Tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 95.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 95.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica peaked at 97.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.0%, in 2000.
Costa Rica ranks 37th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 66.2% | 60.0% | 72.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 73.0% | 82.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.2% | 70.0% | 97.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Costa Rica
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,632 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 35 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 40,311 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 38,872 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 39,752 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 38,260 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 38,402 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 36,873 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica was 95.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.0% in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Costa Rica ranks 37th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.