Tuberculosis case detection rate in Greenland
Greenland: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 80.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Greenland, 2009–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, tuberculosis case detection rate in Greenland stood at 80.0%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Greenland peaked at 80.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 69.0%, in 2009.
Greenland ranks 81st of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.0% | 69.0% | 69.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 75.3% | 70.0% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.8% | 79.0% | 80.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Greenland
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,447 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 340 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 317 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 345 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 327 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 354 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 335 (2025)
- Population, female 26,987 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 30.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Greenland?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Greenland was 80.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 80.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.0% in 2009.
- How does Greenland rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Greenland ranks 81st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland 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.