Tuberculosis death rate by country
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from tuberculosis in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
386.69 deaths per 100,000 people
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
San Marino
Median
4.9 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Tuberculosis death rate is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 386.69 deaths per 100,000 people in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.9 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 30.74 deaths per 100,000 people.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Cook Islands (up 1,015.1%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 100.0%).
Tuberculosis death rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 386.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 2 | Lesotho | 364.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 3 | Gabon | 277.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 263.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 5 | Congo | 177.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 6 | East Timor | 167.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 65.3% | flat |
| 7 | Liberia | 154.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 8 | Somalia | 141.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 9 | Namibia | 141.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 141.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 141.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 124.3% | rising |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 124.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 13 | Kenya | 124.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 14 | Botswana | 122.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Eswatini | 109.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 83.8% | falling |
| 16 | South Africa | 98.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Nigeria | 97.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 18 | Angola | 95.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.5% | flat |
| 19 | Zambia | 86.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 20 | Mozambique | 86.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 84.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 22 | Ghana | 84.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 23 | Cameroon | 83.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 24 | Nepal | 81.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 81.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 79.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 27 | Malawi | 79.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 78.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 29 | Myanmar | 78.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 30 | Tanzania | 77.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 32 | Gambia | 68.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 33 | North Korea | 64.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 34 | South Sudan | 64.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 35 | Chad | 64.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 36 | Tuvalu | 63.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 375.4% | rising |
| 37 | Uganda | 56.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 38 | Indonesia | 55.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 39 | Philippines | 53.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 40 | Kiribati | 52.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 48.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Burundi | 48.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Laos | 43.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 45 | Guinea | 41.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 33.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 47 | Djibouti | 33.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 32.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Pakistan | 32.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 50 | Bhutan | 32.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 51 | Senegal | 31.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 52 | India | 29.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 53 | Cambodia | 29.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Mauritania | 27.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 55 | Nauru | 26.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 243.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Eritrea | 26.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 57 | Niger | 26.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 58 | Haiti | 22.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Benin | 21.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 60 | Mali | 19.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 18.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 62 | Libya | 17.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 63 | Yemen | 16.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 64 | Bolivia | 16.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 65 | Guyana | 15.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 66 | Sudan | 14.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 14.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 68 | Niue | 14.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 257.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Peru | 13.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 70 | Comoros | 13.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 13.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 72 | Mongolia | 12.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 73 | Micronesia (country) | 11.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 74 | Vietnam | 11.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 10.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 10.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 77 | Morocco | 10.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 10.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 79 | Thailand | 9.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | 9.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 81 | Honduras | 9.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 82 | Malaysia | 8.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 83 | Algeria | 7.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 7.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Brunei | 7.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 71.3% | flat |
| 87 | Togo | 6.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 79.5% | falling |
| 88 | Fiji | 6.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 89 | Moldova | 5.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 90 | Panama | 5.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 5.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Paraguay | 5.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 93 | Russia | 5.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 94 | Ecuador | 5.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 95 | Guatemala | 5.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 96 | Cook Islands | 4.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1,015.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Colombia | 4.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 51.0% | falling |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 4.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 99 | Suriname | 4.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 100 | Brazil | 4.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 101 | Iraq | 4.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 4.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 71.5% | falling |
| 103 | Belize | 3.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 3.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 3.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 106 | Romania | 3.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 107 | Dominica | 3.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 108 | Palau | 3.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.9% | flat |
| 109 | Venezuela | 3.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 110 | Maldives | 3.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 2.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 112 | Lithuania | 2.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 113 | El Salvador | 2.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 114 | Bahrain | 2.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 192.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Belarus | 2.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 116 | United Arab Emirates | 2.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 117 | Latvia | 2.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 119 | Mexico | 1.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 120 | Uruguay | 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 122 | China | 1.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 124 | South Korea | 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Georgia | 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 69.8% | falling |
| 126 | Tunisia | 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 127 | Armenia | 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 128 | Argentina | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 129 | Saint Lucia | 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Iran | 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 132 | Chile | 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 133 | Kuwait | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Poland | 0.9589 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 135 | Oman | 0.9318 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 136 | Qatar | 0.9212 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 0.9113 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 138 | Tonga | 0.9006 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 139 | Bahamas | 0.8794 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.8233 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.6% | flat |
| 141 | Grenada | 0.8124 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.7733 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Samoa | 0.7674 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 144 | Portugal | 0.7589 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 145 | Egypt | 0.7496 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Lebanon | 0.7146 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 147 | Mauritius | 0.6951 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.9% | flat |
| 148 | Estonia | 0.5806 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Seychelles | 0.578 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Bulgaria | 0.5746 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 151 | Barbados | 0.5677 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 76.2% | falling |
| 152 | Japan | 0.422 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 153 | Turkey | 0.4006 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Jamaica | 0.3946 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 0.3824 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Serbia | 0.3815 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Cuba | 0.313 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 158 | Hungary | 0.3043 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Iceland | 0.2902 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Cyprus | 0.2549 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 161 | Slovenia | 0.2217 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Greece | 0.2217 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 163 | Albania | 0.2214 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 164 | Croatia | 0.2184 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Singapore | 0.2073 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Austria | 0.2068 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 167 | Syria | 0.2062 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Belgium | 0.2057 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 169 | Slovakia | 0.2019 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 170 | France | 0.1988 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Italy | 0.1951 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 172 | New Zealand | 0.1871 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 173 | Czechia | 0.1864 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 174 | United Kingdom | 0.1806 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 176 | Spain | 0.1608 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 177 | Jordan | 0.1607 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Germany | 0.1572 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 179 | Canada | 0.1532 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 180 | Finland | 0.1503 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Montenegro | 0.1318 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 182 | United States | 0.1133 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 183 | Andorra | 0.1083 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Australia | 0.0975 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 185 | Norway | 0.0974 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Switzerland | 0.0888 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 187 | Sweden | 0.0844 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Israel | 0.0737 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Netherlands | 0.0567 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Denmark | 0.0449 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 192 | Monaco | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 192 | San Marino | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | flat |
About this data
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from tuberculosis in both sexes, per 100,000 people.