Progress

Globally, there were an estimated 241 million malaria cases in 2020 in 85 malaria-endemic countries.
In the period 2000–2020, an estimated 1.7 billion malaria cases and 10.6 million malaria deaths have been averted.
Malaria case incidence (i.e. cases per 1000 population at risk) reduced from 80.1 in 2000 to 59 in 2020 globally.
From 2000 to 2020, the number of countries with fewer than 100 indigenous cases increased from 6 to 26.