Malta vs Upper middle income: Tuberculosis treatment success rate
Tuberculosis treatment success rate over time
- Malta
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Malta currently reports 98.0% against 84.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 14.0%.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.2 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 14th and Upper middle income ranks 13th of 203 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.3% | 83.8% | 3.5% | Malta |
| 2010s | 58.5% | 86.2% | 27.8% | Upper middle income |
| 2020s | 98.5% | 86.5% | 12.0% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tuberculosis treatment success rate, Malta or Upper middle income?
- Malta, at 98.0% against 84.0% in Upper middle income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in tuberculosis treatment success rate between Malta and Upper middle income?
- 14.0%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Upper middle income?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
- How do Malta and Upper middle income rank globally for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- Malta ranks 14th and Upper middle income ranks 13th 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).