What is the difference in rate of new tuberculosis cases between Namibia and South Africa?

33 cases per 100,000 people, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and South Africa?

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.

Namibia vs South Africa: Rate of new tuberculosis cases

Namibia

422 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

South Africa

389 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Namibia rank

9th

South Africa rank

12th

Rate of new tuberculosis cases over time

Namibia
South Africa

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 422 cases per 100,000 people against 389 cases per 100,000 people in South Africa, a difference of 33 cases per 100,000 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

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

Namibia ranks 9th and South Africa ranks 12th of 215 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1,141 cases per 100,000 people	1,108 cases per 100,000 people	32.9 cases per 100,000 people	Namibia
2010s	666.3 cases per 100,000 people	959.3 cases per 100,000 people	293 cases per 100,000 people	South Africa
2020s	437.2 cases per 100,000 people	471.8 cases per 100,000 people	34.6 cases per 100,000 people	South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rate of new tuberculosis cases, Namibia or South Africa?: Namibia, at 422 cases per 100,000 people against 389 cases per 100,000 people in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in rate of new tuberculosis cases between Namibia and South Africa?: 33 cases per 100,000 people, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and South Africa?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Namibia and South Africa rank globally for rate of new tuberculosis cases?: Namibia ranks 9th and South Africa ranks 12th 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.