Tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal
Nepal: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 60.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 60.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 11.1% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal peaked at 60.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.0%, in 2000.
Nepal ranks 183rd of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 33.8% | 29.0% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.2% | 41.0% | 47.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.2% | 41.0% | 60.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Nepal
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,326 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 955 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 257,727 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 292,665 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 264,161 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 294,479 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 270,418 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 295,028 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Nepal was 60.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.0% in 2000.
- How does Nepal rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Nepal ranks 183rd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.