Tuberculosis case detection rate in Iraq
Iraq: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 66.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Iraq, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 66.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Iraq peaked at 66.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 66.0%, in 2000.
That places Iraq 159th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 66.0% | 66.0% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.0% | 66.0% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.0% | 66.0% | 66.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Iraq
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 898.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5,830 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 2 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 2 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 419,499 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 404,017 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 426,321 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 409,679 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 432,275 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 414,521 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Iraq?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Iraq was 66.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 66.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.0% in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Iraq ranks 159th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iraq 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.