Tuberculosis case detection rate in Ghana
Ghana: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 46.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, tuberculosis case detection rate in Ghana stood at 46.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Ghana peaked at 46.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26.0%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 201st of 207 countries on this measure, 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 | 27.8% | 26.0% | 32.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.8% | 31.0% | 33.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.2% | 28.0% | 46.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 198 Lesotho 51.0% compare
- 199 Kiribati 47.0% compare
- 199 Micronesia (country) 47.0% compare
- 202 Solomon Islands 45.0% compare
- 203 Myanmar 44.0% compare
- 204 Eritrea 43.0% compare
- 204 Kyrgyzstan 43.0% compare
More health data for Ghana
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 986.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8,361 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 20 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 20 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 294,010 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 291,497 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 304,855 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 301,852 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 312,958 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 309,507 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Ghana?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Ghana was 46.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 46.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.0% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Ghana ranks 201st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.