Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum was 2.7 in 2014. β² Rising
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum in Sierra Leone, 2005β2014
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum in Sierra Leone is 2.7, measured in 2014. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 170.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum in Sierra Leone peaked at 2.7 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2005.
Sierra Leone ranks 22nd of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5 | 1 | 2.1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.66 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 5 |
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- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 82,252 (2025)
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- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 84,700 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum in Sierra Leone?
- Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum in Sierra Leone was 2.7 in 2014, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7 in 2012.
- What is the lowest laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum?
- Sierra Leone ranks 22nd out of 156 countries with data for 2014.
- Is laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 170.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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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