Tuberculosis case detection rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 73.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2024
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %, all forms.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 73.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 65.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 73.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.1% | 33.0% | 45.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.9% | 44.0% | 53.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.8% | 52.0% | 73.0% | 5 |
More health data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Population ages 0-14, female 263.91 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 5.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 39.8% (2025)
- Population, female 662.87 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 78.1% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 71.6% (2025)
- Population, female 50.2% (2025)
- Population, male 49.8% (2025)
- Population, male 658.79 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 375.01 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 73.0% in 2024, according to Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 73.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.