Tuberculosis case detection rate in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 76.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Puerto Rico, 2000–2023
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tuberculosis case detection rate in Puerto Rico is 76.0%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Puerto Rico peaked at 76.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 47.0%, in 2000.
That places Puerto Rico 98th out of 207 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.2% | 47.0% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.8% | 68.0% | 76.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.0% | 76.0% | 76.0% | 4 |
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More health data for Puerto Rico
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,519 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, total 2.02 million (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 15,521 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 971,601 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 64.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 14,230 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 13,590 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 14,358 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Puerto Rico?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Puerto Rico was 76.0% in 2023, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 76.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.0% in 2000.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Puerto Rico ranks 98th out of 207 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.