Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Somalia
Somalia: Tuberculosis treatment success rate was 93.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Somalia, 2000–2023
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of new cases.
Analysis
In 2023, tuberculosis treatment success rate in Somalia stood at 93.0%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis treatment success rate in Somalia peaked at 93.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 63.0%, in 2009.
Somalia ranks 26th of 203 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Somalia, year by year
| Year | % of new cases | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 83.0% | — |
| 2001 | 86.0% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 89.0% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 90.0% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 91.0% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 89.0% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 86.0% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 81.0% | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 63.0% | -22.2% |
| 2010 | 74.0% | +17.5% |
| 2011 | 86.0% | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 88.0% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 86.0% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 84.0% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 88.0% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 86.0% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 87.0% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 92.0% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 90.0% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 93.0% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 91.0% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 93.0% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.7% | 63.0% | 91.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 74.0% | 92.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.8% | 90.0% | 93.0% | 4 |
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More health data for Somalia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8681 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 987.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 32,421 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 182 (2013)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0897 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis treatment success rate in Somalia?
- Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Somalia was 93.0% in 2023, according to Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.0% in 2009.
- How does Somalia rank for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- Somalia ranks 26th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tuberculosis treatment success rate rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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).