Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate was 90.0% in 2011. ▲ Rising
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate in Ethiopia, 1994–2011
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 90.0% for smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate in 2011. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.4% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate in Ethiopia peaked at 90.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 61.0%, in 1995.
Ethiopia ranks 30th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 74.0% | — |
| 1995 | 61.0% | -17.6% |
| 1996 | 71.0% | +16.4% |
| 1997 | 72.0% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 74.0% | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 74.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 80.0% | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 76.0% | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 76.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 70.0% | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 79.0% | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 78.0% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 84.0% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 83.0% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 90.0% | +8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.0% | 61.0% | 74.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 79.5% | 70.0% | 84.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.5% | 83.0% | 90.0% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate in Ethiopia?
- Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate in Ethiopia was 90.0% in 2011, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.0% in 1995.
- How does Ethiopia rank for smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate?
- Ethiopia ranks 30th out of 185 countries with data for 2011.
- Is smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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