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Nowadays, Ethiopia is implementing a malaria elimination program with the goal of eliminating the disease by 2030. To assist this goal, the trends of malaria cases should be evaluated with a function of time in different areas of the country to develop area\u2010specific evidence\u2010based interventions. Therefore, this study was aimed at analysing a five year trend of malaria in Nirak Health Center, Abergele District, Northeast Ethiopia, from 2016 to 2020. <jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. A retrospective study was conducted at Nirak Health Center, Abergele District, Northeast Ethiopia from February to April 2021. Five\u2010year (2016 to 2020) retrospective data were reviewed from the malaria registration laboratory logbook. The sociodemographic and malaria data were collected using a predesigned data collection sheet. Data were entered, cleaned, and analysed using SPSS version 26. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. In the five\u2010year period, a total of 19,433 malaria suspected patients were diagnosed by microscopic examination. Of these, 6,473 (33.3%) were positive for malaria parasites. Of the total confirmed cases, 5,900 (91.2%) were <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic> and 474 (7.2%) were <jats:italic>P. vivax<\/jats:italic>. Majority of the cases were males (62.2%) and in the age group of 15\u201045 years old (52.8%). The findings of this study showed an increasing trend in malaria cases in the past five years (2016\u20102020). The maximum number of confirmed malaria cases reported was in the year 2020, while the minimum number of confirmed malaria cases registered was in 2016. Regarding the seasonal distribution of malaria, the highest number of malaria cases (55.2%) was observed in Dry season (September to January) and also the least (15.9%) was observed in Autumn (March to May) replaced by the least (21.6%) was observed in Rainy season (June to August), that is, the major malaria transmission season in Ethiopia and the least (15.9%) was observed in autumn (March to May). <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. The trends of malaria in Nirak Health Center showed steadily increasing from the year 2016\u20132020, and the predominant species isolated was <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>. This showed that the malaria control and elimination strategy in the area were not properly implemented or failed to achieve its designed goal. 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