What is the difference in rate of new tuberculosis cases between Afghanistan and Nigeria?

16 cases per 100,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Nigeria?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

WHO (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Rate of new tuberculosis cases. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Nigeria: Rate of new tuberculosis cases

Afghanistan

203 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Nigeria

219 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

33rd

Nigeria rank

30th

Rate of new tuberculosis cases over time

Afghanistan
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 219 cases per 100,000 people against 203 cases per 100,000 people in Afghanistan, a difference of 16 cases per 100,000 people.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 33rd and Nigeria ranks 30th of 215 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
2000s	214.7 cases per 100,000 people	219 cases per 100,000 people	4.3 cases per 100,000 people	Nigeria
2010s	204.5 cases per 100,000 people	219 cases per 100,000 people	14.5 cases per 100,000 people	Nigeria
2020s	204.8 cases per 100,000 people	219 cases per 100,000 people	14.2 cases per 100,000 people	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rate of new tuberculosis cases, Afghanistan or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 219 cases per 100,000 people against 203 cases per 100,000 people in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in rate of new tuberculosis cases between Afghanistan and Nigeria?: 16 cases per 100,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Nigeria?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Nigeria rank globally for rate of new tuberculosis cases?: Afghanistan ranks 33rd and Nigeria ranks 30th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Rate of new tuberculosis cases. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rate of new tuberculosis cases
Unit: cases per 100,000 people
Source: WHO (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 5,317 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of new cases of tuberculosis per 100,000 people.