Tuberculosis treatment success rate in South Asia
South Asia: Tuberculosis treatment success rate was 90.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in South Asia, 2000–2023
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of new cases.
Analysis
In 2023, tuberculosis treatment success rate in South Asia stood at 90.0%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis treatment success rate in South Asia peaked at 90.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41.0%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in South Asia, year by year
| Year | % of new cases | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 41.0% | — |
| 2001 | 58.0% | +41.5% |
| 2002 | 63.0% | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 77.0% | +22.2% |
| 2004 | 82.0% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 87.0% | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 87.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 88.0% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 88.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 89.0% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 88.0% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 88.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 77.0% | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 75.0% | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 72.0% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 83.0% | +15.3% |
| 2018 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 85.0% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 86.0% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 90.0% | +1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tuberculosis treatment success rate in South Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +41.5% | 41.0% | 58.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.0% | 41.0% | 89.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.9% | 72.0% | 89.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.2% | 86.0% | 90.0% | 4 |
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More health data for South Asia
- Population ages 75-79, female, per capita 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0391 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, annual growth rate 4.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per capita 0.0058 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, annual growth rate 6.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, male, annual growth rate 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis treatment success rate in South Asia?
- Tuberculosis treatment success rate in South Asia was 90.0% in 2023, according to Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.0% in 2000.
- How does South Asia rank for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- South Asia ranks 4th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is tuberculosis treatment success rate rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Asia 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).