Did you know that rabies is not eradicated and kills thousands of people every year particularly in countries with limited access to post exposure vaccination?
This chart shows the total recorded number of human rabies deaths in the countries with the highest fatalities from 2019 to 2024 highlighting the ongoing impact of the disease. Note that rabies deaths are often under reported and the true number of fatalities may be higher than shown here.
Data source: Graph created using rabies data from the World Health Organization.
*These figures have not yet been formally peer reviewed and are intended as exploratory