Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in East Timor
East Timor: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) was 93.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in East Timor, 2002–2023
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of new cases.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 93.0% for tuberculosis treatment success rate in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis treatment success rate in East Timor peaked at 94.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 28.0%, in 2010.
East Timor ranks 26th of 203 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % of new cases | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 81.0% | — |
| 2003 | 81.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 80.0% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 82.0% | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 79.0% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 84.0% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 85.0% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 28.0% | -67.1% |
| 2011 | 91.0% | +225.0% |
| 2012 | 89.0% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 84.0% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 87.0% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 89.0% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 88.0% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 88.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 91.0% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 91.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 92.0% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 94.0% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 93.0% | -1.1% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 93.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.0%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 93.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 84.0%, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in East Timor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +225.0% | 28.0% | 91.0% |
| 2010 | -67.1% | 85.0% | 28.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.7% | 79.0% | 85.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 81.9% | 28.0% | 91.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.5% | 91.0% | 94.0% | 4 |
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More health data for East Timor
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.22 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.894 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 162 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.051 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0538 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis treatment success rate in East Timor?
- Tuberculosis treatment success rate in East Timor was 93.0% in 2023, according to Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 94.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.0% in 2010.
- How does East Timor rank for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- East Timor ranks 26th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tuberculosis treatment success rate rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor 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).