Tuberculosis death rate by country
Estimated number of deaths from tuberculosis in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
232.13 deaths per 100,000 people
Lesotho
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
San Marino
Median
4.98 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Tuberculosis death rate is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 232.13 deaths per 100,000 people in Lesotho; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.98 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 19.46 deaths per 100,000 people.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 144 fell. The largest increase was in Cook Islands (up 1,007.8%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 100.0%).
Tuberculosis death rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 232.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 168.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 3 | Gabon | 168.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 130.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 5 | East Timor | 118.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 109.9% | rising |
| 6 | Namibia | 100.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 7 | Congo | 98.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 97.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 95.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 181.8% | volatile |
| 10 | South Africa | 93.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 11 | North Korea | 86.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 12 | Liberia | 82.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 13 | Eswatini | 79.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 79.2% | falling |
| 14 | Botswana | 77.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 74.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 16 | Myanmar | 68.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 17 | Somalia | 67.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 18 | Nepal | 60.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 19 | Kenya | 59.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 59.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 21 | Nigeria | 58.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 51.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 23 | Indonesia | 49.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 24 | Tuvalu | 48.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 357.6% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 47.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 26 | Ghana | 47.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 46.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 28 | Madagascar | 45.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 29 | Cameroon | 44.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 30 | Mozambique | 42.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 31 | Tanzania | 41.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 32 | Zambia | 40.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 33 | Malawi | 38.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 35 | South Sudan | 36.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.0% | rising |
| 36 | Kiribati | 36.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 37 | Philippines | 35.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 38 | Gambia | 33.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 39 | Chad | 32.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 40 | Laos | 29.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 27.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 43 | Bhutan | 26.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 44 | India | 26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 25.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 25.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 47 | Guinea | 24.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 48 | Cambodia | 23.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 49 | Djibouti | 23.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 50 | Burundi | 22.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Pakistan | 22.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 52 | Niue | 20.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 239.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Senegal | 17.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 17.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Haiti | 17.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Nauru | 15.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 239.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 15.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 58 | Eritrea | 14.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 59 | Mauritania | 14.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 60 | Guyana | 14.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 61 | Niger | 14.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Libya | 13.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 13.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 62 | Ukraine | 13.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 65 | Benin | 12.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 12.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 67 | Bolivia | 12.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 68 | Vietnam | 11.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 69 | Mongolia | 11.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 70 | Rwanda | 10.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 71 | Yemen | 9.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 35.0% | falling |
| 72 | Sudan | 9.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 73 | Morocco | 9.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 75 | Mali | 8.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 76 | Micronesia (country) | 8.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 77 | Comoros | 8.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 7.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 79 | Malaysia | 7.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 7.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 81 | Moldova | 7.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 82 | Russia | 7.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 6.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 85 | Algeria | 6.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 5.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 87 | Panama | 5.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 88 | Cook Islands | 5.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1,007.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Honduras | 5.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 89 | Romania | 5.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 5.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Brunei | 5.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 149.1% | rising |
| 93 | Ecuador | 5.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 94 | Fiji | 5.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 95 | Colombia | 5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 87.3% | falling |
| 96 | Brazil | 4.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 97 | Paraguay | 4.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 98 | Dominica | 4.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 4.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 100 | Suriname | 4.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 101 | Palau | 4.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.8% | rising |
| 102 | Lithuania | 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 3.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 104 | Togo | 3.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 79.4% | falling |
| 105 | Venezuela | 3.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 106 | South Korea | 3.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 107 | Guatemala | 3.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 107 | Latvia | 3.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 109 | Belarus | 3.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 2.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 2.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 113 | China | 2.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 115 | Japan | 2.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 115 | Uruguay | 2.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 118 | El Salvador | 2.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 119 | Georgia | 2.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 120 | Iraq | 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 2.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 122 | Portugal | 1.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 124 | Mexico | 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 1.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Maldives | 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Armenia | 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 1.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 129 | Argentina | 1.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Poland | 1.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 132 | Bahrain | 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 271.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Tunisia | 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 134 | Grenada | 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 135 | Iran | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 137 | Bahamas | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Estonia | 1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 140 | Barbados | 0.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 102.3% | falling |
| 141 | Bulgaria | 0.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 141 | Mauritius | 0.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Lebanon | 0.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 145 | Tonga | 0.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 146 | Seychelles | 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 0.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Serbia | 0.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Hungary | 0.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Croatia | 0.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Samoa | 0.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 152 | Slovenia | 0.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 153 | Kuwait | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 154 | Finland | 0.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 155 | Cuba | 0.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 155 | France | 0.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 157 | Egypt | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 157 | Italy | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 159 | Turkey | 0.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 160 | Cyprus | 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 160 | Iceland | 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Belgium | 0.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 163 | Oman | 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 165 | Spain | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 165 | Jamaica | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Albania | 0.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 167 | Austria | 0.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 169 | Czechia | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 169 | Germany | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 169 | United Kingdom | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 169 | New Zealand | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 174 | Canada | 0.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 174 | Greece | 0.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 176 | Slovakia | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 177 | Qatar | 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 178 | Singapore | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 82.8% | falling |
| 179 | Andorra | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Montenegro | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Sweden | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Australia | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 182 | Switzerland | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 182 | Norway | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 182 | United States | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Syria | 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 187 | Denmark | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 187 | Netherlands | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 189 | Israel | 0.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Jordan | 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Monaco | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 192 | San Marino | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | flat |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from tuberculosis in both sexes, per 100,000 people.