What is the difference in rate of new tuberculosis cases between Kiribati and Lesotho?

397 cases per 100,000 people, with Kiribati ahead.

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

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.

Kiribati vs Lesotho: Rate of new tuberculosis cases

Kiribati

945 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Lesotho

548 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Kiribati rank

1st

Lesotho rank

4th

Rate of new tuberculosis cases over time

Kiribati
Lesotho

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 945 cases per 100,000 people against 548 cases per 100,000 people in Lesotho, a difference of 397 cases per 100,000 people.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.7 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 1st and Lesotho ranks 4th of 215 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1,093 cases per 100,000 people	1,112 cases per 100,000 people	18.8 cases per 100,000 people	Lesotho
2010s	809 cases per 100,000 people	863.6 cases per 100,000 people	54.6 cases per 100,000 people	Lesotho
2020s	728.6 cases per 100,000 people	589.6 cases per 100,000 people	139 cases per 100,000 people	Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rate of new tuberculosis cases, Kiribati or Lesotho?: Kiribati, at 945 cases per 100,000 people against 548 cases per 100,000 people in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in rate of new tuberculosis cases between Kiribati and Lesotho?: 397 cases per 100,000 people, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Lesotho?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Lesotho rank globally for rate of new tuberculosis cases?: Kiribati ranks 1st and Lesotho ranks 4th 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.