East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Kuwait: Tuberculosis treatment success rate
Tuberculosis treatment success rate over time
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 99.0% against 87.0% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 12.0%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2000 it was East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Kuwait ranks 13th of 19 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 2 and Kuwait in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.6% | 74.6% | 15.0% | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 90.0% | 86.1% | 3.9% | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) |
| 2020s | 87.2% | 95.2% | 8.0% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tuberculosis treatment success rate, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 99.0% against 87.0% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in tuberculosis treatment success rate between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Kuwait?
- 12.0%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Kuwait?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Kuwait rank globally for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Kuwait ranks 13th of 19 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of all new tuberculosis cases (or new and relapse cases for some countries) registered under a national tuberculosis control programme in a given year that successfully completed treatment, with or without bacteriological evidence of success ("cured" and "treatment completed" respectively).