Spain vs United States: Tuberculosis case detection rate
Spain
86.0%
in 2024
United States
86.0%
in 2023
Spain rank
57th
United States rank
57th
Tuberculosis case detection rate over time
- Spain
- United States
How they compare
Spain currently reports 86.0% against 86.0% in United States, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United States ahead.
Spain ranks 57th and United States ranks 57th of 207 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.2% | 78.9% | 7.7% | United States |
| 2010s | 83.0% | 84.4% | 1.4% | United States |
| 2020s | 86.0% | 86.0% | 0.0% | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tuberculosis case detection rate, Spain or United States?
- Spain, at 86.0% against 86.0% in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tuberculosis case detection rate between Spain and United States?
- 0.0%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and United States?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Spain and United States rank globally for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Spain ranks 57th and United States ranks 57th 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.