What is the difference in incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?

45 per 100,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?

22 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control Report, published as Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound

Lesotho

551 per 100,000 people

in 2011

Sierra Leone

596 per 100,000 people

in 2011

Lesotho rank

5th

Sierra Leone rank

3rd

Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound over time

Lesotho
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 596 per 100,000 people against 551 per 100,000 people in Lesotho, a difference of 45 per 100,000 people.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd of 53 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1990s	268.5 per 100,000 people	211 per 100,000 people	57.5 per 100,000 people	Lesotho
2000s	531.2 per 100,000 people	409.6 per 100,000 people	121.6 per 100,000 people	Lesotho
2010s	552 per 100,000 people	579.5 per 100,000 people	27.5 per 100,000 people	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound, Lesotho or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 596 per 100,000 people against 551 per 100,000 people in Lesotho as of 2011.
What is the difference in incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?: 45 per 100,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2011.
How do Lesotho and Sierra Leone rank globally for incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound?: Lesotho ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control Report, published as Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people)
Unit: per 100,000 people
Source: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control Report
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 53 places, 1,166 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.