Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in Brazil
Brazil: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) was 65.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Brazil, 2000–2023
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of new cases.
Analysis
In 2023, tuberculosis treatment success rate in Brazil stood at 65.0%.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis treatment success rate in Brazil peaked at 80.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 55.0%, in 2001.
That places Brazil 172nd out of 203 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of new cases | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 71.0% | — |
| 2001 | 55.0% | -22.5% |
| 2002 | 80.0% | +45.5% |
| 2003 | 77.0% | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 72.0% | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 72.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 69.0% | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 72.0% | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 69.0% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 70.0% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 72.0% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 73.0% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 72.0% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 72.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 71.0% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 71.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 72.0% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 71.0% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 71.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 69.0% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 67.0% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 65.0% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 66.0% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 65.0% | -1.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 65.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 81.5%, 80% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 65.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 75.0%, 87% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +45.5% | 55.0% | 80.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.7% | 55.0% | 80.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.4% | 69.0% | 73.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.8% | 65.0% | 67.0% | 4 |
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0296 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis treatment success rate in Brazil?
- Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Brazil was 65.0% in 2023, according to Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 80.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.0% in 2001.
- How does Brazil rank for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- Brazil ranks 172nd out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tuberculosis treatment success rate rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of all new tuberculosis cases (or new and relapse cases for some countries) registered under a national tuberculosis control programme in a given year that successfully completed treatment, with or without bacteriological evidence of success ("cured" and "treatment completed" respectively).