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Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum smear microscopy (per 100 000 population) by country

Countries reporting
156
Highest
19.6
Maldives
Lowest
0.1
Slovenia
Median
1.1
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,448

What the numbers show

Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum smear microscopy (per 100 000 population) is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 19.6 in Maldives; the lowest is 0.1 in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.1, and the mean is 1.68.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 196.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 1,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 89.8%).

Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 19.6 2014 up 232.2% rising
2 Andorra 11 2014 up 816.7% rising
3 Tuvalu 10.2 2010 down 1.0% flat
4 Palau 9.6 2013 up 92.0% rising
5 Oman 7 2012 up 27.3% rising
6 Bolivia 5.3 2014 up 3.9% rising
7 Peru 4.8 2014 unchanged flat
8 Colombia 4.3 2014 down 8.5% flat
8 Kenya 4.3 2014 up 138.9% rising
8 Sao Tome and Principe 4.3 2014 up 514.3% volatile
11 Bhutan 4.2 2014 down 6.7% flat
12 Liberia 3.9 2014 up 680.0% rising
12 Vanuatu 3.9 2014 up 62.5% rising
14 Micronesia (country) 3.8 2014 unchanged falling
14 Marshall Islands 3.8 2014 down 34.5% falling
16 Nicaragua 3.7 2014 up 42.3% rising
16 Russia 3.7 2014 up 8.8% falling
18 Uganda 3.6 2014 up 111.8% rising
19 El Salvador 3.2 2014 down 3.0% flat
20 Cape Verde 3.1 2014 down 13.9% falling
20 Ethiopia 3.1 2014 up 287.5% rising
22 Kazakhstan 2.7 2014 down 10.0% falling
22 Sierra Leone 2.7 2014 up 170.0% rising
24 Guyana 2.6 2014 up 550.0% rising
24 Malaysia 2.6 2014 up 188.9% rising
24 Philippines 2.6 2014 up 18.2% flat
27 Afghanistan 2.3 2014 up 27.8% rising
27 Belize 2.3 2014 up 228.6% volatile
27 Honduras 2.3 2014 up 15.0% rising
27 Laos 2.3 2014 down 14.8% falling
27 Zambia 2.3 2014 up 76.9% rising
32 Botswana 2.2 2014 down 18.5% falling
32 Indonesia 2.2 2014 up 46.7% rising
32 Kyrgyzstan 2.2 2014 up 10.0% flat
35 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.1 2014 up 10.5% rising
35 Costa Rica 2.1 2014 down 12.5% falling
35 Djibouti 2.1 2014 up 61.5% rising
35 Haiti 2.1 2014 unchanged falling
39 Ecuador 2 2014 unchanged flat
39 Jordan 2 2014 down 28.6% falling
39 Paraguay 2 2014 up 42.9% rising
42 Nepal 1.9 2014 up 26.7% rising
43 Dominican Republic 1.8 2014 unchanged rising
43 Guatemala 1.8 2014 up 50.0% rising
43 Kiribati 1.8 2014 down 18.2% flat
43 Rwanda 1.8 2014 unchanged flat
43 Tanzania 1.8 2014 unchanged rising
48 Gambia 1.7 2014 up 112.5% rising
48 Malawi 1.7 2014 up 142.9% rising
48 Panama 1.7 2014 unchanged falling
51 Argentina 1.6 2014 down 11.1% falling
51 Burundi 1.6 2014 up 33.3% flat
51 Belarus 1.6 2014 down 89.8% volatile
51 Brazil 1.6 2014 down 23.8% falling
51 Central African Republic 1.6 2014 up 1,500.0% rising
51 East Timor 1.6 2014 down 23.8% falling
57 Mauritania 1.5 2014 down 11.8% falling
57 Papua New Guinea 1.5 2014 up 50.0% rising
57 Ukraine 1.5 2014 down 62.5% falling
60 Cambodia 1.4 2014 unchanged flat
60 Moldova 1.4 2014 up 16.7% rising
60 North Korea 1.4 2014 up 27.3% rising
60 Solomon Islands 1.4 2014 down 6.7% falling
60 Eswatini 1.4 2013 up 27.3% rising
60 Zimbabwe 1.4 2014 up 7.7% rising
66 Bahrain 1.3 2012 up 44.4% rising
66 Eritrea 1.3 2014 down 7.1% falling
66 Mongolia 1.3 2014 down 7.1% falling
66 Thailand 1.3 2014 unchanged rising
70 South Korea 1.2 2014 up 140.0% rising
70 Mozambique 1.2 2014 unchanged rising
70 Namibia 1.2 2014 down 29.4% falling
73 Chile 1.1 2014 down 21.4% falling
73 Cameroon 1.1 2014 down 8.3% falling
73 Ghana 1.1 2014 up 22.2% rising
73 Guinea-Bissau 1.1 2014 down 62.1% falling
73 Turkmenistan 1.1 2014 up 83.3% rising
73 Uzbekistan 1.1 2014 down 8.3% falling
73 Vietnam 1.1 2014 up 10.0% rising
73 Samoa 1.1 2010 unchanged rising
81 Belgium 1 2014 down 37.5% falling
81 Gabon 1 2014 unchanged rising
81 India 1 2014 unchanged flat
81 Sri Lanka 1 2014 up 25.0% rising
81 Mexico 1 2014 up 66.7% rising
81 Niger 1 2014 up 150.0% rising
81 Nigeria 1 2014 up 150.0% rising
81 Tajikistan 1 2014 up 42.9% falling
81 Tonga 1 2010 — flat
90 Armenia 0.9 2014 down 40.0% falling
90 Lesotho 0.9 2014 unchanged flat
90 Madagascar 0.9 2014 down 18.2% falling
90 Myanmar 0.9 2014 up 50.0% rising
90 Yemen 0.9 2014 down 10.0% falling
95 Benin 0.8 2014 up 33.3% rising
95 Iraq 0.8 2014 up 300.0% rising
95 Pakistan 0.8 2014 up 33.3% rising
95 Sudan 0.8 2014 unchanged rising
95 Senegal 0.8 2014 up 14.3% rising
95 Togo 0.8 2014 down 11.1% rising
95 Venezuela 0.8 2014 down 33.3% falling
102 Azerbaijan 0.7 2014 down 12.5% falling
102 Bangladesh 0.7 2014 up 75.0% rising
102 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7 2014 up 75.0% rising
102 Congo 0.7 2014 unchanged rising
102 Lebanon 0.7 2014 up 250.0% rising
102 Tunisia 0.7 2014 unchanged rising
108 Albania 0.6 2014 up 20.0% rising
108 Burkina Faso 0.6 2014 down 14.3% falling
108 Algeria 0.6 2014 unchanged flat
108 Fiji 0.6 2014 unchanged flat
108 Latvia 0.6 2014 down 14.3% falling
108 Somalia 0.6 2014 up 20.0% rising
108 Chad 0.6 2014 up 20.0% rising
115 Bulgaria 0.5 2014 up 25.0% rising
115 Switzerland 0.5 2014 down 16.7% rising
115 Estonia 0.5 2014 down 16.7% falling
115 Iran 0.5 2014 unchanged rising
115 Portugal 0.5 2014 down 50.0% falling
115 Romania 0.5 2014 down 37.5% falling
115 Turkey 0.5 2014 up 66.7% rising
122 Angola 0.4 2014 down 42.9% falling
122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4 2014 unchanged rising
122 Czechia 0.4 2014 unchanged flat
122 Guinea 0.4 2014 down 33.3% falling
122 Kuwait 0.4 2012 down 20.0% falling
122 Libya 0.4 2014 unchanged falling
122 Lithuania 0.4 2014 up 300.0% rising
122 Morocco 0.4 2014 down 20.0% falling
122 Mali 0.4 2014 down 20.0% falling
122 South Africa 0.4 2014 up 33.3% rising
132 Germany 0.3 2014 unchanged flat
132 France 0.3 2014 down 40.0% falling
132 Georgia 0.3 2014 down 57.1% falling
132 Croatia 0.3 2014 unchanged falling
132 Iceland 0.3 2014 unchanged flat
132 North Macedonia 0.3 2014 down 40.0% falling
132 Netherlands 0.3 2014 down 40.0% falling
132 Norway 0.3 2014 down 25.0% falling
132 Saudi Arabia 0.3 2012 down 25.0% volatile
132 Serbia 0.3 2014 down 57.1% falling
142 Brunei 0.2 2014 down 33.3% falling
142 China 0.2 2014 unchanged flat
142 Egypt 0.2 2014 unchanged falling
142 Finland 0.2 2014 unchanged flat
142 Ireland 0.2 2014 down 33.3% falling
142 Israel 0.2 2014 — falling
142 Luxembourg 0.2 2014 unchanged flat
142 Malta 0.2 2014 down 33.3% rising
142 Montenegro 0.2 2014 unchanged flat
142 Poland 0.2 2014 down 33.3% falling
142 Syria 0.2 2014 down 75.0% volatile
153 Hungary 0.1 2014 down 50.0% falling
153 Jamaica 0.1 2014 unchanged flat
153 Slovakia 0.1 2014 down 66.7% falling
153 Slovenia 0.1 2014 down 66.7% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum smear microscopy (per 100 000 population)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
157 places, 1,448 data points, 2005–2014
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