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Diphtheria - number of reported cases

Name: Diphtheria - number of reported cases by country, 2025
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Diphtheria - number of reported cases league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Nigeria	15,273	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3,622	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	India	3,249	South Asia	Lower middle income
4	Niger	1,592	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Yemen, Rep.	1,447	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
6	Mauritania	1,273	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	Algeria	775	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
8	Mali	712	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Pakistan	562	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
10	South Africa	314	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
11	Indonesia	254	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
12	Sudan	186	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Philippines	117	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
14	Madagascar	107	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Myanmar	107	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
16	Guinea	72	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Central African Republic	66	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Haiti	62	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
19	Congo, Dem. Rep.	61	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Thailand	60	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
21	Germany	53	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	France	44	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Australia	26	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Switzerland	24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Malaysia	21	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
26	Belgium	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	United Kingdom	15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Uganda	10	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Czechia	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Iraq	8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
31	Netherlands	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Slovak Republic	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Afghanistan	5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
34	Canada	5	North America	High income
35	Brazil	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
36	Chad	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	New Zealand	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
38	Viet Nam	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
39	Austria	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Sweden	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Spain	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Cambodia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
43	Poland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Italy	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Luxembourg	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Burkina Faso	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Norway	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Latvia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Greece	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Guyana	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
51	Slovenia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Lithuania	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Zimbabwe	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Tunisia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
55	Venezuela, RB	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
56	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
57	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	El Salvador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Sierra Leone	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Solomon Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
61	Senegal	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Saudi Arabia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
63	Russian Federation	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Romania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Qatar	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
66	West Bank and Gaza	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
67	Paraguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
68	Portugal	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Papua New Guinea	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
70	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
71	Peru	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Panama	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Oman	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
74	Nicaragua	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
75	Malawi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Mauritius	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
77	Mongolia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
78	Montenegro	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
80	North Macedonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Marshall Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
82	Mexico	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Maldives	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
84	Moldova	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Uruguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Vanuatu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
87	Macao SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
88	Lesotho	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Sri Lanka	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
90	St. Lucia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Libya	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
92	Lebanon	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Lao PDR	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
94	Kuwait	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
95	Korea, Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
96	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
97	Kiribati	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
98	Kyrgyz Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
99	Kazakhstan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Japan	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Jordan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
103	Uzbekistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
104	Kosovo	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
105	Jamaica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
106	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
108	Ireland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Hungary	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Croatia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Honduras	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
112	Hong Kong SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
113	Guatemala	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Grenada	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Guinea-Bissau	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
116	Ukraine	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Gambia, The	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	Ghana	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Georgia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Finland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Ethiopia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
125	Ecuador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	Dominican Republic	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Dominica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129	Djibouti	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
130	Cyprus	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Cayman Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Cuba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
133	Costa Rica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
134	Cabo Verde	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
135	Colombia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
136	Cameroon	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
137	Cote d'Ivoire	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	China	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
139	Chile	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
140	Botswana	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
141	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
142	Brunei Darussalam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
143	Barbados	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
144	Bolivia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
145	Bermuda	0	North America	High income
146	Belize	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Belarus	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
148	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	Bahamas, The	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
150	Bahrain	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
151	Bulgaria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	Bangladesh	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
153	Benin	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
154	Azerbaijan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
155	Antigua and Barbuda	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
156	Armenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
157	Argentina	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
158	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
159	Andorra	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Albania	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
161	Angola	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Serbia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
164	Timor-Leste	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
165	Turkiye	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
166	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
167	Suriname	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
168	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
169	Tonga	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
170	Togo	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Seychelles	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
172	Trinidad and Tobago	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
173	British Virgin Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income

Diphtheria - number of reported cases