Tuberculosis case detection rate in Honduras
Honduras: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 65.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Honduras, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, tuberculosis case detection rate in Honduras stood at 65.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Honduras peaked at 65.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 35.0%, in 2000.
That places Honduras 166th out of 210 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35.0% | — |
| 2001 | 37.0% | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 40.0% | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 43.0% | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 46.0% | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 48.0% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 50.0% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 51.0% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 53.0% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 54.0% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 56.0% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 57.0% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 59.0% | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 61.0% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 62.0% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 64.0% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 65.0% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 48.0% | -26.2% |
| 2021 | 53.0% | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 58.0% | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 65.0% | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 65.0% | +0.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 65.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 68.0%, 96% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 65.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 81.0%, 80% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tuberculosis case detection rate in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -26.2% | 65.0% | 48.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45.7% | 35.0% | 54.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.6% | 56.0% | 65.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.8% | 48.0% | 65.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 166 French Polynesia 65.0% compare
- 166 Guam 65.0% compare
- 166 Hong Kong 65.0% compare
- 166 Macao 65.0% compare
- 166 Mauritius 65.0% compare
- 166 New Caledonia 65.0% compare
- 166 Northern Mariana Islands 65.0% compare
More health data for Honduras
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.51 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7082 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,052 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 521 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0509 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.3974 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Honduras?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Honduras was 65.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 65.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.0% in 2000.
- How does Honduras rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Honduras ranks 166th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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
Number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases diagnosed and treated in national TB control programs and notified to WHO, divided by WHO's estimate of the number of incident TB cases for the same year.