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[Withdrawn] WHO estimates of tuberculosis incidence by country and territory, 2020 (accessible text version)

Updated 13 June 2022

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Overview

This data shows the estimated number of tuberculosis (TB) cases, the rate of TB by country and World Health Organization (WHO) region, and by high or low incidence of TB.

These tables show TB rates worldwide:

  • by country and territory
  • by WHO region
  • by incidence

Definition of high incidence

With reference to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommendations for BCG vaccination and screening in England and Wales, countries and territories with an estimated incidence rate of 40 per 100,000 or greater are considered to have a high incidence of TB.

Countries with rates greater than or equal to 150 per 100,000 have been signposted with ‘Yes’.

Estimates of tuberculosis incidence by country, 2020

Table 1: High incidence countries (estimated incidence rate of 40 per 100,000 or greater)

Table 2: Low incidence countries (estimated incidence rate less than 40 per 100,000)

Table 1: High incidence countries (estimated incidence rate of 40 per 100,000 or greater)

Country or territory WHO region Estimated rate per 100,000 population Number of cases Rate ≥150 per 100,000
Afghanistan Eastern Mediterranean 193 75,000 Yes
Algeria Africa 59 26,000  
Angola Africa 350 115,000 Yes
Azerbaijan Europe 60 6,000  
Bangladesh South-East Asia 218 360,000 Yes
Benin Africa 55 6,700  
Bhutan South-East Asia 165 1,300 Yes
Bolivia, Plurinational State of The Americas 105 12,000  
Botswana Africa 236 5,600 Yes
Brazil The Americas 45 96,000  
Brunei Darussalam Western Pacific 83 360  
Burkina Faso Africa 46 9,600  
Burundi Africa 103 12,000  
Cambodia Western Pacific 274 46,000 Yes
Cameroon Africa 174 46,000 Yes
Central African Republic Africa 540 26,000 Yes
Chad Africa 144 24,000  
China Western Pacific 59 842,000  
China, Macao SAR Western Pacific 64 420  
Congo Africa 379 21,000 Yes
Côte d’Ivoire Africa 135 36,000  
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Africa 319 286,000 Yes
Djibouti Eastern Mediterranean 224 2,200 Yes
Dominica The Americas 47 34  
Dominican Republic The Americas 41 4,500  
Ecuador The Americas 48 8,500  
El Salvador The Americas 55 3,600  
Equatorial Guinea Africa 280 3,900 Yes
Eritrea Africa 81 3,900  
Eswatini Africa 319 3,700 Yes
Ethiopia Africa 132 151,000  
Fiji Western Pacific 66 590  
Gabon Africa 527 12,000 Yes
Gambia Africa 157 3,800 Yes
Georgia Europe 70 2,800  
Ghana Africa 143 44,000  
Greenland Europe 150 85 Yes
Guinea Africa 179 23,000 Yes
Guinea-Bissau Africa 361 7,100 Yes
Guyana The Americas 79 620  
Haiti The Americas 168 19,000 Yes
Hong Kong SAR, China Western Pacific 56 4,200  
India South-East Asia 188 2,590,000 Yes
Indonesia South-East Asia 301 824,000 Yes
Kazakhstan Europe 69 13,000  
Kenya Africa 259 139,000 Yes
Korea: Democratic People’s Republic of South-East Asia 523 135,000 Yes
Korea: Republic of Western Pacific 49 25,000  
Kiribati Western Pacific 425 510 Yes
Kyrgyzstan Europe 105 6,900  
Lao, People’s Democratic Republic Western Pacific 149 11,000  
Lesotho Africa 650 14,000 Yes
Liberia Africa 314 16,000 Yes
Libya Eastern Mediterranean 59 4,000  
Madagascar Africa 238 66,000 Yes
Malawi Africa 141 27,000  
Malaysia Western Pacific 92 30,000  
Mali Africa 52 11,000  
Marshall Islands Western Pacific 483 290 Yes
Mauritania Africa 87 4,000  
Micronesia, Federated States of Western Pacific 75 86  
Moldova, Republic of Europe 74 3,000  
Mongolia Western Pacific 437 14,000 Yes
Morocco Eastern Mediterranean 98 36,000  
Mozambique Africa 368 115,000 Yes
Myanmar South-East Asia 308 167,000 Yes
Namibia Africa 460 12,000 Yes
Nauru Western Pacific 180 20 Yes
Nepal South-East Asia 235 69,000 Yes
Nicaragua The Americas 42 2,800  
Niger Africa 83 20,000  
Nigeria Africa 219 452,000 Yes
Niue Western Pacific 48 1  
Northern Mariana Islands Western Pacific 82 47  
Pakistan Eastern Mediterranean 259 573,000 Yes
Palau Eastern Mediterranean 64 12  
Papua New Guinea Western Pacific 441 39,000 Yes
Paraguay The Americas 48 3,400  
Peru The Americas 116 38,000  
Philippines Western Pacific 539 591,000 Yes
Romania Europe 64 12,000  
Russian Federation Europe 46 68,000  
Rwanda Africa 58 7,500  
Sao Tome and Principe Africa 118 260  
Senegal Africa 117 20,000  
Sierra Leone Africa 298 24,000 Yes
Singapore Western Pacific 46 2,700  
Solomon Islands Western Pacific 65 450  
Somalia Eastern Mediterranean 259 41,000 Yes
South Africa Africa 554 328,000 Yes
South Sudan Africa 232 26,000 Yes
Sri Lanka South-East Asia 64 14,000  
Sudan Eastern Mediterranean 63 28,000  
Taiwan Western Pacific 59 842,000  
Tajikistan Europe 84 8,000  
Tanzania, United Republic of Africa 222 133,000 Yes
Thailand South-East Asia 150 105,000 Yes
Timor-Leste South-East Asia 508 6,700 Yes
Tokelau Western Pacific 85 1  
Turkmenistan Europe 47 2,800  
Tuvalu Western Pacific 296 35 Yes
Uganda Africa 196 90,000 Yes
Ukraine Europe 73 32,000  
Uzbekistan Europe 66 22,000  
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of The Americas 47 13,000  
Viet Nam Western Pacific 176 172,000 Yes
Yemen Eastern Mediterranean 49 15,000  
Zambia Africa 319 59,000 Yes
Zimbabwe Africa 193 29,000 Yes

Table 2: Low incidence countries (estimated incidence rate less than 40 per 100,000)

Country or territory WHO region Estimated rate per 100,000 population Number of cases
Albania Europe 15 430
American Samoa Western Pacific 0 0
Andorra Europe 3 2
Anguilla The Americas 22 3
Antigua and Barbuda The Americas 2 2
Argentina The Americas 31 14,000
Armenia Europe 23 680
Aruba The Americas 1 1
Australia Western Pacific 7 1,900
Austria Europe 5 440
Bahamas The Americas 9 36
Bahrain Eastern Mediterranean 13 220
Barbados The Americas 2 7
Belarus Europe 26 2,500
Belgium Europe 8 890
Belize The Americas 23 92
Bermuda The Americas 6 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 26 850
British Virgin Islands The Americas 4 1
Bulgaria Europe 19 1,300
Cabo Verde Africa 39 220
Canada The Americas 6 2,200
Cayman Islands The Americas 4 2
Chile The Americas 15 2,800
Colombia The Americas 37 19,000
Comoros Africa 35 300
Cook Islands Western Pacific 13 2
Costa Rica The Americas 10 530
Croatia Europe 7 270
Cuba The Americas 6 720
Curaçao The Americas 8 13
Cyprus Europe 6 69
Czechia Europe 4 410
Denmark Europe 5 280
Dominica The Americas 16 12
Egypt Eastern Mediterranean 11 11,000
Estonia Europe 10 140
Finland Europe 4 200
France Europe 8 5,300
French Polynesia Western Pacific 26 74
Germany Europe 6 4,600
Greece Europe 5 470
Grenada The Americas 3 3
Guam Western Pacific 39 66
Guatemala The Americas 27 4,900
Honduras The Americas 30 3,000
Hungary Europe 5 440
Iceland Europe 3 10
Iran, Islamic Republic of Eastern Mediterranean 13 11,000
Iraq Eastern Mediterranean 27 11,000
Ireland Europe 5 260
Israel Europe 2 180
Italy Europe 7 4,000
Jamaica The Americas 2 70
Japan Western Pacific 12 15,000
Jordan Eastern Mediterranean 5 480
Kuwait Eastern Mediterranean 19 790
Latvia Europe 23 430
Lebanon Eastern Mediterranean 13 870
Lithuania Europe 29 790
Luxembourg Europe 6 37
Maldives South-East Asia 37 200
Malta Europe 36 160
Mauritius Africa 12 160
Mexico The Americas 24 31,000
Monaco Europe 0 0
Montenegro Europe 16 99
Montserrat The Americas 0 0
Netherlands Europe 4 710
New Caledonia Western Pacific 10 29
New Zealand Western Pacific 8 360
Niue Western Pacific 0 0
North Macedonia Europe 12 250
Norway Europe 3 170
Oman Eastern Mediterranean 7 360
Palau Western Pacific 38 7
Panama The Americas 32 1,400
Poland Europe 10 3,600
Portugal Europe 16 1,600
Puerto Rico The Americas 1 31
Qatar Eastern Mediterranean 34 990
Saint Kitts and Nevis The Americas 4 2
Saint Lucia The Americas 2 4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Americas 7 7
Samoa Western Pacific 6 12
San Marino Europe 0 0
Saudi Arabia Eastern Mediterranean 8 2,800
Serbia Europe 13 1,200
Seychelles Africa 11 10
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) The Americas 3 1
Slovakia Europe 3 180
Slovenia Europe 4 86
Spain Europe 7 3,400
Suriname The Americas 29 170
Sweden Europe 4 360
Switzerland Europe 5 400
Syrian Arab Republic Eastern Mediterranean 19 3,300
Togo Africa 36 3,000
Tonga Western Pacific 10 11
Trinidad and Tobago The Americas 18 250
Tunisia Eastern Mediterranean 36 4,300
Turkey Europe 15 13,000
Turks and Caicos Islands The Americas 11 4
United Arab Emirates Eastern Mediterranean 1 78
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Europe 7 4,700
United States of America The Americas 2 7,900
Uruguay The Americas 32 1,100
Vanuatu Western Pacific 38 120
Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Pacific 0 0
Occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem Eastern Mediterranean 0 25

Data sources

Data presented here is an extract of data available for download from the WHO website. The ‘estimated rate per 100,000 population’ and the ‘number of cases’ have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

Only ‘best estimate’ figures of incidence are included here. Uncertainty bounds for these estimates are included in data downloadable from the WHO website and should be referred to if further interpretation of the figures is required.

Details of the methods used for the estimation of incidence can be found in the WHO report Global tuberculosis control 2020. Also available online are:

Accessed: 31 May 2022

Citation

For citation purposes the following is suggested:

UKHSA. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates of tuberculosis incidence by country, 2020

Contacts

Enquiries regarding this table should be directed to Tuberculosis Unit staff at tbsection@phe.gov.uk

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