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Incidence of tuberculosis, low 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
1,087 per 100,000 people
Eswatini
Lowest
15 per 100,000 people
Egypt
Median
165 per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,166

What the numbers show

Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 1,087 per 100,000 people in Eswatini; the lowest is 15 per 100,000 people in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 165 per 100,000 people, and the mean is 225.17 per 100,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 72.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 292.9%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 66.3%).

Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 1,087 per 100,000 people 2011 up 46.3% volatile
2 South Africa 819 per 100,000 people 2011 up 46.8% rising
3 Sierra Leone 596 per 100,000 people 2011 up 82.3% rising
4 Namibia 573 per 100,000 people 2011 down 56.5% rising
5 Lesotho 551 per 100,000 people 2011 up 17.0% rising
6 Djibouti 512 per 100,000 people 2011 down 4.3% rising
7 Zimbabwe 466 per 100,000 people 2011 down 23.1% rising
8 Botswana 406 per 100,000 people 2011 down 44.8% rising
9 Zambia 401 per 100,000 people 2011 down 36.1% falling
10 Mozambique 380 per 100,000 people 2011 up 61.0% rising
11 Gabon 372 per 100,000 people 2011 down 19.0% rising
12 Central African Republic 330 per 100,000 people 2011 down 59.8% falling
13 Congo 317 per 100,000 people 2011 up 0.3% rising
14 Mauritania 283 per 100,000 people 2011 up 22.5% rising
15 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 282 per 100,000 people 2011 up 2.9% rising
16 Kenya 276 per 100,000 people 2011 down 6.1% rising
17 Angola 261 per 100,000 people 2011 up 25.5% rising
18 Liberia 247 per 100,000 people 2011 up 22.9% rising
19 Somalia 236 per 100,000 people 2011 up 1.3% rising
20 Gambia 230 per 100,000 people 2011 up 22.3% rising
21 Cameroon 200 per 100,000 people 2011 down 23.7% rising
22 Madagascar 196 per 100,000 people 2011 down 16.6% falling
22 Guinea-Bissau 196 per 100,000 people 2011 up 22.5% rising
24 Ethiopia 191 per 100,000 people 2011 down 21.4% falling
25 Equatorial Guinea 177 per 100,000 people 2011 down 17.7% falling
25 Malawi 177 per 100,000 people 2011 down 51.4% falling
27 Côte d'Ivoire 165 per 100,000 people 2011 down 45.7% falling
28 Tanzania, United Republic of 159 per 100,000 people 2011 down 25.0% falling
29 Uganda 156 per 100,000 people 2011 down 37.8% falling
30 Guinea 151 per 100,000 people 2011 down 10.7% falling
31 Chad 125 per 100,000 people 2011 down 0.8% rising
32 Burundi 122 per 100,000 people 2011 down 48.1% falling
33 Cape Verde 120 per 100,000 people 2011 down 7.7% flat
34 Senegal 112 per 100,000 people 2011 down 10.4% falling
35 Sudan 96 per 100,000 people 2011 down 17.9% falling
36 Morocco 90 per 100,000 people 2011 down 9.1% falling
36 Niger 90 per 100,000 people 2011 down 38.8% falling
38 Rwanda 84 per 100,000 people 2011 down 66.3% volatile
39 Sao Tome and Principe 78 per 100,000 people 2011 down 15.2% falling
40 Ghana 69 per 100,000 people 2011 down 27.4% flat
41 Algeria 66 per 100,000 people 2011 up 6.5% rising
42 Eritrea 64 per 100,000 people 2011 down 35.4% falling
43 Togo 60 per 100,000 people 2011 down 7.7% rising
44 Mali 59 per 100,000 people 2011 down 18.1% falling
45 Benin 58 per 100,000 people 2011 down 15.9% falling
46 Nigeria 55 per 100,000 people 2011 up 292.9% volatile
47 Burkina Faso 48 per 100,000 people 2011 down 18.6% falling
48 Libya 33 per 100,000 people 2011 unchanged flat
49 Comoros 28 per 100,000 people 2011 down 9.7% falling
50 Tunisia 26 per 100,000 people 2011 up 23.8% falling
51 Seychelles 25 per 100,000 people 2011 down 13.8% falling
52 Mauritius 18 per 100,000 people 2011 down 10.0% falling
53 Egypt 15 per 100,000 people 2011 down 28.6% falling

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Indicator
Incidence of tuberculosis, low 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.