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Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture (per 5 million population) by country

Countries reporting
157
Highest
549.6
Andorra, Principality of
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
2.6
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,432

What the numbers show

Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture (per 5 million population) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 549.6 in Andorra, Principality of; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.6, and the mean is 11.94.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 3,150.0%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 100.0%).

Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra, Principality of 549.6 2014 up 792.2% rising
2 Palau, Republic of 239 2013 — volatile
3 Colombia 110.1 2014 up 38.5% rising
4 Belgium 50.8 2014 down 30.8% falling
5 Jordan 50.6 2014 up 7.9% volatile
6 Kiribati 45.3 2014 down 16.4% volatile
7 Bolivia 29.4 2014 up 673.7% volatile
8 Lebanon 26.7 2014 up 1,953.8% volatile
9 Portugal 25 2014 down 12.6% falling
10 Kazakhstan, Republic of 24.5 2014 up 282.8% volatile
11 Romania 23.2 2014 down 9.7% falling
12 Niger 23 2014 — volatile
13 Bulgaria 20.8 2014 up 3.0% flat
14 El Salvador 20.5 2014 up 388.1% volatile
15 Czech Republic 18 2014 down 18.2% falling
16 Costa Rica 16.8 2014 down 45.1% falling
17 Croatia, Republic of 16.4 2014 down 4.1% falling
18 Serbia, Republic of 16.3 2014 down 33.5% rising
19 Libya 16 2014 up 841.2% volatile
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.7 2014 up 51.0% rising
21 Belarus, Republic of 15.3 2014 down 68.0% volatile
21 Iceland 15.3 2014 down 8.9% falling
23 Argentina 14.5 2014 up 12.4% rising
24 Russian Federation 14.1 2014 down 58.7% volatile
25 Maldives 14 2014 down 57.3% falling
26 France 13.9 2014 down 45.1% falling
27 Panama 12.9 2014 up 72.0% rising
28 Oman 12.7 2012 down 36.2% falling
29 Latvia, Republic of 12.6 2014 down 37.6% falling
30 Brunei Darussalam 12 2014 down 13.0% falling
30 Israel 12 2014 — falling
30 Malta 12 2014 down 4.8% rising
33 Switzerland 11 2014 down 41.8% falling
33 Chile 11 2014 down 15.4% falling
33 Germany 11 2014 down 10.6% falling
36 Ireland 10.7 2014 down 31.0% falling
37 Lithuania, Republic of 10.3 2014 up 37.3% rising
38 Paraguay 9.9 2014 up 130.2% rising
38 Türkiye, Republic of 9.9 2014 up 560.0% volatile
40 Korea, Republic of 9.8 2014 up 653.8% volatile
41 Poland, Republic of 9.7 2014 up 3.2% falling
42 Netherlands, The 9.5 2014 down 28.0% falling
43 Finland 9.1 2014 down 36.4% falling
44 Luxembourg 9 2014 down 17.4% falling
45 Norway 8.7 2014 down 38.3% falling
46 Peru 8.1 2014 down 33.1% falling
47 Montenegro 8 2014 down 1.2% flat
48 Brazil 7.9 2014 up 58.0% rising
49 Estonia, Republic of 7.6 2014 down 31.5% falling
50 Bahrain, Kingdom of 7.5 2012 down 34.8% falling
51 Slovenia, Republic of 7.3 2014 down 41.6% falling
52 North Macedonia, Republic of 7.2 2014 down 57.9% volatile
52 Ukraine 7.2 2014 down 37.9% falling
54 China (People’s Republic of) 6.7 2014 up 415.4% volatile
55 Bhutan 6.5 2014 down 15.6% falling
55 Guyana 6.5 2014 down 3.0% flat
55 Malaysia 6.5 2014 up 3,150.0% rising
55 Slovak Republic 6.5 2014 down 50.0% falling
59 Ecuador 6.3 2014 up 90.9% rising
60 Dominican Republic 6.2 2014 up 129.6% rising
61 Kyrgyz Republic 6 2014 down 31.8% falling
62 Djibouti 5.7 2014 — volatile
63 Fiji, Republic of 5.6 2014 down 8.2% falling
63 Hungary 5.6 2014 down 37.1% falling
65 Moldova, Republic of 4.9 2014 up 2.1% flat
65 Tunisia 4.9 2014 up 40.0% rising
67 Eswatini, Kingdom of 4 2013 down 11.1% falling
68 Thailand 3.9 2014 up 30.0% rising
69 Honduras 3.8 2014 up 5.6% volatile
69 Turkmenistan 3.8 2014 up 280.0% rising
71 Azerbaijan, Republic of 3.6 2014 up 2.9% flat
72 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.5 2014 up 66.7% rising
73 Mongolia 3.4 2014 up 70.0% rising
74 Guatemala 3.1 2014 down 99.6% volatile
75 Gabon 3 2014 — volatile
75 Tajikistan, Republic of 3 2014 — volatile
77 Guinea-Bissau 2.8 2014 — volatile
78 Gambia, The 2.6 2014 down 25.7% falling
78 Mexico 2.6 2014 up 73.3% rising
78 Sweden 2.6 2014 down 7.1% falling
81 Georgia 2.5 2014 up 127.3% rising
81 Nicaragua 2.5 2014 up 177.8% rising
81 Qatar 2.5 2012 down 58.3% falling
84 Lesotho, Kingdom of 2.4 2014 down 53.8% falling
85 Botswana 2.3 2014 down 57.4% falling
86 Algeria 2.2 2014 down 4.3% falling
87 Central African Republic 2.1 2014 up 75.0% rising
87 Morocco 2.1 2014 up 5.0% rising
87 Namibia 2.1 2014 down 16.0% falling
90 Saudi Arabia 2 2012 unchanged flat
91 Albania 1.7 2014 down 65.3% volatile
91 Armenia, Republic of 1.7 2014 down 48.5% falling
93 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.6 2014 down 67.3% falling
94 Kuwait 1.5 2012 down 31.8% falling
94 Uruguay 1.5 2014 unchanged flat
96 Iraq 1.4 2014 up 600.0% volatile
97 Cambodia 1.3 2014 up 18.2% rising
97 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 1.3 2014 down 18.8% falling
97 Rwanda 1.3 2014 up 116.7% rising
100 Uzbekistan, Republic of 1.2 2014 up 100.0% rising
100 Vietnam 1.2 2014 down 33.3% falling
102 Liberia 1.1 2014 — volatile
102 Philippines 1.1 2014 up 450.0% volatile
102 South Africa 1.1 2014 down 42.1% falling
105 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1 2014 down 16.7% falling
105 Eritrea, The State of 1 2014 — volatile
105 Zambia 1 2014 down 16.7% falling
108 Denmark 0.9 2012 unchanged flat
108 Mali 0.9 2014 — volatile
110 Yemen, Republic of 0.8 2014 down 20.0% flat
111 Cameroon 0.7 2014 up 133.3% rising
111 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7 2014 — volatile
111 Sri Lanka 0.7 2014 up 133.3% rising
111 Senegal 0.7 2014 down 46.2% falling
111 Togo 0.7 2014 down 22.2% falling
111 Uganda 0.7 2014 up 75.0% rising
111 Zimbabwe 0.7 2014 up 75.0% rising
118 Ghana 0.6 2014 down 14.3% falling
118 Mozambique, Republic of 0.6 2014 up 200.0% rising
118 Malawi 0.6 2014 up 50.0% rising
121 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.5 2014 — volatile
121 Burundi 0.5 2014 — rising
121 Benin 0.5 2014 down 16.7% falling
121 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5 2014 up 66.7% rising
121 Haiti 0.5 2014 unchanged rising
126 Angola 0.4 2014 up 33.3% rising
126 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.4 2014 up 300.0% volatile
126 Guinea 0.4 2014 down 20.0% volatile
126 Indonesia 0.4 2014 down 55.6% falling
126 Nepal 0.4 2014 unchanged falling
126 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4 2014 unchanged rising
132 Burkina Faso 0.3 2014 down 25.0% volatile
132 Kenya 0.3 2014 down 25.0% flat
132 Myanmar 0.3 2014 up 50.0% rising
132 Pakistan 0.3 2014 down 25.0% falling
132 Syrian Arab Republic 0.3 2014 unchanged volatile
137 Madagascar, Republic of 0.2 2014 down 33.3% falling
137 Nigeria 0.2 2014 up 100.0% volatile
137 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.2 2014 down 66.7% volatile
140 Sudan 0.1 2014 — rising
141 Belize 0 2014 — flat
141 Congo, Republic of 0 2014 — flat
141 Cabo Verde 0 2014 — flat
141 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 2014 — flat
141 Jamaica 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
141 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
141 Papua New Guinea 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
141 Solomon Islands 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
141 Sierra Leone 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
141 Somalia 0 2014 — flat
141 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0 2014 — flat
141 Chad 0 2014 — flat
141 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0 2013 — flat
141 Tonga 0 2010 — volatile
141 Tuvalu 0 2010 — flat
141 Vanuatu 0 2014 — flat
141 Samoa 0 2010 — flat

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Indicator
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture (per 5 million population)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
158 places, 1,432 data points, 2005–2014
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