The world’s deadliest infectious diseases

COVID-19 was the most deadly infectious disease in 2022, followed by tuberculosis, according to a Statista report.

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The report used World Health Organization data to determine the global deaths for four infectious diseases in 2022.

Here are the top four infectious disease by number of deaths:

  1. COVID-19: 1.24 million
  2. Tuberculosis: 1.13 million
  3. HIV/AIDS: 630,000
  4. Malaria: 620,000

Note: Malaria data is from 2021.

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