Statizoid

Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases by country

Countries reporting
190
Highest
2.50 million
India
Lowest
0.23
Niue
Median
5,300
Years covered
25
1990–2014
Data points
5,058

What the numbers show

Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 2.50 million in India; the lowest is 0.23 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 5,300, and the mean is 63,276.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Cook Islands (up 171.4%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 90.8%).

Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 2.50 million 2014 down 41.9% falling
2 Indonesia 1.60 million 2014 down 11.1% falling
3 China 1.20 million 2014 down 36.8% falling
4 Bangladesh 640,000 2014 unchanged rising
5 Pakistan 630,000 2014 down 4.5% flat
6 Nigeria 590,000 2014 up 31.1% rising
7 Philippines 410,000 2014 down 26.8% falling
8 Democratic Republic of Congo 400,000 2014 up 48.1% rising
10 Tanzania 270,000 2014 down 3.6% rising
11 Myanmar 240,000 2014 down 29.4% falling
12 Ethiopia 190,000 2014 down 26.9% falling
13 Vietnam 180,000 2014 down 28.0% falling
14 Russia 160,000 2014 down 48.4% rising
14 Thailand 160,000 2014 down 23.8% rising
16 Mozambique 150,000 2014 up 15.4% rising
17 North Korea 140,000 2014 up 27.3% rising
18 Angola 120,000 2014 up 42.9% rising
18 Kenya 120,000 2014 up 9.1% rising
20 Afghanistan 110,000 2014 up 31.0% rising
20 Brazil 110,000 2014 down 8.3% falling
22 Cambodia 100,000 2014 down 41.2% falling
23 Madagascar 96,000 2014 up 10.3% falling
24 Ghana 75,000 2014 down 10.7% rising
25 Zambia 69,000 2014 up 3.0% falling
26 Cameroon 61,000 2014 down 17.6% rising
27 Nepal 60,000 2014 up 7.1% falling
27 Uganda 60,000 2014 down 27.7% falling
29 Sudan 59,000 2014 down 15.7% falling
30 Malawi 56,000 2014 up 19.1% rising
31 Somalia 52,000 2014 up 26.8% rising
31 Ukraine 52,000 2014 down 34.2% rising
33 South Korea 50,000 2014 down 9.1% falling
34 Peru 49,000 2014 down 14.0% falling
35 Cote d'Ivoire 48,000 2014 down 34.2% falling
36 Algeria 46,000 2014 up 2.2% rising
36 Morocco 46,000 2014 up 17.9% falling
38 Zimbabwe 44,000 2014 down 29.0% rising
39 Malaysia 40,000 2014 up 66.7% rising
40 Papua New Guinea 39,000 2014 down 4.9% rising
41 Uzbekistan 36,000 2014 down 21.7% rising
42 Mexico 33,000 2014 up 3.1% falling
43 Guinea 31,000 2014 down 8.8% falling
43 Laos 31,000 2014 down 29.5% falling
45 Japan 30,000 2014 down 31.8% falling
45 Niger 30,000 2014 down 11.8% falling
45 Senegal 30,000 2014 up 25.0% rising
48 Sierra Leone 28,000 2014 up 3.7% rising
48 Chad 28,000 2014 up 33.3% rising
50 Haiti 26,000 2014 down 25.7% rising
50 Iran 26,000 2014 up 18.2% falling
52 Iraq 24,000 2014 up 60.0% rising
53 Egypt 23,000 2014 down 8.0% falling
54 Kazakhstan 22,000 2014 down 35.3% rising
54 Liberia 22,000 2014 up 69.2% rising
56 Burundi 21,000 2014 down 8.7% falling
56 Congo 21,000 2014 up 31.2% rising
59 Bolivia 20,000 2014 down 9.1% falling
59 Sri Lanka 20,000 2014 unchanged flat
59 Romania 20,000 2014 down 54.5% falling
62 Colombia 19,000 2014 down 24.0% falling
63 Guatemala 17,000 2014 up 21.4% rising
63 Turkey 17,000 2014 down 15.0% falling
65 Mali 16,000 2014 up 23.1% rising
65 Yemen 16,000 2014 down 44.8% falling
67 Namibia 15,000 2014 down 28.6% rising
68 Burkina Faso 14,000 2014 up 16.7% rising
68 Lesotho 14,000 2014 down 12.5% rising
70 Argentina 13,000 2014 down 13.3% falling
71 Ecuador 12,000 2014 down 25.0% falling
71 United States 12,000 2014 down 36.8% falling
73 Kyrgyzstan 11,000 2014 down 38.9% flat
73 Tajikistan 11,000 2014 down 57.7% flat
75 Gabon 10,000 2014 down 9.1% rising
75 Poland 10,000 2014 down 23.1% falling
77 Azerbaijan 9,800 2014 down 87.8% volatile
78 United Kingdom 9,600 2014 down 4.0% rising
78 Rwanda 9,600 2014 down 4.0% rising
80 Benin 9,500 2014 up 4.4% falling
80 East Timor 9,500 2014 up 33.8% rising
82 Moldova 9,300 2014 down 15.5% rising
83 Venezuela 8,800 2014 down 2.2% rising
84 Djibouti 8,700 2014 up 33.8% rising
85 Guinea-Bissau 8,300 2014 up 18.6% rising
86 Botswana 7,900 2014 down 21.0% falling
87 Belarus 7,700 2014 down 23.0% rising
87 Eswatini 7,700 2014 down 6.1% rising
89 Dominican Republic 7,600 2014 down 36.7% falling
90 France 7,400 2014 down 17.8% falling
91 Mauritania 7,200 2014 down 25.8% falling
92 Spain 6,800 2014 down 32.0% falling
93 Mongolia 6,600 2014 down 20.5% falling
94 Germany 6,300 2014 down 28.4% falling
94 Eritrea 6,300 2014 down 31.5% falling
96 Georgia 5,900 2014 down 60.7% volatile
97 Togo 5,800 2014 up 31.8% rising
98 Saudi Arabia 4,800 2014 down 7.7% rising
99 Turkmenistan 4,700 2014 down 72.4% falling
100 Tunisia 4,600 2014 up 53.3% rising
101 Libya 4,500 2014 up 50.0% rising
101 Nicaragua 4,500 2014 up 55.2% falling
103 Italy 4,400 2014 down 21.4% falling
104 Honduras 3,900 2014 down 51.2% falling
105 Paraguay 3,600 2014 down 7.7% flat
105 Syria 3,600 2014 down 40.0% falling
107 Chile 3,500 2014 down 2.8% falling
108 Singapore 3,400 2014 up 70.0% flat
109 Portugal 3,000 2014 down 33.3% falling
109 El Salvador 3,000 2014 up 42.9% falling
111 Serbia 2,700 2014 down 42.6% falling
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,400 2014 down 46.7% falling
112 Gambia 2,400 2014 up 20.0% rising
112 Lithuania 2,400 2014 down 44.2% falling
115 Bulgaria 2,300 2014 down 62.3% falling
115 Canada 2,300 2014 unchanged falling
115 Panama 2,300 2014 down 11.5% rising
118 Australia 1,900 2014 up 26.7% rising
119 Armenia 1,700 2014 down 48.5% rising
120 Bhutan 1,500 2014 down 55.9% volatile
120 Cuba 1,500 2014 down 6.2% volatile
120 Hungary 1,500 2014 down 53.1% falling
123 Belgium 1,200 2014 down 25.0% falling
123 Cape Verde 1,200 2014 down 14.3% flat
123 Lebanon 1,200 2014 up 135.3% falling
123 Netherlands 1,200 2014 down 29.4% falling
123 Uruguay 1,200 2014 up 44.6% flat
128 Equatorial Guinea 1,100 2014 up 71.9% rising
128 Latvia 1,100 2014 down 56.0% volatile
130 Kuwait 1,000 2014 up 17.6% rising
131 Fiji 970 2014 up 38.6% falling
132 Guyana 940 2014 down 14.5% falling
133 Sweden 910 2014 up 42.2% rising
134 Austria 830 2014 down 36.2% falling
134 Kiribati 830 2014 up 36.1% rising
136 Qatar 810 2014 up 88.4% rising
137 Solomon Islands 760 2014 down 36.7% falling
138 Albania 750 2014 down 16.7% falling
139 Greece 670 2014 down 27.2% falling
139 Croatia 670 2014 down 62.8% falling
141 Costa Rica 650 2014 down 29.3% falling
142 Switzerland 630 2014 down 16.0% falling
143 Czechia 620 2014 down 58.7% falling
144 Israel 560 2014 down 8.2% falling
145 Jordan 540 2014 up 14.9% falling
146 Norway 520 2014 up 26.8% rising
146 Oman 520 2014 up 23.8% falling
148 Denmark 500 2014 down 12.3% falling
149 Slovakia 470 2014 down 60.8% falling
150 Comoros 460 2014 up 15.0% rising
151 Mauritius 440 2014 down 15.4% falling
152 Ireland 430 2014 down 28.3% falling
153 North Macedonia 420 2014 down 54.8% falling
153 New Zealand 420 2014 down 19.2% falling
155 Finland 390 2014 down 26.4% falling
156 Brunei 330 2014 up 10.0% rising
157 Estonia 320 2014 down 59.0% falling
157 Trinidad and Tobago 320 2014 up 45.5% rising
159 Micronesia (country) 260 2014 down 48.0% falling
160 United Arab Emirates 250 2014 up 4.2% falling
160 Marshall Islands 250 2014 up 8.7% volatile
162 Bahrain 240 2014 down 35.1% rising
163 Vanuatu 230 2014 down 17.9% falling
164 Sao Tome and Principe 210 2014 down 12.5% falling
165 Maldives 200 2014 down 13.0% falling
165 Slovenia 200 2014 down 50.0% falling
167 Montenegro 180 2014 down 21.7% falling
168 Jamaica 170 2014 down 5.6% falling
169 Belize 160 2014 up 23.1% rising
170 Cyprus 78 2014 up 59.2% rising
171 Malta 64 2014 up 100.0% rising
172 Samoa 60 2014 up 30.4% falling
173 Bahamas 46 2014 down 17.9% falling
174 Luxembourg 45 2014 down 13.5% falling
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36 2014 down 20.0% falling
176 Seychelles 31 2014 up 40.9% falling
177 Tuvalu 24 2014 down 51.0% falling
178 Tonga 22 2014 down 43.6% falling
179 Saint Lucia 19 2014 down 9.5% falling
180 Iceland 14 2014 up 7.7% falling
181 Nauru 9.6 2014 up 24.7% volatile
181 Palau 9.6 2014 down 40.0% volatile
183 Andorra 8.6 2014 down 33.8% falling
184 Antigua and Barbuda 6.9 2014 up 56.8% rising
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.1 2014 up 96.2% falling
186 Cook Islands 3.8 2014 up 171.4% volatile
187 Grenada 3.1 2014 down 20.5% rising
188 Barbados 1.2 2014 down 89.1% flat
189 Monaco 1.1 2014 up 168.3% falling
190 Dominica 0.72 2014 down 90.8% volatile
191 San Marino 0.65 2014 down 7.1% volatile
192 Niue 0.23 2014 down 54.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
204 places, 5,058 data points, 1990–2014
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