Tuberculosis case detection rate in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 70.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, tuberculosis case detection rate in Sierra Leone stood at 70.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Sierra Leone peaked at 70.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2000.
That places Sierra Leone 128th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.9% | 14.0% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 38.0% | 56.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.4% | 49.0% | 70.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 128 Benin 70.0% compare
- 128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.0% compare
- 128 Burkina Faso 70.0% compare
- 128 Cambodia 70.0% compare
- 128 Congo 70.0% compare
- 128 Democratic Republic of Congo 70.0% compare
- 128 Georgia 70.0% compare
- 128 Guinea 70.0% compare
- 128 Guinea-Bissau 70.0% compare
- 128 Mali 70.0% compare
- 128 Mauritania 70.0% compare
- 128 Nicaragua 70.0% compare
- 128 Palestine 70.0% compare
More health data for Sierra Leone
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,199 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4,209 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 79,693 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 79,021 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 82,252 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 81,100 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 84,700 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 83,425 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Sierra Leone?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Sierra Leone was 70.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 70.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Sierra Leone ranks 128th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.