Tuberculosis case detection rate in India
India: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 92.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in India, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
India recorded 92.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 84.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in India peaked at 92.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.0%, in 2002.
That places India 39th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 33.5% | 30.0% | 39.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.7% | 39.0% | 77.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.8% | 59.0% | 92.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More health data for India
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,332 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 44,822 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 76 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 76 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 13.43 million (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 12.16 million (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 13.62 million (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 12.35 million (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 13.69 million (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 12.44 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in India?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in India was 92.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 92.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.0% in 2002.
- How does India rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- India ranks 39th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.