Tuberculosis case detection rate in Vietnam
Vietnam: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 58.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Vietnam, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, tuberculosis case detection rate in Vietnam stood at 58.0%.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Vietnam peaked at 60.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 39.0%, in 2000.
That places Vietnam 192nd out of 210 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39.0% | — |
| 2001 | 40.0% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 43.0% | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 42.0% | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 45.0% | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 44.0% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 46.0% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 46.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 47.0% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 47.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 48.0% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 50.0% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 52.0% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 52.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 53.0% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 54.0% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 56.0% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 57.0% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 57.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 60.0% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 59.0% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 46.0% | -22.0% |
| 2022 | 58.0% | +26.1% |
| 2023 | 56.0% | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 58.0% | +3.6% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 58.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.0%, 78% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 58.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 72.5%, 80% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tuberculosis case detection rate in Vietnam changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +26.1% | 46.0% | 58.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.9% | 39.0% | 47.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.9% | 48.0% | 60.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.4% | 46.0% | 59.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 190 Afghanistan 59.0% compare
- 190 Fiji 59.0% compare
- 192 Libya 58.0% compare
- 194 Albania 57.0% compare
- 195 Azerbaijan 56.0% compare
- 195 Montenegro 56.0% compare
- 195 Tajikistan 56.0% compare
- 195 Ukraine 56.0% compare
More health data for Vietnam
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.66 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0536 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,306 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3,132 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 27 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0322 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Vietnam?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Vietnam was 58.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.0% in 2000.
- How does Vietnam rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Vietnam ranks 192nd out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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
Number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases diagnosed and treated in national TB control programs and notified to WHO, divided by WHO's estimate of the number of incident TB cases for the same year.