Tuberculosis treatment success rate by type by country
The treatment success rate refers to the share of people diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) who were either cured or completed their treatment according to the country’s treatment guidelines.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
100
Andorra
Lowest
0
Latvia
Median
84
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
4,983
What the numbers show
Tuberculosis treatment success rate by type is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 100 in Andorra; the lowest is 0 in Latvia.
The median across all reporting countries is 84, and the mean is 79.01.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 173.9%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Tuberculosis treatment success rate by type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Barbados | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100 | 2019 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Palestine | 100 | 2023 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 1 | Tonga | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Samoa | 100 | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Kuwait | 99 | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 96 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 96 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 9 | Cambodia | 96 | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 9 | Tanzania | 96 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 13 | China | 95 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 95 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 13 | Italy | 95 | 2003 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 13 | Mozambique | 95 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 13 | Pakistan | 95 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 94 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 94 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 18 | Nigeria | 94 | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 21 | Burundi | 93 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 21 | Eritrea | 93 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 21 | Palau | 93 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 21 | Somalia | 93 | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 21 | Tajikistan | 93 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 21 | East Timor | 93 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 21 | Tunisia | 93 | 2022 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 21 | Vanuatu | 93 | 2023 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 29 | Bahrain | 92 | 2023 | up 109.1% | falling |
| 29 | Comoros | 92 | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Marshall Islands | 92 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 29 | Nepal | 92 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 92 | 2023 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 92 | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 92 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 29 | Uganda | 92 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 29 | Yemen | 92 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | Zambia | 92 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 39 | Benin | 91 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 39 | Malawi | 91 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 39 | Syria | 91 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 91 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 43 | Algeria | 90 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Ghana | 90 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 43 | Guinea | 90 | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 43 | India | 90 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 90 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 43 | Laos | 90 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 90 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 43 | El Salvador | 90 | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 90 | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 43 | Sweden | 90 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Albania | 89 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 53 | Belarus | 89 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 53 | Central African Republic | 89 | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 89 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 53 | Kenya | 89 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 53 | Kiribati | 89 | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 53 | Montenegro | 89 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 53 | Senegal | 89 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 53 | Vietnam | 89 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 88 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 62 | Cuba | 88 | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 62 | Egypt | 88 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 62 | Micronesia (country) | 88 | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 62 | Macao | 88 | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 62 | Namibia | 88 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 62 | Niger | 88 | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 62 | North Korea | 88 | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 70 | Gambia | 87 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 70 | Morocco | 87 | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 70 | Seychelles | 87 | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 73 | Armenia | 86 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 73 | Congo | 86 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 86 | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 73 | Estonia | 86 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 73 | United Kingdom | 86 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 73 | Indonesia | 86 | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 86 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 73 | Lithuania | 86 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 86 | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 85 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 82 | Guatemala | 85 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 82 | Iran | 85 | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 82 | Israel | 85 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 82 | Lebanon | 85 | 2023 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 82 | Moldova | 85 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 82 | Peru | 85 | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 82 | South Sudan | 85 | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 82 | Togo | 85 | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 84 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 91 | Bhutan | 84 | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 91 | Botswana | 84 | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 91 | Djibouti | 84 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 84 | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 84 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 91 | Mali | 84 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 91 | Myanmar | 84 | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritania | 84 | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 91 | Philippines | 84 | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 91 | Romania | 84 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 91 | Chad | 84 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 84 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela | 84 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 105 | Norway | 83 | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 105 | Eswatini | 83 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 107 | Hong Kong | 82 | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 107 | Haiti | 82 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 107 | Lesotho | 82 | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 107 | Madagascar | 82 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Mongolia | 82 | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 107 | Malaysia | 82 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 107 | Thailand | 82 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 81 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 81 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 114 | Puerto Rico | 81 | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 114 | Turkey | 81 | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 80 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 119 | Bolivia | 79 | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 119 | Canada | 79 | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 119 | Iceland | 79 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 119 | South Korea | 79 | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 79 | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 119 | Netherlands | 79 | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 119 | Nauru | 79 | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 78 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 126 | Liberia | 78 | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 77 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 128 | Guyana | 77 | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 128 | Ukraine | 77 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 77 | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 132 | Austria | 76 | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 132 | New Zealand | 76 | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 134 | Brunei | 75 | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 134 | Dominica | 75 | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 75 | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 134 | Panama | 75 | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 134 | Slovenia | 75 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 74 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 139 | Qatar | 74 | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 139 | Singapore | 74 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 139 | Serbia | 74 | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 139 | Uruguay | 74 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 144 | Ecuador | 72 | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 144 | Suriname | 72 | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 144 | United States | 72 | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 147 | Belgium | 71 | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 147 | Czechia | 71 | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 147 | Gabon | 71 | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 147 | South Africa | 71 | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 151 | Bahamas | 70 | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 151 | Paraguay | 70 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 154 | Chile | 69 | 2023 | up 46.8% | falling |
| 154 | Mexico | 69 | 2023 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 156 | Colombia | 68 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 68 | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 156 | Russia | 68 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Belize | 67 | 2023 | up 86.1% | flat |
| 159 | Germany | 67 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Japan | 67 | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 159 | Maldives | 67 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66 | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 164 | Brazil | 65 | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 65 | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 164 | Tuvalu | 65 | 2022 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 167 | Angola | 63 | 2023 | up 173.9% | falling |
| 167 | Hungary | 63 | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 169 | Croatia | 62 | 2023 | up 40.9% | flat |
| 169 | Sudan | 62 | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 171 | Spain | 61 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 171 | Portugal | 61 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 173 | Fiji | 60 | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 60 | 2022 | up 46.3% | falling |
| 175 | Switzerland | 58 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 176 | Libya | 57 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 177 | Cape Verde | 55 | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 178 | Poland | 54 | 2016 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 179 | Argentina | 52 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | 50 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 181 | Australia | 47 | 2023 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 182 | Cyprus | 40 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 183 | Oman | 39 | 2023 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 184 | Jamaica | 38 | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 185 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37 | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 186 | Finland | 34 | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 187 | Denmark | 30 | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 188 | France | 20 | 2023 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 189 | Grenada | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 189 | Latvia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
The treatment success rate refers to the share of people diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) who were either cured or completed their treatment according to the country’s treatment guidelines.