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Incidence of tuberculosis, high uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people) by country

Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.

Countries reporting
53
Highest
1,568 per 100,000 people
Eswatini
Lowest
20 per 100,000 people
Egypt
Median
219 per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,166

What the numbers show

Incidence of tuberculosis, high uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 1,568 per 100,000 people in Eswatini; the lowest is 20 per 100,000 people in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 219 per 100,000 people, and the mean is 324.75 per 100,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 78.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 79.0%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 66.1%).

Incidence of tuberculosis, high uncertainty bound: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 1,568 per 100,000 people 2011 up 43.2% rising
2 South Africa 1,182 per 100,000 people 2011 up 44.1% rising
3 Namibia 891 per 100,000 people 2011 down 56.5% rising
4 Sierra Leone 861 per 100,000 people 2011 up 79.0% rising
5 Zimbabwe 757 per 100,000 people 2011 down 19.4% rising
6 Mozambique 747 per 100,000 people 2011 down 16.6% falling
7 Djibouti 738 per 100,000 people 2011 up 4.1% falling
8 Lesotho 717 per 100,000 people 2011 up 3.6% rising
9 Gabon 536 per 100,000 people 2011 down 19.2% rising
10 Botswana 507 per 100,000 people 2011 down 51.3% falling
11 Zambia 489 per 100,000 people 2011 down 33.0% falling
12 Central African Republic 477 per 100,000 people 2011 down 59.8% falling
13 Congo 465 per 100,000 people 2011 up 2.4% rising
14 Mauritania 410 per 100,000 people 2011 up 20.9% rising
15 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 375 per 100,000 people 2011 down 2.3% falling
16 Angola 362 per 100,000 people 2011 up 18.3% rising
17 Liberia 356 per 100,000 people 2011 up 20.3% rising
18 Somalia 340 per 100,000 people 2011 down 0.9% falling
19 Ethiopia 335 per 100,000 people 2011 down 45.6% falling
20 Gambia 331 per 100,000 people 2011 up 19.9% rising
21 Kenya 300 per 100,000 people 2011 down 10.4% rising
22 Cameroon 290 per 100,000 people 2011 down 23.3% rising
23 Madagascar 284 per 100,000 people 2011 down 16.7% falling
24 Guinea-Bissau 283 per 100,000 people 2011 up 20.4% rising
25 Uganda 234 per 100,000 people 2011 down 59.9% falling
26 Equatorial Guinea 229 per 100,000 people 2011 down 17.6% falling
27 Guinea 219 per 100,000 people 2011 down 10.6% falling
28 Côte d'Ivoire 218 per 100,000 people 2011 down 45.6% falling
29 Malawi 206 per 100,000 people 2011 down 61.4% falling
30 Nigeria 204 per 100,000 people 2011 down 62.5% falling
31 Tanzania, United Republic of 180 per 100,000 people 2011 down 32.8% falling
32 Chad 179 per 100,000 people 2011 down 1.6% rising
33 Cape Verde 173 per 100,000 people 2011 down 9.4% falling
34 Senegal 162 per 100,000 people 2011 down 10.0% falling
35 Burundi 157 per 100,000 people 2011 down 47.8% falling
36 Sudan 139 per 100,000 people 2011 down 17.8% falling
37 Eritrea 136 per 100,000 people 2011 down 34.6% falling
38 Niger 129 per 100,000 people 2011 down 39.2% falling
39 Morocco 117 per 100,000 people 2011 down 8.6% falling
39 Algeria 117 per 100,000 people 2011 up 6.4% rising
41 Sao Tome and Principe 113 per 100,000 people 2011 down 16.3% falling
42 Rwanda 105 per 100,000 people 2011 down 66.1% volatile
43 Ghana 89 per 100,000 people 2011 down 56.8% falling
44 Togo 87 per 100,000 people 2011 down 7.4% rising
45 Benin 83 per 100,000 people 2011 down 16.2% falling
46 Burkina Faso 66 per 100,000 people 2011 down 17.5% falling
47 Mali 65 per 100,000 people 2011 down 18.8% falling
48 Libya 48 per 100,000 people 2011 unchanged flat
49 Comoros 41 per 100,000 people 2011 down 8.9% falling
50 Seychelles 36 per 100,000 people 2011 down 16.3% falling
51 Tunisia 34 per 100,000 people 2011 up 25.9% falling
52 Mauritius 25 per 100,000 people 2011 down 13.8% falling
53 Egypt 20 per 100,000 people 2011 down 31.0% falling

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Indicator
Incidence of tuberculosis, high uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people)
Unit
per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control Report
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 1,166 data points, 1990–2011
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Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.