Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Kenya
Kenya: Tuberculosis treatment success rate was 89.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Kenya, 1994–2023
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 89.0% for tuberculosis treatment success rate in 2023. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis treatment success rate in Kenya peaked at 89.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 65.0%, in 1997.
That places Kenya 60th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 73.0% | — |
| 1995 | 75.0% | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 77.0% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 65.0% | -15.6% |
| 1998 | 77.0% | +18.5% |
| 1999 | 79.0% | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 80.0% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 79.0% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 80.0% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 77.0% | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 81.0% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 83.0% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 84.0% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 86.0% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 87.0% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 86.0% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 87.0% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 87.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 81.0% | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 83.0% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 84.0% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 86.0% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 85.0% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74.3% | 65.0% | 79.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 81.1% | 77.0% | 84.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.3% | 81.0% | 87.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 85.0% | 89.0% | 4 |
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More health data for Kenya
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.44 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6026 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,119 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 16,059 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0032 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, annual growth rate 0.9279 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per capita 0.0017 units per person (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2024)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis treatment success rate in Kenya?
- Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Kenya was 89.0% in 2023, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.0% in 1997.
- How does Kenya rank for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- Kenya ranks 60th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tuberculosis treatment success rate rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Tuberculosis treatment success rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Treatment success rate among new and relapse cases.