Tuberculosis treatment success rate in World
World: Tuberculosis treatment success rate was 88.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in World, 2000–2023
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of new cases.
Analysis
In 2023, tuberculosis treatment success rate in World stood at 88.0%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis treatment success rate in World peaked at 88.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 69.0%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in World, year by year
| Year | % of new cases | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 69.0% | — |
| 2001 | 73.0% | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 76.0% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 80.0% | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 81.0% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 84.0% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 85.0% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 85.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 85.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 84.0% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 87.0% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 86.0% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 83.0% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 81.0% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 85.0% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 85.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86.0% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 88.0% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 88.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.2% | 69.0% | 85.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.6% | 81.0% | 87.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.2% | 86.0% | 88.0% | 4 |
More health data for World
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0413 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate 0.7679 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0368 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, annual growth rate 0.8236 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0391 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, annual growth rate 0.3683 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis treatment success rate in World?
- Tuberculosis treatment success rate in World was 88.0% in 2023, according to Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 88.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.0% in 2000.
- How does World rank for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- World ranks 9th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is tuberculosis treatment success rate rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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).