Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases in Uganda
Uganda: Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases was 84 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases in Uganda, 1996–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 84 for treatment success rate: previously treated tb cases in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treatment success rate: previously treated tb cases in Uganda peaked at 84 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32, in 1996.
That places Uganda 40th out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 32 | — |
| 1997 | 58 | +81.2% |
| 1998 | 60 | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 48 | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 64 | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 63 | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 55 | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 60 | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 68 | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 76 | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 81 | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 79 | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 70 | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 65 | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 71 | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 66 | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 67 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 71 | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 67 | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 65 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 74 | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 80 | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 77 | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 79 | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 84 | +6.3% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 84 is above the median for low income countries, which is 76, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 84 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 76, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +81.2% | 32 | 58 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.5 | 32 | 60 | 4 |
| 2000s | 68.44 | 55 | 81 | 9 |
| 2010s | 68 | 65 | 74 | 10 |
| 2020s | 80 | 77 | 84 | 4 |
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More health data for Uganda
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- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 853.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6,666 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 111 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0787 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is treatment success rate: previously treated tb cases in Uganda?
- Treatment success rate: previously treated tb cases in Uganda was 84 in 2023, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest treatment success rate: previously treated tb cases recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 84 in 2023.
- What is the lowest treatment success rate: previously treated tb cases recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 32 in 1996.
- How does Uganda rank for treatment success rate: previously treated tb cases?
- Uganda ranks 40th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is treatment success rate: previously treated tb cases rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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