Tuberculosis case detection rate in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 82.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in United Arab Emirates, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, tuberculosis case detection rate in United Arab Emirates stood at 82.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in United Arab Emirates peaked at 82.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 40.0%, in 2000.
That places United Arab Emirates 69th 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 | 51.0% | 40.0% | 58.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.0% | 58.0% | 72.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.0% | 77.0% | 82.0% | 5 |
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More health data for United Arab Emirates
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 308.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 287 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 10 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 10 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 159,460 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 101,190 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 143,931 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 90,961 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 131,855 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 80,194 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in United Arab Emirates?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in United Arab Emirates was 82.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 82.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.0% in 2000.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 69th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.