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

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

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

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 Timor-Leste: Tuberculosis treatment success rate

Nigeria

94.0%

in 2023

Timor-Leste

93.0%

in 2023

Nigeria rank

23rd

Timor-Leste rank

26th

Tuberculosis treatment success rate over time

Nigeria
Timor-Leste

How they compare

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

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

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

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

Head to head by decade

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

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tuberculosis treatment success rate, Nigeria or Timor-Leste?: Nigeria, at 94.0% against 93.0% in Timor-Leste as of 2023.
What is the difference in tuberculosis treatment success rate between Nigeria and Timor-Leste?: 1.0%, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Timor-Leste?: 21 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Timor-Leste rank globally for tuberculosis treatment success rate?: Nigeria ranks 23rd and Timor-Leste 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: 03 September 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).