Tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people) over time (2000–2024)

Follow tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 2000 to 2024.

• The country ranked first was Djibouti (2,700 per 100,000 people) in 2000 and is Kiribati (945 per 100,000 people) in 2024.
• Japan’s tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people) went from 47 per 100,000 people in 2000 to 10 per 100,000 people in 2024 (down about 79%).
• Japan ranked #126 of 187 countries in 2000 and #144 of 191 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Japan and the leading countries

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024

Country	2000	2010	2020	2024
Kiribati	1,280 per 100,000 people	704 per 100,000 people	655 per 100,000 people	945 per 100,000 people
Papua New Guinea	1,060 per 100,000 people	528 per 100,000 people	616 per 100,000 people	664 per 100,000 people
Philippines	590 per 100,000 people	531 per 100,000 people	544 per 100,000 people	625 per 100,000 people
Lesotho	827 per 100,000 people	1,180 per 100,000 people	599 per 100,000 people	548 per 100,000 people
Timor-Leste	–	671 per 100,000 people	381 per 100,000 people	496 per 100,000 people
Japan	47 per 100,000 people	22 per 100,000 people	12 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people
Countries with data	187	190	191	191

Biggest changes, 2000–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 2000 and 2024. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.

Biggest increases

Country	2000	2024	Change	Rank
Nauru	39 per 100,000 people	161 per 100,000 people	about 4.1×	#130 → #44
Marshall Islands	190 per 100,000 people	411 per 100,000 people	about 2.2×	#60 → #11
Fiji	49 per 100,000 people	104 per 100,000 people	about 2.1×	#123 → #62
El Salvador	58 per 100,000 people	116 per 100,000 people	about 2×	#112 → #58
Liberia	115 per 100,000 people	207 per 100,000 people	up about 80%	#86 → #31

Biggest decreases

Country	2000	2024	Change	Rank
United Arab Emirates	8 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people	down about 92%	#172 → #189
Estonia	105 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	down about 92%	#91 → #149
Eritrea	1,440 per 100,000 people	115 per 100,000 people	down about 92%	#2 → #59
Tonga	23 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people	down about 92%	#146 → #183
Slovenia	27 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	down about 90%	#141 → #180

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

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Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024

Country	2000	2010	2020	2024
Kiribati	1,280 per 100,000 people	704 per 100,000 people	655 per 100,000 people	945 per 100,000 people
Papua New Guinea	1,060 per 100,000 people	528 per 100,000 people	616 per 100,000 people	664 per 100,000 people
Philippines	590 per 100,000 people	531 per 100,000 people	544 per 100,000 people	625 per 100,000 people
Lesotho	827 per 100,000 people	1,180 per 100,000 people	599 per 100,000 people	548 per 100,000 people
Timor-Leste	–	671 per 100,000 people	381 per 100,000 people	496 per 100,000 people
Djibouti	2,700 per 100,000 people	1,350 per 100,000 people	366 per 100,000 people	495 per 100,000 people
Myanmar	555 per 100,000 people	500 per 100,000 people	316 per 100,000 people	482 per 100,000 people
Mongolia	428 per 100,000 people	428 per 100,000 people	418 per 100,000 people	446 per 100,000 people
Namibia	985 per 100,000 people	892 per 100,000 people	450 per 100,000 people	422 per 100,000 people
Central African Republic	681 per 100,000 people	556 per 100,000 people	455 per 100,000 people	419 per 100,000 people
Marshall Islands	190 per 100,000 people	700 per 100,000 people	581 per 100,000 people	411 per 100,000 people
South Africa	762 per 100,000 people	1,230 per 100,000 people	562 per 100,000 people	389 per 100,000 people
Indonesia	370 per 100,000 people	342 per 100,000 people	306 per 100,000 people	382 per 100,000 people
Democratic Republic of the Congo	612 per 100,000 people	500 per 100,000 people	409 per 100,000 people	377 per 100,000 people
Angola	270 per 100,000 people	480 per 100,000 people	373 per 100,000 people	373 per 100,000 people
Sierra Leone	604 per 100,000 people	494 per 100,000 people	403 per 100,000 people	372 per 100,000 people
Gabon	332 per 100,000 people	461 per 100,000 people	413 per 100,000 people	371 per 100,000 people
Mozambique	336 per 100,000 people	357 per 100,000 people	361 per 100,000 people	361 per 100,000 people
South Sudan	–	–	346 per 100,000 people	320 per 100,000 people
Eswatini	981 per 100,000 people	1,590 per 100,000 people	336 per 100,000 people	319 per 100,000 people
Republic of the Congo	569 per 100,000 people	426 per 100,000 people	300 per 100,000 people	302 per 100,000 people
Cambodia	853 per 100,000 people	442 per 100,000 people	285 per 100,000 people	272 per 100,000 people
Zambia	759 per 100,000 people	495 per 100,000 people	319 per 100,000 people	272 per 100,000 people
Pakistan	275 per 100,000 people	276 per 100,000 people	260 per 100,000 people	266 per 100,000 people
Micronesia	281 per 100,000 people	354 per 100,000 people	178 per 100,000 people	264 per 100,000 people
Nepal	417 per 100,000 people	311 per 100,000 people	228 per 100,000 people	227 per 100,000 people
Madagascar	207 per 100,000 people	233 per 100,000 people	214 per 100,000 people	224 per 100,000 people
Tuvalu	168 per 100,000 people	132 per 100,000 people	288 per 100,000 people	223 per 100,000 people
Bangladesh	221 per 100,000 people	221 per 100,000 people	221 per 100,000 people	221 per 100,000 people
Nigeria	219 per 100,000 people	219 per 100,000 people	219 per 100,000 people	219 per 100,000 people
Kenya	451 per 100,000 people	531 per 100,000 people	248 per 100,000 people	207 per 100,000 people
Liberia	115 per 100,000 people	331 per 100,000 people	240 per 100,000 people	207 per 100,000 people
Afghanistan	148 per 100,000 people	218 per 100,000 people	205 per 100,000 people	203 per 100,000 people
Zimbabwe	605 per 100,000 people	416 per 100,000 people	189 per 100,000 people	203 per 100,000 people
Equatorial Guinea	323 per 100,000 people	264 per 100,000 people	216 per 100,000 people	199 per 100,000 people
Uganda	276 per 100,000 people	210 per 100,000 people	199 per 100,000 people	197 per 100,000 people
Bhutan	667 per 100,000 people	474 per 100,000 people	201 per 100,000 people	191 per 100,000 people
India	322 per 100,000 people	276 per 100,000 people	197 per 100,000 people	187 per 100,000 people
Vietnam	296 per 100,000 people	231 per 100,000 people	171 per 100,000 people	182 per 100,000 people
Guinea	120 per 100,000 people	189 per 100,000 people	179 per 100,000 people	178 per 100,000 people
Guinea-Bissau	202 per 100,000 people	266 per 100,000 people	186 per 100,000 people	176 per 100,000 people
Haiti	576 per 100,000 people	407 per 100,000 people	223 per 100,000 people	175 per 100,000 people
Tanzania	503 per 100,000 people	426 per 100,000 people	222 per 100,000 people	172 per 100,000 people
Nauru	39 per 100,000 people	30 per 100,000 people	112 per 100,000 people	161 per 100,000 people
Somalia	352 per 100,000 people	220 per 100,000 people	171 per 100,000 people	151 per 100,000 people
Thailand	241 per 100,000 people	181 per 100,000 people	144 per 100,000 people	146 per 100,000 people
Botswana	976 per 100,000 people	601 per 100,000 people	274 per 100,000 people	143 per 100,000 people
Ethiopia	489 per 100,000 people	269 per 100,000 people	156 per 100,000 people	141 per 100,000 people
Peru	367 per 100,000 people	159 per 100,000 people	128 per 100,000 people	139 per 100,000 people
Gambia	187 per 100,000 people	179 per 100,000 people	153 per 100,000 people	138 per 100,000 people
Cameroon	84 per 100,000 people	271 per 100,000 people	158 per 100,000 people	132 per 100,000 people
Senegal	173 per 100,000 people	181 per 100,000 people	139 per 100,000 people	132 per 100,000 people
Kyrgyzstan	291 per 100,000 people	192 per 100,000 people	131 per 100,000 people	128 per 100,000 people
Laos	330 per 100,000 people	221 per 100,000 people	149 per 100,000 people	127 per 100,000 people
Ghana	216 per 100,000 people	183 per 100,000 people	140 per 100,000 people	126 per 100,000 people
Solomon Islands	282 per 100,000 people	177 per 100,000 people	97 per 100,000 people	123 per 100,000 people
Chad	123 per 100,000 people	162 per 100,000 people	131 per 100,000 people	118 per 100,000 people
El Salvador	58 per 100,000 people	39 per 100,000 people	42 per 100,000 people	116 per 100,000 people
Eritrea	1,440 per 100,000 people	258 per 100,000 people	111 per 100,000 people	115 per 100,000 people
Bolivia	402 per 100,000 people	195 per 100,000 people	94 per 100,000 people	114 per 100,000 people
Malawi	386 per 100,000 people	338 per 100,000 people	138 per 100,000 people	113 per 100,000 people
Fiji	49 per 100,000 people	42 per 100,000 people	81 per 100,000 people	104 per 100,000 people
Côte d’Ivoire	166 per 100,000 people	209 per 100,000 people	118 per 100,000 people	99 per 100,000 people
Morocco	114 per 100,000 people	98 per 100,000 people	89 per 100,000 people	98 per 100,000 people
Malaysia	152 per 100,000 people	100 per 100,000 people	99 per 100,000 people	96 per 100,000 people
São Tomé & Príncipe	254 per 100,000 people	153 per 100,000 people	69 per 100,000 people	87 per 100,000 people
Niger	83 per 100,000 people	126 per 100,000 people	81 per 100,000 people	86 per 100,000 people
Ukraine	193 per 100,000 people	136 per 100,000 people	75 per 100,000 people	86 per 100,000 people
Burundi	213 per 100,000 people	154 per 100,000 people	97 per 100,000 people	83 per 100,000 people
Paraguay	98 per 100,000 people	62 per 100,000 people	50 per 100,000 people	81 per 100,000 people
Tajikistan	140 per 100,000 people	170 per 100,000 people	77 per 100,000 people	75 per 100,000 people
Guyana	148 per 100,000 people	150 per 100,000 people	59 per 100,000 people	67 per 100,000 people
Ecuador	124 per 100,000 people	49 per 100,000 people	38 per 100,000 people	66 per 100,000 people
Brunei	231 per 100,000 people	90 per 100,000 people	90 per 100,000 people	65 per 100,000 people
Mauritania	229 per 100,000 people	145 per 100,000 people	84 per 100,000 people	65 per 100,000 people
Azerbaijan	183 per 100,000 people	183 per 100,000 people	69 per 100,000 people	64 per 100,000 people
Moldova	70 per 100,000 people	115 per 100,000 people	86 per 100,000 people	64 per 100,000 people
Libya	59 per 100,000 people	49 per 100,000 people	43 per 100,000 people	63 per 100,000 people
Panama	71 per 100,000 people	62 per 100,000 people	34 per 100,000 people	63 per 100,000 people
Rwanda	238 per 100,000 people	82 per 100,000 people	63 per 100,000 people	62 per 100,000 people
Romania	189 per 100,000 people	127 per 100,000 people	70 per 100,000 people	60 per 100,000 people
Sri Lanka	148 per 100,000 people	88 per 100,000 people	55 per 100,000 people	59 per 100,000 people
Burkina Faso	93 per 100,000 people	76 per 100,000 people	62 per 100,000 people	57 per 100,000 people
Algeria	118 per 100,000 people	95 per 100,000 people	52 per 100,000 people	54 per 100,000 people
Dominican Republic	145 per 100,000 people	61 per 100,000 people	46 per 100,000 people	51 per 100,000 people
Mali	76 per 100,000 people	73 per 100,000 people	56 per 100,000 people	51 per 100,000 people
Uzbekistan	156 per 100,000 people	103 per 100,000 people	63 per 100,000 people	51 per 100,000 people
Brazil	49 per 100,000 people	42 per 100,000 people	45 per 100,000 people	49 per 100,000 people
China	107 per 100,000 people	76 per 100,000 people	58 per 100,000 people	49 per 100,000 people
Colombia	70 per 100,000 people	40 per 100,000 people	39 per 100,000 people	49 per 100,000 people
Togo	51 per 100,000 people	86 per 100,000 people	48 per 100,000 people	48 per 100,000 people
Cape Verde	176 per 100,000 people	117 per 100,000 people	57 per 100,000 people	47 per 100,000 people
Sudan	148 per 100,000 people	119 per 100,000 people	62 per 100,000 people	47 per 100,000 people
Uruguay	33 per 100,000 people	28 per 100,000 people	35 per 100,000 people	47 per 100,000 people
Venezuela	62 per 100,000 people	34 per 100,000 people	47 per 100,000 people	46 per 100,000 people
Georgia	229 per 100,000 people	174 per 100,000 people	71 per 100,000 people	45 per 100,000 people
Kazakhstan	168 per 100,000 people	140 per 100,000 people	62 per 100,000 people	45 per 100,000 people
Argentina	49 per 100,000 people	24 per 100,000 people	27 per 100,000 people	44 per 100,000 people
Vanuatu	331 per 100,000 people	116 per 100,000 people	52 per 100,000 people	44 per 100,000 people
Nicaragua	125 per 100,000 people	70 per 100,000 people	47 per 100,000 people	43 per 100,000 people
Singapore	77 per 100,000 people	39 per 100,000 people	47 per 100,000 people	43 per 100,000 people
Benin	71 per 100,000 people	79 per 100,000 people	48 per 100,000 people	40 per 100,000 people
Maldives	139 per 100,000 people	49 per 100,000 people	33 per 100,000 people	40 per 100,000 people
Turkmenistan	193 per 100,000 people	91 per 100,000 people	37 per 100,000 people	40 per 100,000 people
Yemen	94 per 100,000 people	45 per 100,000 people	33 per 100,000 people	40 per 100,000 people
Tunisia	57 per 100,000 people	39 per 100,000 people	41 per 100,000 people	39 per 100,000 people
Honduras	280 per 100,000 people	62 per 100,000 people	38 per 100,000 people	38 per 100,000 people
Qatar	99 per 100,000 people	54 per 100,000 people	41 per 100,000 people	37 per 100,000 people
South Korea	50 per 100,000 people	97 per 100,000 people	48 per 100,000 people	35 per 100,000 people
Belize	113 per 100,000 people	75 per 100,000 people	34 per 100,000 people	34 per 100,000 people
Russia	95 per 100,000 people	85 per 100,000 people	49 per 100,000 people	34 per 100,000 people
Suriname	50 per 100,000 people	57 per 100,000 people	25 per 100,000 people	34 per 100,000 people
Lithuania	181 per 100,000 people	100 per 100,000 people	34 per 100,000 people	31 per 100,000 people
Guatemala	28 per 100,000 people	26 per 100,000 people	18 per 100,000 people	28 per 100,000 people
Mexico	37 per 100,000 people	28 per 100,000 people	26 per 100,000 people	28 per 100,000 people
Palau	56 per 100,000 people	103 per 100,000 people	56 per 100,000 people	28 per 100,000 people
Trinidad & Tobago	34 per 100,000 people	23 per 100,000 people	20 per 100,000 people	27 per 100,000 people
Syria	79 per 100,000 people	30 per 100,000 people	20 per 100,000 people	23 per 100,000 people
Comoros	51 per 100,000 people	44 per 100,000 people	35 per 100,000 people	22 per 100,000 people
Bosnia & Herzegovina	158 per 100,000 people	57 per 100,000 people	25 per 100,000 people	21 per 100,000 people
Iraq	60 per 100,000 people	47 per 100,000 people	18 per 100,000 people	21 per 100,000 people
Latvia	196 per 100,000 people	73 per 100,000 people	23 per 100,000 people	21 per 100,000 people
Armenia	115 per 100,000 people	86 per 100,000 people	29 per 100,000 people	19 per 100,000 people
Chile	33 per 100,000 people	19 per 100,000 people	15 per 100,000 people	19 per 100,000 people
Bahamas	57 per 100,000 people	12 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	18 per 100,000 people
Belarus	153 per 100,000 people	81 per 100,000 people	26 per 100,000 people	17 per 100,000 people
Seychelles	24 per 100,000 people	18 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	17 per 100,000 people
Montenegro	–	27 per 100,000 people	18 per 100,000 people	16 per 100,000 people
Albania	21 per 100,000 people	17 per 100,000 people	15 per 100,000 people	15 per 100,000 people
Malta	4 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	27 per 100,000 people	15 per 100,000 people
Portugal	59 per 100,000 people	30 per 100,000 people	15 per 100,000 people	15 per 100,000 people
Lebanon	28 per 100,000 people	16 per 100,000 people	16 per 100,000 people	13 per 100,000 people
Mauritius	32 per 100,000 people	18 per 100,000 people	12 per 100,000 people	13 per 100,000 people
Türkiye	54 per 100,000 people	35 per 100,000 people	16 per 100,000 people	13 per 100,000 people
Bulgaria	83 per 100,000 people	53 per 100,000 people	17 per 100,000 people	12 per 100,000 people
Bahrain	57 per 100,000 people	32 per 100,000 people	17 per 100,000 people	12 per 100,000 people
Cuba	23 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people
North Macedonia	59 per 100,000 people	30 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people
Oman	25 per 100,000 people	17 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people
Poland	46 per 100,000 people	25 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people
Egypt	21 per 100,000 people	15 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people
Iran	43 per 100,000 people	29 per 100,000 people	13 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people
Kuwait	36 per 100,000 people	45 per 100,000 people	20 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people
Japan	47 per 100,000 people	22 per 100,000 people	12 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people
United Kingdom	12 per 100,000 people	14 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people
Costa Rica	25 per 100,000 people	15 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	9 per 100,000 people
Serbia	–	51 per 100,000 people	21 per 100,000 people	9 per 100,000 people
Saudi Arabia	23 per 100,000 people	20 per 100,000 people	9 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people
Estonia	105 per 100,000 people	31 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people
Spain	30 per 100,000 people	19 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people
New Zealand	12 per 100,000 people	9 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people
France	12 per 100,000 people	9 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people
Luxembourg	14 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people
Australia	7 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people
Croatia	56 per 100,000 people	21 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people
Canada	8 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people
Ireland	14 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people
Hungary	45 per 100,000 people	22 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people
Cyprus	8 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people
Samoa	24 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people
Switzerland	11 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
Germany	12 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
Italy	9 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
Andorra	18 per 100,000 people	9 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
Austria	22 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
Czechia	18 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
Netherlands	9 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
St. Vincent & Grenadines	14 per 100,000 people	14 per 100,000 people	13 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
Dominica	4 per 100,000 people	12 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people
Finland	14 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people
Greece	10 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people
Jordan	10 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people
Norway	7 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people
Sweden	7 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people
Slovakia	32 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people
Denmark	16 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people
United States	8 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people
Iceland	5 per 100,000 people	7 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people
Belgium	17 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people
Slovenia	27 per 100,000 people	11 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people
Israel	13 per 100,000 people	6 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people
Jamaica	12 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people
Tonga	23 per 100,000 people	10 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people
Grenada	0 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people
Antigua & Barbuda	5 per 100,000 people	8 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people
St. Kitts & Nevis	0 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	4 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people
Barbados	1 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people	2 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people
Monaco	0 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	0 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people
United Arab Emirates	8 per 100,000 people	3 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people
St. Lucia	6 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	5 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people
San Marino	4 per 100,000 people	0 per 100,000 people	0 per 100,000 people	0 per 100,000 people
Countries with data	187	190	191	191