WHS3_41 Diphtheria - number of reported cases
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Nigeria NGA · A36
Nigeria · Diphtheria
WHO GHO yearly series for Nigeria, 1974–2025. Years without a value in the source stay empty: they are never filled with zero or interpolated.
Latest
15,273
latest available: 2025
Peak
15,273
in 2025
Coverage
1974–2025
34 years with a value
Sources
1
WHO GHO
Series over time · Annual reported cases
- WHO GHO · Annual reported cases
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Data table (text alternative)
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,273 |
| 2024 | 10,595 |
| 2023 | 14,163 |
| 2022 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2019 | 2,289 |
| 2018 | 1,870 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2011 | 0 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2006 | 312 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2002 | 790 |
| 2001 | 2,468 |
| 2000 | 3,995 |
| 1999 | – |
| 1998 | 708 |
| 1997 | – |
| 1996 | 2,016 |
| 1995 | – |
| 1994 | 469 |
| 1993 | 2,042 |
| 1992 | 2,351 |
| 1991 | 2,849 |
| 1990 | 1,768 |
| 1989 | 5,039 |
| 1988 | 1,930 |
| 1987 | 715 |
| 1986 | 1,871 |
| 1985 | 1,996 |
| 1984 | 733 |
| 1983 | 275 |
| 1982 | 1,170 |
| 1981 | 164 |
| 1980 | 165 |
| 1979 | 274 |
| 1978 | 455 |
| 1977 | 1,050 |
| 1976 | 333 |
| 1975 | 32 |
| 1974 | 129 |
Source ledger
- WHO GHO
How to read
Reported counts depend on diagnosis, case definitions and reporting practice, so they cannot be compared across countries or used to rank them. A value of 0 means zero reported cases; an empty year means the source has no value.