Dengue in Ethiopia
Country profile for Ethiopia (Africa): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Ethiopia reported 2,323 dengue cases from January to July 2026, -3.2% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to July: 5 (11 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2024, the last full year, Ethiopia recorded 4,016 cases, an incidence of 3.0 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.000%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for July 2026: Normal, because CUSUM detects a sustained rise since April 2026.
- Cases usually peak in April (based on 2 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 5 months; the most recent was July 2026 with 328 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Ethiopia since 2024.
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Peru, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Indonesia.
Related pages
- Dengue in Peru
- Dengue in Colombia
- Dengue in Saudi Arabia
- Dengue in Ecuador
- Dengue in Indonesia
- Dengue in Mauritania
- Dengue in Côte d'Ivoire
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.