Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in Malawi
Malawi: Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s was 1.7 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in Malawi, 2005–2014
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in Malawi is 1.7, measured in 2014. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.3% on the previous year and up 142.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in Malawi peaked at 1.7 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7, in 2005.
That places Malawi 48th out of 156 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.08 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.52 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 5 |
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More health data for Malawi
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 856.3 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 6,399 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 193,780 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 198,476 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 200,046 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 204,753 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 207,829 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 212,512 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in Malawi?
- Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s in Malawi was 1.7 in 2014, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7 in 2014.
- What is the lowest laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7 in 2005.
- How does Malawi rank for laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s?
- Malawi ranks 48th out of 156 countries with data for 2014.
- Is laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 142.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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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