Which Country Suffers from Tuberculosis the Most?

Incidence of Tuberculosis (Per 100,000 People) (persons), 2023
Health Care | September 1, 2025
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Based on a comparison of 176 countries in 2023, Lesotho ranked the highest in incidence of tuberculosis per 100,000 people with 664 persons followed by Philippines and Myanmar. On the other end of the scale was Palestine with 0.350 persons, Puerto Rico with 0.710 persons and United Arab Emirates with 0.800 persons.

Average incidence of tuberculosis per 100,000 people reached 134 persons in 2023 in the World according to World Bank / WHO. This is 0 % the same as in the previous year and -17.2 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average incidence of tuberculosis per 100,000 people reached an all time high of 181 persons in 2001 and an all time low of 129 persons in 2020. The average annual growth amounted to -0.361 % since 1990.

Data for more countries are available at Incidence of Tuberculosis (Per 100,000 People) indicator page.

Incidence of Tuberculosis (Per 100,000 People) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Central African Republic persons 540 540 540 540 540
Congo persons 376 375 373 372 370
Dem. People's Republic of Korea persons 513 513 513 513 513
East Timor persons 498 498 498 498 498
Gabon persons 529 525 521 517 513
Guinea Bissau persons 361 361 361 361 361
Indonesia persons 319 316 312 302 342
Lesotho persons 681 659 654 609 636
Mongolia persons 428 428 428 413 428
Mozambique persons 361 361 361 361 361
Myanmar persons 355 338 322 312 362
Namibia persons 565 524 486 455 461
Papua New Guinea persons 432 432 432 432 432
Philippines persons 554 554 554 535 583
South Africa persons 738 677 615 562 513