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

4 cases per 100,000 people, with Tuvalu ahead.

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

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.

Nigeria vs Tuvalu: Rate of new tuberculosis cases

Nigeria

219 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Tuvalu

223 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Nigeria rank

30th

Tuvalu rank

28th

Rate of new tuberculosis cases over time

Nigeria
Tuvalu

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 223 cases per 100,000 people against 219 cases per 100,000 people in Nigeria, a difference of 4 cases per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 30th and Tuvalu ranks 28th of 215 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 2 and Tuvalu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Tuvalu	Difference	Ahead
2000s	219 cases per 100,000 people	168.8 cases per 100,000 people	50.2 cases per 100,000 people	Nigeria
2010s	219 cases per 100,000 people	183 cases per 100,000 people	36 cases per 100,000 people	Nigeria
2020s	219 cases per 100,000 people	230 cases per 100,000 people	11 cases per 100,000 people	Tuvalu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rate of new tuberculosis cases, Nigeria or Tuvalu?: Tuvalu, at 223 cases per 100,000 people against 219 cases per 100,000 people in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in rate of new tuberculosis cases between Nigeria and Tuvalu?: 4 cases per 100,000 people, with Tuvalu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Tuvalu?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Tuvalu rank globally for rate of new tuberculosis cases?: Nigeria ranks 30th and Tuvalu ranks 28th 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.