Treatment success rate: new TB cases in Malta
Malta: Treatment success rate: new TB cases was 98 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Treatment success rate: new TB cases in Malta, 1995–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Malta recorded 98 for treatment success rate: new tb cases in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treatment success rate: new tb cases in Malta peaked at 100 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 24, in 2012.
Malta ranks 9th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Treatment success rate: new TB cases in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 100 | — |
| 1996 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 75 | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 100 | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 60 | -40.0% |
| 2003 | 100 | +66.7% |
| 2004 | 89 | -11.0% |
| 2005 | 96 | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 100 | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 78 | -22.0% |
| 2008 | 74 | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 76 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 65 | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 69 | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 24 | -65.2% |
| 2013 | 76 | +216.7% |
| 2020 | 99 | +30.3% |
| 2021 | 98 | -1.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 98 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76, 1.3× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Malta's 98 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 90, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treatment success rate: new TB cases in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +216.7% | 24 | 76 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95 | 75 | 100 | 5 |
| 2000s | 87.3 | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.5 | 24 | 76 | 4 |
| 2020s | 98.5 | 98 | 99 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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Frequently asked questions
- What is treatment success rate: new tb cases in Malta?
- Treatment success rate: new tb cases in Malta was 98 in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest treatment success rate: new tb cases recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 1995.
- What is the lowest treatment success rate: new tb cases recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 in 2012.
- How does Malta rank for treatment success rate: new tb cases?
- Malta ranks 9th out of 193 countries with data for 2021.
- Is treatment success rate: new tb cases rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Treatment success rate: new TB cases. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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