Tuberculosis cases, per square kilometre by country
Tuberculosis cases divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
208
Highest
14.55 cases per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0 cases per square kilometre
British Virgin Islands
Median
0.0276 cases per square kilometre
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,932
What the numbers show
Tuberculosis cases, per square kilometre is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 14.55 cases per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0 cases per square kilometre in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0276 cases per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.2468 cases per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 133 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 250.0%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 100.0%).
Tuberculosis cases, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 14.55 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 4.76 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 3 | Singapore | 3.34 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 2.92 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 5 | Philippines | 2.43 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 2 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 7 | Kiribati | 1.48 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 8 | India | 0.9283 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 9 | Nauru | 0.9 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Pakistan | 0.8588 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 11 | Haiti | 0.7983 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 12 | Micronesia (country) | 0.6429 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 13 | Maldives | 0.6376 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 14 | Vietnam | 0.5902 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 15 | Indonesia | 0.5759 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 16 | Nigeria | 0.5479 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 17 | Tuvalu | 0.5333 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 18 | Nepal | 0.4813 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 19 | Uganda | 0.4788 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 20 | Burundi | 0.4673 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 0.4611 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 0.4433 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 23 | East Timor | 0.4237 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 24 | Myanmar | 0.3999 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 25 | Gambia | 0.3755 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 26 | Rwanda | 0.3527 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 27 | Bahrain | 0.275 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 28 | Cambodia | 0.2719 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 0.2652 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 30 | El Salvador | 0.2606 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 31 | Djibouti | 0.2373 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 32 | Eswatini | 0.2326 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 33 | South Africa | 0.2226 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 34 | Malta | 0.2125 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 0.2102 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 36 | Thailand | 0.2094 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 37 | South Korea | 0.2049 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 38 | Kenya | 0.2049 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 39 | Ghana | 0.1934 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 40 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1795 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1771 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 0.163 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 43 | Mozambique | 0.1539 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1479 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 45 | Tanzania | 0.1377 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1355 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1351 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 0.1288 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 49 | Guam | 0.1278 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 50 | Senegal | 0.1247 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Liberia | 0.1246 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 52 | Madagascar | 0.1186 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 53 | Comoros | 0.1182 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | flat |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 0.1162 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 55 | Angola | 0.1131 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 0.1058 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 57 | Qatar | 0.1044 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 58 | Malaysia | 0.1035 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1006 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 60 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0882 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 0.0879 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 62 | Cameroon | 0.0825 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 0.0823 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 64 | Togo | 0.0809 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 65 | Morocco | 0.0807 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 66 | Mauritius | 0.0801 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 67 | Zambia | 0.0794 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 68 | China | 0.0789 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 69 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0739 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0721 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 71 | Cape Verde | 0.0695 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 72 | Lebanon | 0.0684 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 73 | Moldova | 0.0638 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 74 | Brunei | 0.0626 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 75 | Ukraine | 0.0587 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 76 | South Sudan | 0.0586 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 0.0569 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 78 | Congo | 0.0527 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 79 | Benin | 0.0523 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 80 | Romania | 0.0522 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 81 | Seychelles | 0.05 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 82 | Guatemala | 0.0495 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0485 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 0.0475 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 85 | Somalia | 0.0462 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 86 | Ecuador | 0.0443 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 87 | Laos | 0.0433 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 0.0431 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 89 | Eritrea | 0.0429 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | 0.0391 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 91 | Bermuda | 0.037 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Bhutan | 0.0367 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 93 | Gabon | 0.0365 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 94 | Panama | 0.0364 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 95 | Fiji | 0.0361 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 96 | Honduras | 0.0357 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 0.0353 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 98 | Japan | 0.0329 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 99 | Palau | 0.0326 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 0.0303 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 101 | Syria | 0.03 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 102 | Kuwait | 0.0297 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 103 | Yemen | 0.0284 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | 0.0279 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 105 | Georgia | 0.0273 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.8% | falling |
| 106 | Iraq | 0.0253 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 0.0249 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 108 | United Kingdom | 0.0244 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 109 | Netherlands | 0.0244 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 110 | Aruba | 0.0222 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Armenia | 0.022 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Colombia | 0.0216 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 113 | Luxembourg | 0.0198 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 114 | Portugal | 0.0186 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 115 | Mexico | 0.0185 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 116 | Chad | 0.0183 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Niger | 0.0174 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 118 | Poland | 0.0167 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 119 | Namibia | 0.0158 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 120 | Turkey | 0.0156 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 0.0156 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 122 | Lithuania | 0.0155 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Serbia | 0.0155 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 124 | Albania | 0.0153 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 125 | Venezuela | 0.0147 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.9% | flat |
| 126 | Grenada | 0.0147 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Germany | 0.0135 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 128 | Sudan | 0.0134 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 129 | Paraguay | 0.0131 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.4% | falling |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0125 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Cayman Islands | 0.0125 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Brazil | 0.0123 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 133 | Egypt | 0.0121 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 134 | Israel | 0.012 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 135 | Bolivia | 0.012 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 136 | Switzerland | 0.0119 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 0.0115 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 138 | Curacao | 0.0113 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 139 | Tonga | 0.0111 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 140 | Jamaica | 0.0111 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 141 | Italy | 0.0108 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 142 | Algeria | 0.0105 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.0104 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0103 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 145 | France | 0.0102 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 146 | Bulgaria | 0.0101 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 147 | American Samoa | 0.01 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 148 | Mali | 0.0098 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Mongolia | 0.0096 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 150 | Costa Rica | 0.0096 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 151 | Belgium | 0.0095 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 152 | Spain | 0.0094 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 153 | Cuba | 0.0086 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 154 | Uruguay | 0.0086 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 155 | Andorra | 0.0085 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Belarus | 0.0084 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 0.0083 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Montenegro | 0.0082 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 159 | Botswana | 0.0078 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 160 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0074 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Hungary | 0.0069 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Czechia | 0.0069 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 163 | Latvia | 0.0066 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Argentina | 0.0066 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 165 | Turkmenistan | 0.0064 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Iran | 0.0062 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 167 | Belize | 0.0061 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 168 | Croatia | 0.0059 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Austria | 0.0058 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 170 | Dominica | 0.0053 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Denmark | 0.0053 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 172 | Slovakia | 0.0052 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Chile | 0.0051 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 174 | Slovenia | 0.005 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Samoa | 0.0047 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 176 | Barbados | 0.0047 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Greece | 0.0045 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 178 | Jordan | 0.0042 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0038 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Kazakhstan | 0.0037 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 181 | Palestine | 0.0037 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Ireland | 0.0036 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 183 | Bahamas | 0.0035 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 184 | Mauritania | 0.0034 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 185 | Russia | 0.0034 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 0.0033 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Puerto Rico | 0.0029 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Estonia | 0.0028 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 189 | New Caledonia | 0.0027 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 190 | Guyana | 0.0026 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 191 | Libya | 0.0024 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.9% | falling |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0023 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Oman | 0.0023 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 194 | New Zealand | 0.0013 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 195 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0013 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 196 | Suriname | 0.0012 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 197 | United States | 0.0012 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 198 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0011 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 199 | Sweden | 0.001 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 200 | Finland | 0.0007 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 201 | Norway | 0.0004 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 202 | Canada | 0.0003 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 203 | Australia | 0.0002 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 204 | Greenland | 0.0001 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 205 | Iceland | 0.0001 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 206 | Monaco | 0 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 206 | San Marino | 0 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 206 | British Virgin Islands | 0 cases per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Tuberculosis cases divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Tuberculosis cases ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Tuberculosis cases WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Tuberculosis cases divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.