CHOLERA_0000000001 Number of reported cases of cholera
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Enteric · ICD-10 A00
Cholera
WHO GHO annual reported cases; the latest data in this indicator stop at 2016, so it is historical context only.
countries/areas
71
Year
2012–2016
Latest year
Window
2016
Sources
1
2016 Latest available data in this source: 2016. This is older than most diseases here and is shown as historical context, not as the current situation.
Global distribution
Annual reported cases (latest available year)
Years can differ by country (see the Year column); diagnosis and reporting practices differ, so countries cannot be compared or ranked directly.
Country series pages
Yearly series pages exist for the 30 countries/areas with the largest recorded annual counts in this source; each page shows its own date coverage.
Countries/areas
Sorted by value, top 25
| Country/area | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 41,421 | 2016 |
| DR Congo | 28,093 | 2016 |
| Yemen | 15,751 | 2016 |
| Somalia | 15,619 | 2016 |
| Tanzania | 11,360 | 2016 |
| Kenya | 5,866 | 2016 |
| Iraq | 4,965 | 2015 |
| South Sudan | 4,295 | 2016 |
| Malawi | 1,792 | 2016 |
| Pakistan | 1,218 | 2014 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,159 | 2016 |
| Mozambique | 883 | 2016 |
| India | 841 | 2016 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 782 | 2016 |
| Nigeria | 768 | 2016 |
| Benin | 761 | 2016 |
| Afghanistan | 677 | 2016 |
| Uganda | 516 | 2016 |
| Namibia | 485 | 2014 |
| Burundi | 434 | 2016 |
| Sierra Leone | 377 | 2013 |
| Rwanda | 355 | 2016 |
| Malaysia | 244 | 2015 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 199 | 2015 |
| Zambia | 198 | 2012 |
Show all 71 countries/areas
| Ghana | 175 | 2016 |
| Nepal | 169 | 2016 |
| Burkina Faso | 143 | 2012 |
| Cameroon | 124 | 2015 |
| Philippines | 124 | 2016 |
| Iran | 86 | 2015 |
| Angola | 78 | 2016 |
| Cuba | 65 | 2015 |
| Thailand | 52 | 2016 |
| Liberia | 44 | 2014 |
| Niger | 38 | 2016 |
| Togo | 35 | 2015 |
| China | 27 | 2016 |
| Mali | 23 | 2013 |
| Central African Republic | 21 | 2012 |
| United Kingdom | 19 | 2016 |
| Congo | 15 | 2016 |
| United States | 14 | 2016 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 11 | 2014 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 2016 |
| Japan | 10 | 2016 |
| Bahrain | 8 | 2015 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 2015 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 2013 |
| South Korea | 4 | 2016 |
| Singapore | 2 | 2014 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2015 |
| Spain | 2 | 2015 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 2012 |
| Senegal | 1 | 2012 |
| South Africa | 1 | 2013 |
| Italy | 1 | 2013 |
| Israel | 1 | 2013 |
| Guinea | 1 | 2014 |
| Chile | 1 | 2014 |
| Russia | 1 | 2014 |
| Oman | 1 | 2015 |
| France | 1 | 2015 |
| Norway | 1 | 2015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 2015 |
| Mexico | 1 | 2015 |
| Australia | 1 | 2016 |
| Germany | 1 | 2016 |
| Denmark | 1 | 2016 |
| Canada | 1 | 2016 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2016 |
Related reading
Recent items from MMWR, Eurosurveillance, EID, China CDC Weekly and PLOS NTDs (titles and original links only; bodies are not republished).
China notifiable-disease monthly reports (links)
China CDC Weekly national notifiable infectious disease monthly report titles and links; case counts are not ingested here.
Source ledger
- WHO GHO
How to read
Years can differ by country (see the Year column); diagnosis and reporting practices differ, so countries cannot be compared or ranked directly.
Data are provisional and may be revised retrospectively; empty values mean not reported and are never filled with zero.