Research and analysis

Tuberculosis by country: rates per 100,000 people

Estimated rate of tuberculosis (TB) per 100,000 people, compiled from World Health Organization (WHO) data for each country and territory.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 January 2013
• Last updated: 13 June 2022 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 13 June 2024

Current data is available at  WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme.

WHO (World Health Organization) TB (tuberculosis) country profiles and key facts are available on a mobile app, available on Android and iOS and available from the Google or Apple store. A link can also be found at the bottom of WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme.

The purpose of this link to WHO country data is to help NHS nurses:

• check which countries have a high incidence of TB
• decide whether to give a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination to infants or children who meet the criteria as recommended in the Green Book, chapter 32 – tuberculosis
• decide who meets the criteria for screening as part of the NHS England » National latent tuberculosis infection testing and treatment programme

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[Withdrawn] WHO estimates of tuberculosis incidence by country and territory, 2020 (spreadsheet)

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The purpose of this document is to help NHS nurses to:

• check which countries have a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB)
• decide whether to give a BCG vaccination to children who have arrived in the UK from those countries

The document is available in 2 versions, as a web page and as a downloadable spreadsheet.

See the UK government archive for TB rates by country:

• in 2019

• in 2018
• from 2014 to 2017
• in 2013

Published 1 January 2013
Last updated 13 June 2022 + show all updates

1. 13 June 2022

   Added 2020 data. Moved 2019 reports to archive.

2. 20 October 2020

   Added tuberculosis rates by country in 2019 (worldwide table).

3. 29 October 2019

   Added tuberculosis rates by country in 2018 (worldwide table) in 2 formats.

4. 9 October 2018

   Added 2017 TB worldwide tables in accessible formats.

5. 3 October 2018

   Added tuberculosis rates by country in 2017 (worldwide table).

6. 31 January 2018

   Added tuberculosis rates by country in 2016 (worldwide table).

7. 3 January 2017

   Tuberculosis rates by country in 2015 worldwide table has been uploaded.

8. 6 January 2016

   Updated with 2014 data.

9. 11 December 2014

   Added tuberculosis rates by country in 2013 (worldwide table).

10. 1 January 2013

    First published.