World Health Organization (WHO) estimates

of tuberculosis incidence by country, 2017

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Information

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

These tables include tuberculosis (TB) rates worldwide:

by country/territory
by WHO region
by incidence

Data prepared by:

TB Surveillance Team
Tuberculosis Unit
National Infection Service
Public Health England
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ

Email: tbsection@phe.gov.uk
Website: www.gov.uk/phe
 World Health Organization (WHO) estimates
of tuberculosis incidence by country, 2017
Index

Notes

Tables

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)
 World Health Organization (WHO) estimates
of tuberculosis incidence by country, 2017
Notes

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/territories with an estimated incidence rate of 40 per 100,000 or greater are
considered to have a high incidence of tuberculosis. Countries with rates greater than or equal to 150 per 100,000 have
been signposted with a tick symbol.

Data Sources

Data presented here are 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 2018', available at:

http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/

WHO TB burden estimates, available at: http://www.who.int/tb/country/data/download/en/

Global tuberculosis report 2018, available at: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/
Accessed 28/09/2018
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 Table 1: High incidence countries (estimated incidence rate of 40 per 100,000 or
greater)

Estimated rate per Number of Rate ≥150 per

Country/Territory WHO Region
100,000 population cases 100,000
Afghanistan Eastern Mediterranean 189 67,000 ü
Algeria Africa 70 29,000
Angola Africa 359 107,000 ü
Azerbaijan Europe 67 6,500
Bangladesh South-East Asia 221 364,000 ü
Benin Africa 58 6,400
Bhutan South-East Asia 134 1,100
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) The Americas 111 12,000
Botswana Africa 300 6,900 ü
Brazil The Americas 44 91,000
Brunei Darussalam Western Pacific 64 270
Burkina Faso Africa 49 9,500
Burundi Africa 114 12,000
Cabo Verde Africa 134 730
Cambodia Western Pacific 326 52,000 ü
Cameroon Africa 194 47,000 ü
Central African Republic Africa 423 20,000 ü
Chad Africa 154 23,000 ü
China Western Pacific 63 889,000
China, Hong Kong SAR Western Pacific 67 5,000
China, Macao SAR Western Pacific 70 440
Congo Africa 376 20,000 ü
Côte d'Ivoire Africa 148 36,000
Democratic People's Republic of Korea South-East Asia 513 131,000 ü
Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 322 262,000 ü
Djibouti Eastern Mediterranean 269 2,600 ü
Dominican Republic The Americas 45 4,800
Ecuador The Americas 43 7,200
El Salvador The Americas 72 4,600
Equatorial Guinea Africa 191 2,400 ü
Eritrea Africa 67 3,400
Eswatini Africa 308 4,200 ü
Ethiopia Africa 164 172,000 ü
Fiji Western Pacific 49 450
Gabon Africa 529 11,000 ü
Gambia Africa 174 3,700 ü
Georgia Europe 86 3,400
Ghana Africa 152 44,000 ü
Greenland Europe 116 66
Guam Western Pacific 60 98
Guinea Africa 176 22,000 ü
Guinea-Bissau Africa 374 7,000 ü
Guyana The Americas 86 670
Haiti The Americas 181 20,000 ü
India South-East Asia 204 2,740,000 ü
Indonesia South-East Asia 319 842,000 ü
Iraq Eastern Mediterranean 42 16,000
Kazakhstan Europe 66 12,000
Kenya Africa 319 158,000 ü
Kiribati Western Pacific 413 480 ü
Kyrgyzstan Europe 144 8,700
Lao People's Democratic Republic Western Pacific 168 12,000 ü
Lesotho Africa 665 15,000 ü
Liberia Africa 308 15,000 ü
Libya Eastern Mediterranean 40 2,500
Lithuania Europe 50 1,500
Madagascar Africa 238 61,000 ü
Malawi Africa 133 25,000
Malaysia Western Pacific 93 29,000
Mali Africa 55 10,000
Marshall Islands Western Pacific 480 250 ü
Mauritania Africa 97 4,300
Micronesia (Federated States of) Western Pacific 165 170 ü
Mongolia Western Pacific 428 13,000 ü
Morocco Eastern Mediterranean 99 36,000
Mozambique Africa 551 163,000 ü
Myanmar South-East Asia 358 191,000 ü
Namibia Africa 423 11,000 ü
Nauru Western Pacific 91 10
Nepal South-East Asia 152 45,000 ü
Nicaragua The Americas 45 2,800
Niger Africa 90 19,000
Nigeria Africa 219 418,000 ü
Niue Western Pacific 71 1
Northern Mariana Islands Western Pacific 86 47
Pakistan Eastern Mediterranean 267 525,000 ü
Palau Western Pacific 106 23
Panama The Americas 54 2,200
Papua New Guinea Western Pacific 432 36,000 ü
Paraguay The Americas 44 3,000
Peru The Americas 116 37,000
Philippines Western Pacific 554 581,000 ü
Republic of Korea Western Pacific 70 36,000
Republic of Moldova Europe 95 3,900
Romania Europe 72 14,000
Russian Federation Europe 60 86,000
Rwanda Africa 57 7,000
Sao Tome and Principe Africa 118 240
Senegal Africa 122 19,000
Sierra Leone Africa 301 23,000 ü
Singapore Western Pacific 47 2,700
Solomon Islands Western Pacific 76 470
Somalia Eastern Mediterranean 266 39,000 ü
South Africa Africa 567 322,000 ü
South Sudan Africa 146 18,000
Sri Lanka South-East Asia 64 13,000
Sudan Eastern Mediterranean 77 31,000
Tajikistan Europe 85 7,500
Thailand South-East Asia 156 108,000 ü
Timor-Leste South-East Asia 498 6,500 ü
Togo Africa 41 3,200
Turkmenistan Europe 43 2,500
Tuvalu Western Pacific 236 26 ü
Uganda Africa 201 86,000 ü
Ukraine Europe 84 37,000
United Republic of Tanzania Africa 269 154,000 ü
Uzbekistan Europe 73 23,000
Vanuatu Western Pacific 51 140
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The Americas 42 13,000
Viet Nam Western Pacific 129 124,000
Yemen Eastern Mediterranean 48 14,000
Zambia Africa 361 62,000 ü
Zimbabwe Africa 221 37,000 ü

Sources: World Health Organisation (WHO) TB burden estimates

Data accessed: September 2018
Prepared by: TB Surveillance Team, TB Unit, National Infection Service, Public Health England
 Table 2: Low incidence countries (estimated incidence rate less than 4
100,000)

Country/Territory WHO Region

Albania Europe
American Samoa Western Pacific
Andorra Europe
Anguilla The Americas
Antigua and Barbuda The Americas
Argentina The Americas
Armenia Europe
Aruba The Americas
Australia Western Pacific
Austria Europe
Bahamas The Americas
Bahrain Eastern Mediterranean
Barbados The Americas
Belarus Europe
Belgium Europe
Belize The Americas
Bermuda The Americas
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba The Americas
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe
British Virgin Islands The Americas
Bulgaria Europe
Canada The Americas
Cayman Islands The Americas
Chile The Americas
Colombia The Americas
Comoros Africa
Cook Islands Western Pacific
Costa Rica The Americas
Croatia Europe
Cuba The Americas
Curaçao The Americas
Cyprus Europe
Czechia Europe
Denmark Europe
Dominica The Americas
Egypt Eastern Mediterranean
Estonia Europe
Finland Europe
France Europe
French Polynesia Western Pacific
Germany Europe
Greece Europe
Grenada The Americas
Guatemala The Americas
Honduras The Americas
Hungary Europe
Iceland Europe
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Eastern Mediterranean
Ireland Europe
Israel Europe
Italy Europe
Jamaica The Americas
Japan Western Pacific
Jordan Eastern Mediterranean
Kuwait Eastern Mediterranean
Latvia Europe
Lebanon Eastern Mediterranean
Luxembourg Europe
Maldives South-East Asia
Malta Europe
Mauritius Africa
Mexico The Americas
Monaco Europe
Montenegro Europe
Montserrat The Americas
Netherlands Europe
New Caledonia Western Pacific
New Zealand Western Pacific
Norway Europe
Oman Eastern Mediterranean
Poland Europe
Portugal Europe
Puerto Rico The Americas
Qatar Eastern Mediterranean
Saint Kitts and Nevis The Americas
Saint Lucia The Americas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Americas
Samoa Western Pacific
San Marino Europe
Saudi Arabia Eastern Mediterranean
Serbia Europe
Seychelles Africa
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) The Americas
Slovakia Europe
Slovenia Europe
Spain Europe
Suriname The Americas
Sweden Europe
Switzerland Europe
Syrian Arab Republic Eastern Mediterranean
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Europe
Tokelau Western Pacific
Tonga Western Pacific
Trinidad and Tobago The Americas
Tunisia Eastern Mediterranean
Turkey Europe
Turks and Caicos Islands The Americas
United Arab Emirates Eastern Mediterranean
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Europe
United States of America The Americas
Uruguay The Americas
Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Pacific
West Bank and Gaza Strip Eastern Mediterranean

Sources: World Health Organisation (WHO) TB burden estimates

Data accessed: September 2018
Prepared by: TB Surveillance Team, TB Unit, National Infection Service, Public Health England
mated incidence rate less than 40 per

Estimated rate per Number of

100,000 population cases
20 580
10 6
2 1
22 3
1 1
26 12,000
36 1,100
9 9
7 1,700
7 640
15 59
12 170
0 0
37 3,500
10 1,100
36 130
4 2
3 1
27 960
0 0
24 1,700
6 2,000
8 5
17 3,200
33 16,000
35 280
0 0
10 470
10 420
7 820
6 10
6 66
5 570
5 290
2 1
13 13,000
15 200
5 270
8 5,200
21 60
 8 6,200
4 450
3 3
25 4,300
38 3,500
7 720
5 15
14 11,000
7 350
3 270
7 4,100
5 150
15 19,000
7 660
27 1,100
32 620
12 710
6 37
39 170
11 48
12 150
22 28,000
0 0
14 86
0 0
5 890
14 39
8 350
5 270
7 310
17 6,400
20 2,000
1 45
26 690
2 1
8 14
2 2
18 34
0 0
10 3,300
19 1,700
19 18
14 6
5 260
6 120
10 4,600
29 160
6 560
 7 610
19 3,400
13 270
0 0
12 13
17 230
34 3,900
17 14,000
6 2
1 76
9 5,900
3 10,000
31 1,100
0 0
1 47

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