Tuberculosis case detection rate in Uganda
Uganda: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 90.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Uganda, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tuberculosis case detection rate in Uganda is 90.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Uganda peaked at 100.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 46.0%, in 2000.
That places Uganda 45th 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 | 61.0% | 46.0% | 67.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.8% | 55.0% | 77.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.2% | 69.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Uganda
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 853.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6,666 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 464,951 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 469,853 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 479,373 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 484,060 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 493,922 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 498,483 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Uganda?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Uganda was 90.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.0% in 2000.
- How does Uganda rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Uganda ranks 45th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.