Tuberculosis case detection rate in Bhutan
Bhutan: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 60.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Bhutan, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 60.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Bhutan peaked at 60.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 29.0%, in 2000.
That places Bhutan 183rd out of 207 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.6% | 29.0% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.2% | 39.0% | 58.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.8% | 59.0% | 60.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Bhutan
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,531 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 7,591 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 6,883 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 7,584 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 7,004 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 7,614 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 7,097 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Bhutan?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Bhutan was 60.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.0% in 2000.
- How does Bhutan rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Bhutan ranks 183rd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Tuberculosis case detection rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases diagnosed and treated in national TB control programmes and notified to WHO, divided by WHO's estimate of the number of incident TB cases for the same year.