Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV in Congo
Congo: Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV was 15.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV in Congo, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of tuberculosis patients with hiv in Congo is 15.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% on the previous year and down 59.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of tuberculosis patients with hiv in Congo peaked at 57.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2024.
That places Congo 32nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV in Congo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 57.0% | — |
| 2001 | 51.0% | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 46.0% | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 43.0% | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 41.0% | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 41.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 42.0% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 43.0% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 42.0% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 42.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 41.0% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 40.0% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 40.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 39.0% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 37.0% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 35.0% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 34.0% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 32.0% | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 31.0% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 30.0% | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 30.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 30.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 30.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 30.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15.0% | -50.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 15.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.9%, 3.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Congo's 15.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.0%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV in Congo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -50.0% | 30.0% | 15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.8% | 41.0% | 57.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 30.0% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.0% | 15.0% | 30.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More health data for Congo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.4813 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9705 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 759.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,688 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 11 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.44 % 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 0.0695 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.45 % 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 share of tuberculosis patients with hiv in Congo?
- Share of tuberculosis patients with hiv in Congo was 15.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of tuberculosis patients with hiv recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 57.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of tuberculosis patients with hiv recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2024.
- How does Congo rank for share of tuberculosis patients with hiv?
- Congo ranks 32nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of tuberculosis patients with hiv rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated share of people with tuberculosis who also have HIV.