Kuwait vs North America: Tuberculosis treatment success rate
Tuberculosis treatment success rate over time
- Kuwait
- North America
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 99.0% against 79.0% in North America, a difference of 20.0%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.3 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2000 it was North America ahead.
Kuwait ranks 13th and North America ranks 15th of 203 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and North America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.6% | 79.5% | 4.9% | North America |
| 2010s | 86.1% | 78.3% | 7.8% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 95.2% | 75.5% | 19.8% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tuberculosis treatment success rate, Kuwait or North America?
- Kuwait, at 99.0% against 79.0% in North America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in tuberculosis treatment success rate between Kuwait and North America?
- 20.0%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and North America?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and North America rank globally for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- Kuwait ranks 13th and North America ranks 15th of 203 countries.
- 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).