Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in South Korea
South Korea: Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s was 1.2 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in South Korea, 2005–2014
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in South Korea is 1.2, measured in 2014. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 140.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in South Korea peaked at 1.2 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.5, in 2005.
South Korea ranks 70th of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.08 | 1 | 1.2 | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 70 Namibia 1.2 compare
- 70 Mozambique 1.2 compare
- 73 Vietnam 1.1 compare
- 73 Uzbekistan 1.1 compare
- 73 Ghana 1.1 compare
- 73 Cameroon 1.1 compare
- 73 Chile 1.1 compare
- 73 Turkmenistan 1.1 compare
- 73 Guinea-Bissau 1.1 compare
- 73 Samoa 1.1 compare
More health data for South Korea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 69 (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 2,072 (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 214,243 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 226,850 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 243,678 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 231,049 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 234,551 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 224,514 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in South Korea?
- Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in South Korea was 1.2 in 2014, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 in 2013.
- What is the lowest laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 in 2005.
- How does South Korea rank for laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s?
- South Korea ranks 70th out of 156 countries with data for 2014.
- Is laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 140.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum smear microscopy (per 100 000 population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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