Tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal
Nepal: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 60.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal, 2000–2024
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %, all forms.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 60.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.1% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal peaked at 60.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.0%, in 2000.
That places Nepal 182nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal, year by year
| Year | %, all forms | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 29.0% | — |
| 2001 | 29.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 30.0% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 34.0% | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 33.0% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 35.0% | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 35.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 36.0% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 37.0% | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 40.0% | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 41.0% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 43.0% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 44.0% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 43.0% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 46.0% | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 45.0% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 43.0% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 44.0% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 46.0% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 47.0% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 41.0% | -12.8% |
| 2021 | 42.0% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 54.0% | +28.6% |
| 2023 | 54.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 60.0% | +11.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 60.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 68.0%, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 60.0% is below the median for South Asia, which is 64.0%, 94% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +28.6% | 42.0% | 54.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.8% | 29.0% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.2% | 41.0% | 47.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.2% | 41.0% | 60.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More health data for Nepal
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8518 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,326 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 955 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0451 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal was 60.0% in 2024, according to Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.0% in 2000.
- How does Nepal rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Nepal ranks 182nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Tuberculosis case detection rate (all forms) is the number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases notified to WHO in a given year, divided by WHO's estimate of the number of incident tuberculosis cases for the same year, expressed as a percentage. Estimates for all years are recalculated as new information becomes available and techniques are refined, so they may differ from those published previously.