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

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

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

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 Zimbabwe: Rate of new tuberculosis cases

Nigeria

219 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Zimbabwe

203 cases per 100,000 people

in 2024

Nigeria rank

30th

Zimbabwe rank

33rd

Rate of new tuberculosis cases over time

Nigeria
Zimbabwe

How they compare

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

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

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

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
2000s	219 cases per 100,000 people	567.6 cases per 100,000 people	348.6 cases per 100,000 people	Zimbabwe
2010s	219 cases per 100,000 people	284.2 cases per 100,000 people	65.2 cases per 100,000 people	Zimbabwe
2020s	219 cases per 100,000 people	201.6 cases per 100,000 people	17.4 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, Nigeria or Zimbabwe?: Nigeria, at 219 cases per 100,000 people against 203 cases per 100,000 people in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in rate of new tuberculosis cases between Nigeria and Zimbabwe?: 16 cases per 100,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Zimbabwe?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Zimbabwe rank globally for rate of new tuberculosis cases?: Nigeria ranks 30th and Zimbabwe ranks 33rd 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.