Which has higher tuberculosis treatment success rate, Nigeria or East Timor?

Nigeria, at 94.0% against 93.0% in East Timor as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and East Timor?

21 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.

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.

Nigeria vs East Timor: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)

Nigeria

94.0%

in 2023

East Timor

93.0%

in 2023

Nigeria rank

23rd

East Timor rank

26th

Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) over time

Nigeria
East Timor

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 94.0% against 93.0% in East Timor, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2002 it was East Timor ahead.

Nigeria ranks 23rd and East Timor ranks 26th of 203 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and East Timor in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
2000s	77.3%	81.7%	4.4%	East Timor
2010s	85.6%	81.9%	3.7%	Nigeria
2020s	92.0%	92.5%	0.5%	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tuberculosis treatment success rate, Nigeria or East Timor?: Nigeria, at 94.0% against 93.0% in East Timor as of 2023.
What is the difference in tuberculosis treatment success rate between Nigeria and East Timor?: 1.0%, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and East Timor?: 21 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and East Timor rank globally for tuberculosis treatment success rate?: Nigeria ranks 23rd and East Timor ranks 26th 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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Indicator: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)
Unit: % of new cases
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 222 places, 4,903 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

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).