Number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis in CHN
CHN: Number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis was 156,162 people in 2018. ▲ Rising
Number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis in CHN, 2010–2018
Source: World Health Organization (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
CHN recorded 156,162 people for number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis in 2018. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis in CHN peaked at 156,162 people in 2018 and was at its lowest, 119,563 people, in 2010.
That places CHN 44th out of 52 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near CHN
More population data for CHN
- World population growth -1.7% (2100)
- Population density 67.46 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 15.54 million people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -1.7% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.01 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.01 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 303,405 people (2020)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.01 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 0.999 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 0.9859 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis in CHN?
- Number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis in CHN was 156,162 people in 2018, according to World Health Organization (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis recorded in CHN?
- The highest recorded value was 156,162 people in 2018.
- What is the lowest number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis recorded in CHN?
- The lowest recorded value was 119,563 people in 2010.
- How does CHN rank for number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis?
- CHN ranks 44th out of 52 countries with data for 2018.
- Is number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis rising or falling in CHN?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this CHN data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population requiring preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis.