Confirmed mpox cases in Europe as of July 2024, by country
As of July 5, 2024, 40 countries across Europe had reported confirmed cases of monkeypox. So far, 8,804 cases have been confirmed in Spain, while 4,272 cases have been confirmed in France. In July 2022, the outbreak of monkeypox was declared to be a public health emergency by the World Health Organization.
Distribution by age and gender
The age group with the highest number of recorded monkeypox cases in Europe was those aged between 31 and 40 years old, amounting to nearly 10.8 thousand cases as of July 2024. This was followed by the age group of 18–30 years, which accounted for almost seven thousand cases. The majority of the cases were recorded among men, whereas the number of cases among women was less than five hundred.
Monkeypox worldwide
As of August 2024, there were approximately 106.3 cases of monkeypox reported worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. In Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 23.3 thousand suspected cases in the given year, of which only 5.5 thousand were actually confirmed. In Latin America, Brazil was the leading country with 11.2 confirmed cases, followed by Colombia and Mexico with over four thousand cases each, as of June 2024.
Additional information regarding this outbreak of monkeypox can be found on our page on the subject.
