Tuberculosis case detection rate in Greece
Greece: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 100.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Greece, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 100.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 23.5% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Greece peaked at 100.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.0%, in 2000.
Greece ranks 4th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.7% | 68.0% | 73.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.6% | 74.0% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.6% | 80.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 1 Belgium 140.0% compare
- 2 Bulgaria 110.0% compare
- 2 Croatia 110.0% compare
- 4 American Samoa 100.0% compare
- 4 Andorra 100.0% compare
- 4 Antigua and Barbuda 100.0% compare
- 4 Aruba 100.0% compare
- 4 Barbados 100.0% compare
- 4 Bermuda 100.0% compare
- 4 British Virgin Islands 100.0% compare
- 4 Canada 100.0% compare
- 4 Cayman Islands 100.0% compare
- 4 Cook Islands 100.0% compare
- 4 Curacao 100.0% compare
- 4 Dominica 100.0% compare
- 4 Grenada 100.0% compare
- 4 Italy 100.0% compare
- 4 Nauru 100.0% compare
- 4 Netherlands Antilles 100.0% compare
- 4 Niue 100.0% compare
- 4 Palau 100.0% compare
- 4 Russia 100.0% compare
- 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% compare
- 4 Saint Lucia 100.0% compare
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% compare
- 4 Samoa 100.0% compare
- 4 Seychelles 100.0% compare
- 4 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 100.0% compare
- 4 Tonga 100.0% compare
- 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% compare
- 4 Tuvalu 100.0% compare
- 4 Wallis and Futuna 100.0% compare
More health data for Greece
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,321 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 24 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 52,941 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 47,441 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 53,127 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 47,830 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 53,746 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 48,348 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Greece?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Greece was 100.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.0% in 2000.
- How does Greece rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Greece ranks 4th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.