Tuberculosis death rate by country

Estimated annual number of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis per 100,000 people.

Countries reporting
212
Highest
187 deaths per 100,000 people
Lesotho
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Wallis and Futuna
Median
3.35 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,317

What the numbers show

Tuberculosis death rate is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 187 deaths per 100,000 people in Lesotho; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Wallis and Futuna.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.35 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 14.37 deaths per 100,000 people.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 166 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 555.6%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 100.0%).

Tuberculosis death rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 187 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 41.9% falling
2 Djibouti 136 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 31.0% volatile
3 Papua New Guinea 122 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 21.3% falling
4 Namibia 93 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 49.5% falling
5 South Africa 85 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 31.5% volatile
6 Marshall Islands 79 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 24.8% rising
6 East Timor 79 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 6.0% volatile
8 Eswatini 78 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 72.5% volatile
9 Angola 75 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 45.7% falling
9 Central African Republic 75 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 57.6% falling
9 Gabon 75 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 43.6% falling
12 Myanmar 67 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 11.8% volatile
13 Micronesia (country) 64 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 35.4% falling
13 Sierra Leone 64 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 52.9% falling
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 60 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 62.0% falling
16 Nepal 54 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 20.6% falling
17 Congo 52 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 49.0% falling
18 South Sudan 51 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 66.7% falling
19 Zimbabwe 49 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 18.3% volatile
20 Equatorial Guinea 47 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 51.0% falling
21 Indonesia 44 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 2.2% falling
22 Kenya 43 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 69.1% falling
23 Mozambique 41 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 58.6% falling
24 Kiribati 39 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 unchanged falling
24 Zambia 39 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 68.3% falling
26 Bhutan 37 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 50.7% volatile
27 Liberia 35 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 64.6% falling
28 Afghanistan 34 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 26.1% falling
28 Ghana 34 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 43.3% falling
28 Madagascar 34 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 32.0% falling
28 Tanzania 34 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 71.4% volatile
32 Botswana 33 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 76.8% falling
32 Guinea-Bissau 33 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 41.1% falling
34 Philippines 32 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 6.7% falling
35 Guinea 31 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 29.5% falling
35 Solomon Islands 31 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 16.2% falling
37 Eritrea 30 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 42.3% volatile
38 Somalia 27 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 37.2% volatile
39 Nigeria 26 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 70.1% falling
40 Bangladesh 25 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 45.7% falling
41 Cameroon 23 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.7% falling
42 Malawi 22 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 74.4% falling
42 Senegal 22 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 42.1% falling
44 Gambia 21 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 32.3% falling
44 India 21 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 38.2% falling
44 Pakistan 21 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 16.0% falling
47 Guyana 20 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 11.1% falling
48 Chad 19 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 54.8% falling
48 Uganda 19 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.5% falling
50 Haiti 18 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 53.8% volatile
50 Cambodia 18 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 28.0% volatile
50 Sao Tome and Principe 18 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 59.1% volatile
53 Cote d'Ivoire 17 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 61.4% falling
54 Ethiopia 16 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 63.6% volatile
54 Greenland 16 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 40.7% falling
54 Thailand 16 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 30.4% volatile
57 Fiji 15 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 200.0% volatile
58 Burundi 13 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 60.6% falling
58 Libya 13 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 80.6% falling
58 Niger 13 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 45.8% falling
61 Bolivia 12 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 14.3% falling
61 Turkmenistan 12 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 20.0% falling
61 Vietnam 12 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 42.9% falling
64 Mongolia 11 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 8.3% falling
64 Peru 11 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 42.9% falling
64 Ukraine 11 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 47.6% falling
67 Macao 10 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 50.0% volatile
67 Mauritania 10 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 58.3% falling
69 Guam 9.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 6.0% falling
70 Burkina Faso 9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 55.0% falling
70 Laos 9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 84.5% volatile
70 Sudan 9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 57.1% falling
73 Malaysia 8.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 15.3% falling
73 Vanuatu 8.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 71.4% volatile
75 Togo 8.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 54.4% falling
76 Mali 8.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 52.4% falling
77 Tajikistan 7.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 29.1% falling
78 Morocco 7.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 1.3% falling
79 Algeria 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 35.5% falling
79 Moldova 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 29.0% falling
81 Panama 6.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 1.5% falling
82 Tuvalu 6.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 63.4% rising
83 Benin 6.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 58.8% falling
83 Uruguay 6.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 88.6% rising
85 Northern Mariana Islands 5.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 60.7% volatile
86 Brunei 5.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 35.7% rising
86 Cape Verde 5.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 14.9% falling
86 Ecuador 5.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 11.8% falling
89 Azerbaijan 5.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 3.7% volatile
89 Colombia 5.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 60.0% falling
91 Honduras 5.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 3.6% volatile
91 Paraguay 5.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 1.9% falling
91 Romania 5.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 14.3% falling
94 Yemen 5.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 7.0% falling
95 Kyrgyzstan 5 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 50.0% falling
96 Nauru 4.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 118.2% volatile
97 Lithuania 4.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 49.5% volatile
98 Brazil 4.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 20.0% falling
98 Russia 4.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.0% falling
100 Dominican Republic 4.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 50.6% volatile
101 French Polynesia 4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 35.5% falling
102 Suriname 3.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 31.5% falling
103 Belize 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 30.8% falling
103 Sri Lanka 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 5.9% falling
105 Comoros 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.3% falling
105 Rwanda 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.3% volatile
107 Venezuela 3.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 3.1% falling
108 South Korea 3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 45.5% falling
108 Mexico 3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 20.0% falling
108 New Caledonia 3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 3.2% volatile
111 Dominica 2.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 6.7% flat
111 Trinidad and Tobago 2.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 6.7% falling
113 Latvia 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 62.5% volatile
113 Nicaragua 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 12.5% falling
115 Guatemala 2.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 4.0% falling
116 Chile 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 4.2% falling
117 Belarus 2.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.7% falling
118 El Salvador 2.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 12.0% falling
119 China 2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 33.3% volatile
119 Uzbekistan 2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 78.7% volatile
121 Georgia 1.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.5% falling
121 Kazakhstan 1.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.5% volatile
121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 5.0% falling
124 Argentina 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 10.0% falling
124 Lebanon 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 28.0% falling
126 Hong Kong 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 43.3% falling
126 Portugal 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 41.4% volatile
126 Niue 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
129 Bahamas 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 5.9% volatile
129 Maldives 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 20.0% volatile
129 Mauritius 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 23.8% flat
132 Iraq 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 46.4% falling
133 Armenia 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 68.2% falling
133 Bulgaria 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 26.3% falling
135 Poland 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 18.8% falling
135 Tunisia 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 13.3% falling
137 Antigua and Barbuda 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 36.8% flat
137 Japan 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 53.8% falling
139 Estonia 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 60.7% volatile
139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 59.3% volatile
141 Iran 1 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 9.9% falling
142 Bahrain 0.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 69.1% volatile
143 Grenada 0.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 51.6% falling
144 Costa Rica 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 24.2% falling
145 Cuba 0.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 63.6% rising
146 Croatia 0.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 10.1% volatile
147 Barbados 0.88 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 2.2% rising
148 Palau 0.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 64.6% rising
149 Hungary 0.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 12.1% volatile
150 France 0.76 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 10.6% falling
151 United Arab Emirates 0.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 1.4% falling
151 North Macedonia 0.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 43.3% volatile
153 Seychelles 0.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 555.6% volatile
154 Saudi Arabia 0.57 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 40.0% volatile
155 Italy 0.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 1.8% falling
156 Finland 0.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 27.6% volatile
157 Spain 0.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 32.9% volatile
157 Slovakia 0.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 17.2% falling
159 Saint Lucia 0.48 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 65.7% volatile
160 Andorra 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
161 Egypt 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 35.3% falling
161 Turkey 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 40.3% volatile
163 Cyprus 0.45 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 unchanged falling
163 Singapore 0.45 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 70.0% volatile
165 Greece 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 21.4% falling
166 Austria 0.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 50.0% falling
168 Serbia 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 75.0% volatile
169 Oman 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 17.0% falling
169 Tokelau 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
171 Czechia 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 unchanged falling
172 United Kingdom 0.37 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 39.3% falling
172 Kuwait 0.37 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 117.6% volatile
174 Germany 0.36 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 14.3% falling
174 Jamaica 0.36 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 36.8% volatile
176 Albania 0.32 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 unchanged falling
177 Qatar 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 3.1% volatile
179 Belgium 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 30.2% falling
180 New Zealand 0.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 6.7% falling
182 Israel 0.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 3.7% volatile
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 188.9% volatile
184 Aruba 0.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 up 316.7% volatile
184 Netherlands Antilles 0.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2009 down 3.8% falling
186 Iceland 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 60.0% volatile
187 Canada 0.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 30.3% falling
188 Cook Islands 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 35.3% volatile
189 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
190 Sweden 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 41.2% volatile
191 Denmark 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 29.6% volatile
191 Puerto Rico 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 44.1% volatile
191 United States 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 5.0% volatile
194 Montenegro 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 10.0% volatile
195 Samoa 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 50.0% falling
196 Switzerland 0.16 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 23.8% volatile
197 Australia 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 31.8% falling
197 Cayman Islands 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
199 Netherlands 0.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 41.7% volatile
199 Syria 0.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 6.7% volatile
201 Curacao 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 7.7% rising
201 Slovenia 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 88.0% volatile
203 American Samoa 0.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 38.9% falling
204 Bermuda 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
204 Jordan 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 25.0% volatile
206 Norway 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 71.4% volatile
207 Tonga 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 83.8% volatile
208 Palestine 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 85.2% volatile
209 Monaco 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
210 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 99.7% falling
211 San Marino 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
211 British Virgin Islands 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
211 Anguilla 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 down 100.0% volatile
211 Montserrat 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile
211 Wallis and Futuna 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2024 volatile

About this data

Indicator
Tuberculosis death rate
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
WHO (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 5,317 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated annual number of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis per 100,000 people.