Which Country is the Most Successful at Tuberculosis Detection?

Based on a comparison of 175 countries in 2021, United Kingdom ranked the highest in tuberculosis case detection rate with 110% followed by Croatia and South Korea. On the other end of the scale was Mongolia with 19.0%, Ghana with 30.0% and Lesotho with 32.0%.

Average tuberculosis case detection rate reached 61.0% in 2021 in the World according to World Bank / WHO. This is 4.92 % more than in the previous year and 16.4 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average tuberculosis case detection rate reached an all time high of 69.0% in 2019 and an all time low of 33.0% in 2000. The average annual growth amounted to 0.845 % since 1990.

Data for more countries are available at Tuberculosis Case Detection Rate (%, All Forms) indicator page.