Israel | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Italy | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Jamaica | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Jordan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Japan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Kenya | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Cambodia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Kiribati | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | South Korea | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Kuwait | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Laos | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Lebanon | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Liberia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Libya | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Lesotho | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Lithuania | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Latvia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Morocco | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Monaco | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Moldova | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Madagascar | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Maldives | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Mexico | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | North Macedonia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Mali | 0 cases | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Myanmar | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Montenegro | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Mozambique | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Mauritania | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Mauritius | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Malawi | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Malaysia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Namibia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Niger | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Norway | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Nepal | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Nauru | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | New Zealand | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Oman | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Pakistan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Panama | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Peru | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Philippines | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Palau | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Poland | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | North Korea | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Portugal | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Paraguay | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Qatar | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Romania | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Russia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Rwanda | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Sudan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Senegal | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | El Salvador | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | San Marino | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Somalia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Serbia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Suriname | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Slovakia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Slovenia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Sweden | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Eswatini | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Seychelles | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Syria | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Togo | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Thailand | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | East Timor | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Tonga | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Tunisia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Turkey | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Tanzania | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Uganda | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Ukraine | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | United States | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Venezuela | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Vietnam | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Samoa | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Yemen | 0 cases | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | South Africa | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Zambia | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Niue | 0 cases | 2025 | — | flat |
About this data
Reported cases of guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis) as recorded by the WHO.