Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
1.32 million
India
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
3,044
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
4,235
What the numbers show
Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 1.32 million in India; the lowest is 0 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,044, and the mean is 30,062.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 1,160.6%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.32 million | 2011 | up 22.0% | flat |
| 2 | China | 899,669 | 2011 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 343,715 | 2011 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 318,949 | 2011 | up 243.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 261,041 | 2011 | up 1,160.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Philippines | 195,560 | 2011 | up 82.5% | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 156,539 | 2011 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 150,899 | 2011 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 9 | Myanmar | 136,737 | 2011 | up 219.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Russia | 112,910 | 2011 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 110,132 | 2011 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 98,804 | 2011 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 97,320 | 2011 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 14 | North Korea | 91,433 | 2011 | up 212.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Nigeria | 86,778 | 2011 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Brazil | 74,892 | 2011 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 17 | Thailand | 65,824 | 2011 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 18 | Tanzania | 59,357 | 2011 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 47,240 | 2011 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Uganda | 46,306 | 2011 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 21 | Mozambique | 44,627 | 2011 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 22 | Zambia | 43,583 | 2011 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 42,589 | 2011 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 24 | Cambodia | 38,555 | 2011 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 38,404 | 2011 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 26 | Nepal | 35,434 | 2011 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 34,237 | 2011 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 31,241 | 2011 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 29 | Morocco | 28,640 | 2011 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 27,983 | 2011 | up 176.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | 26,019 | 2011 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 24,533 | 2011 | up 117.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22,476 | 2011 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 34 | Japan | 22,119 | 2011 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 35 | Algeria | 21,429 | 2011 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 19,857 | 2011 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 37 | Malaysia | 19,808 | 2011 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 38 | Malawi | 19,361 | 2011 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 39 | Sudan | 19,348 | 2011 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 18,254 | 2011 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 16,866 | 2011 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 15,389 | 2011 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 43 | Turkey | 15,054 | 2011 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 14,893 | 2011 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 14,501 | 2011 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 46 | Haiti | 14,315 | 2011 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 12,734 | 2011 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Somalia | 11,653 | 2011 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 49 | Colombia | 11,523 | 2011 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 50 | Lesotho | 11,432 | 2011 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 51 | Guinea | 11,359 | 2011 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 11,022 | 2011 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 53 | Iran | 10,980 | 2011 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 10,975 | 2011 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Namibia | 10,806 | 2011 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 56 | United States | 10,521 | 2011 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 57 | Chad | 10,505 | 2011 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Niger | 10,325 | 2011 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 9,755 | 2011 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 60 | Argentina | 9,610 | 2011 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 61 | Egypt | 8,974 | 2011 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 62 | Iraq | 8,837 | 2011 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 63 | Yemen | 8,636 | 2011 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 64 | Bolivia | 8,521 | 2011 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 65 | Eswatini | 8,337 | 2011 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 66 | Poland | 7,946 | 2011 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 67 | Liberia | 7,906 | 2011 | up 351.5% | volatile |
| 68 | United Kingdom | 7,850 | 2011 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 69 | Burundi | 6,742 | 2011 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 70 | Rwanda | 6,623 | 2011 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 71 | Botswana | 6,603 | 2011 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 6,527 | 2011 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 6,290 | 2011 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Venezuela | 6,282 | 2011 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 75 | Spain | 6,044 | 2011 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 76 | Central African Republic | 5,611 | 2011 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,529 | 2011 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 78 | Mali | 5,428 | 2011 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 5,286 | 2011 | up 119.7% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 5,106 | 2011 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 81 | Belarus | 4,697 | 2011 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 4,547 | 2011 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 83 | Gabon | 4,404 | 2011 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 84 | East Timor | 4,386 | 2011 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 4,309 | 2011 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 86 | Laos | 4,306 | 2011 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 87 | Mongolia | 4,217 | 2011 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 88 | Benin | 4,212 | 2011 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 89 | Moldova | 4,208 | 2011 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 3,932 | 2011 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 91 | Djibouti | 3,686 | 2011 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 92 | Germany | 3,528 | 2011 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 93 | Syria | 3,395 | 2011 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 94 | Honduras | 3,233 | 2011 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 3,230 | 2010 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 96 | Eritrea | 3,049 | 2011 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Guatemala | 3,040 | 2011 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 98 | Tunisia | 3,015 | 2011 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 99 | Togo | 2,888 | 2011 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 100 | France | 2,752 | 2010 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 2,693 | 2011 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 102 | Portugal | 2,487 | 2010 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 103 | Chile | 2,450 | 2011 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 104 | Paraguay | 2,372 | 2011 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 105 | Gambia | 2,248 | 2011 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 2,172 | 2011 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 107 | Serbia | 2,171 | 2011 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,063 | 2011 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 1,896 | 2011 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritania | 1,776 | 2011 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 111 | Lithuania | 1,745 | 2011 | down 32.8% | flat |
| 112 | Italy | 1,658 | 2011 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 113 | Singapore | 1,641 | 2011 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 114 | Panama | 1,553 | 2011 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 115 | Hungary | 1,543 | 2010 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 116 | Libya | 1,518 | 2011 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 117 | Canada | 1,391 | 2011 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,360 | 2011 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 119 | Armenia | 1,261 | 2011 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 120 | Bhutan | 1,235 | 2011 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 121 | Australia | 1,222 | 2011 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 122 | Netherlands | 970 | 2011 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 123 | Equatorial Guinea | 883 | 2011 | up 112.3% | rising |
| 124 | Latvia | 864 | 2011 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 125 | Uruguay | 817 | 2011 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 126 | Belgium | 814 | 2010 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 127 | Cuba | 805 | 2011 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 128 | Guyana | 710 | 2011 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 129 | Kuwait | 672 | 2011 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 130 | Czechia | 627 | 2010 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 131 | Croatia | 619 | 2011 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 132 | Qatar | 553 | 2011 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 514 | 2011 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 134 | Lebanon | 496 | 2011 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 135 | Sweden | 457 | 2011 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 136 | Albania | 422 | 2011 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 137 | Israel | 412 | 2011 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 138 | Austria | 400 | 2011 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 398 | 2011 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 380 | 2011 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 141 | Switzerland | 379 | 2011 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 142 | Greece | 356 | 2010 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 143 | Slovakia | 352 | 2011 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 144 | Kiribati | 343 | 2011 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 145 | Oman | 337 | 2011 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 335 | 2011 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 147 | Jordan | 314 | 2011 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 148 | Denmark | 313 | 2010 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 149 | Finland | 312 | 2011 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 150 | New Zealand | 305 | 2011 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 151 | Estonia | 296 | 2011 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 152 | Ireland | 281 | 2011 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 153 | Norway | 274 | 2010 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 154 | Brunei | 230 | 2011 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 155 | Bahrain | 225 | 2011 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 224 | 2011 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 157 | Fiji | 208 | 2011 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 158 | Slovenia | 181 | 2011 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 159 | Micronesia (country) | 148 | 2011 | up 42.3% | falling |
| 160 | Marshall Islands | 139 | 2011 | up 148.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 136 | 2011 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Comoros | 117 | 2011 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 163 | Mauritius | 114 | 2011 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 164 | Montenegro | 110 | 2011 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 110 | 2011 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 166 | Jamaica | 105 | 2011 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 167 | United Arab Emirates | 103 | 2011 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Maldives | 87 | 2011 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 169 | Belize | 74 | 2011 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 170 | Bahamas | 41 | 2011 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 171 | Cyprus | 33 | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Malta | 22 | 2011 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 173 | Seychelles | 21 | 2011 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 174 | Samoa | 20 | 2011 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17 | 2011 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Palau | 12 | 2011 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Tuvalu | 12 | 2011 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 11 | 2011 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 179 | Tonga | 9 | 2011 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 180 | Iceland | 8 | 2011 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 7 | 2011 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 2011 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Nauru | 5 | 2011 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Andorra | 3 | 2011 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Dominica | 2 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Grenada | 2 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 2011 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Monaco | 1 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Cook Islands | 1 | 2011 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Niue | 1 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Barbados | 0 | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | San Marino | 0 | 2004 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.77 million
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 2.64 million
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 2.14 million
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 1.79 million
- Africa (WHO region) 1.37 million
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 1.35 million
- Low income (World Bank) 1.22 million
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 411,587
- Europe (WHO region) 285,789
- Americas (WHO region) 218,328
- High income (World Bank) 124,093