Australia vs Norway: Tuberculosis case detection rate
Australia
87.0%
in 2024
Norway
88.0%
in 2024
Australia rank
54th
Norway rank
51st
Tuberculosis case detection rate over time
- Australia
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 88.0% against 87.0% in Australia, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 54th and Norway ranks 51st of 207 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.3% | 78.6% | 2.7% | Australia |
| 2010s | 86.1% | 86.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 2020s | 87.0% | 87.8% | 0.8% | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tuberculosis case detection rate, Australia or Norway?
- Norway, at 88.0% against 87.0% in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tuberculosis case detection rate between Australia and Norway?
- 1.0%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Norway?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Norway rank globally for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Australia ranks 54th and Norway ranks 51st of 207 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Tuberculosis case detection rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases diagnosed and treated in national TB control programmes and notified to WHO, divided by WHO's estimate of the number of incident TB cases for the same year.