Tuberculosis case detection rate in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 70.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Burkina Faso, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, tuberculosis case detection rate in Burkina Faso stood at 70.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Burkina Faso peaked at 70.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21.0%, in 2000.
That places Burkina Faso 128th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.2% | 21.0% | 39.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.4% | 37.0% | 46.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.2% | 43.0% | 70.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 128 Benin 70.0% compare
- 128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.0% compare
- 128 Cambodia 70.0% compare
- 128 Congo 70.0% compare
- 128 Democratic Republic of Congo 70.0% compare
- 128 Georgia 70.0% compare
- 128 Guinea 70.0% compare
- 128 Guinea-Bissau 70.0% compare
- 128 Mali 70.0% compare
- 128 Mauritania 70.0% compare
- 128 Nicaragua 70.0% compare
- 128 Palestine 70.0% compare
- 128 Sierra Leone 70.0% compare
More health data for Burkina Faso
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,142 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 13,085 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 793 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 793 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 203,470 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 201,169 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 211,889 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 208,852 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 219,674 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 216,013 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Burkina Faso?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Burkina Faso was 70.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 70.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.0% in 2000.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Burkina Faso ranks 128th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.