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Tuberculosis deaths, 2000 to 2022

Estimated deaths from all forms of tuberculosis.

Estimated number of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis deaths
Country/area
2000
2022
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan13,0009,900-3,100-24%
Albania2310-13-57%
Algeria2,5002,300-200-8%
American Samoa00+0
Andorra10-1-100%
Angola14,00022,000+8,000+57%
Anguilla11+0+0%
Antigua and Barbuda11+0+0%
Argentina1,100840-260-24%
Armenia17047-123-72%
Aruba10-1-100%
Australia7262-10-14%
Austria8943-46-52%
Azerbaijan1,600610-990-62%
Bahamas204-16-80%
Bahrain1919+0+0%
Bangladesh92,00042,000-50,000-54%
Barbados12+1+100%
Belarus830320-510-61%
Belgium12040-80-67%
Belize711+4+57%
Benin1,8001,500-300-17%
Bermuda00+0
Bhutan160230+70+44%
Bolivia2,8001,400-1,400-50%
Bosnia and Herzegovina21075-135-64%
Botswana4,6002,000-2,600-57%
Brazil8,80011,000+2,200+25%
British Virgin Islands00+0
Brunei1924+5+26%
Bulgaria36095-265-74%
Burkina Faso3,4001,400-2,000-59%
Burundi7,3002,500-4,800-66%
Cambodia7,0004,500-2,500-36%
Cameroon25,00010,000-15,000-60%
Canada19091-99-52%
Cape Verde4024-16-40%
Cayman Islands01+1
Central African Republic11,0008,700-2,300-21%
Chad4,4005,300+900+20%
Chile640350-290-45%
China122,00030,000-92,000-75%
Colombia1,6002,700+1,100+69%
Comoros4365+22+51%
Congo1,7005,100+3,400+200%
Cook Islands01+1
Costa Rica8651-35-41%
Cote d'Ivoire30,0007,000-23,000-77%
Croatia18059-121-67%
Cuba5754-3-5%
Curacao1
Cyprus16+5+500%
Czechia12017-103-86%
Democratic Republic of Congo55,00039,000-16,000-29%
Denmark5011-39-78%
Djibouti810310-500-62%
Dominica23+1+50%
Dominican Republic1,300460-840-65%
East Timor780
Ecuador1,700850-850-50%
Egypt1,100510-590-54%
El Salvador170140-30-18%
Equatorial Guinea4801,100+620+129%
Eritrea310320+10+3%
Estonia12010-110-92%
Eswatini3,100960-2,140-69%
Ethiopia108,00022,000-86,000-80%
Fiji1649+33+206%
Finland13031-99-76%
France1,400510-890-64%
French Polynesia65-1-17%
Gabon2,5003,400+900+36%
Gambia580770+190+33%
Georgia33087-243-74%
Germany760290-470-62%
Ghana18,00014,000-4,000-22%
Greece9855-43-44%
Greenland65-1-17%
Grenada13+2+200%
Guam56+1+20%
Guatemala670550-120-18%
Guinea7,3002,900-4,400-60%
Guinea-Bissau1,5002,600+1,100+73%
Guyana100110+10+10%
Haiti5,6002,000-3,600-64%
Honduras740540-200-27%
Hong Kong310140-170-55%
Hungary42065-355-85%
Iceland22+0+0%
India921,000342,000-579,000-63%
Indonesia120,000141,000+21,000+18%
Iran620980+360+58%
Iraq1,300930-370-28%
Ireland5620-36-64%
Israel8523-62-73%
Italy620330-290-47%
Jamaica2910-19-66%
Japan5,2003,400-1,800-35%
Jordan2810-18-64%
Kazakhstan4,600410-4,190-91%
Kenya55,00026,000-29,000-53%
Kiribati4148+7+17%
Kuwait2222+0+0%
Kyrgyzstan1,200490-710-59%
Laos6,7001,100-5,600-84%
Latvia36069-291-81%
Lebanon6148-13-21%
Lesotho5,3003,800-1,500-28%
Liberia3,2004,600+1,400+44%
Libya370860+490+132%
Lithuania400130-270-68%
Luxembourg42-2-50%
Macao4328-15-35%
Madagascar14,00012,000-2,000-14%
Malawi15,0005,500-9,500-63%
Malaysia1,9003,200+1,300+68%
Maldives149-5-36%
Mali2,4001,700-700-29%
Malta32-1-33%
Marshall Islands545+40+800%
Mauritania1,800610-1,190-66%
Mauritius1328+15+115%
Mexico4,0005,000+1,000+25%
Micronesia (country)137-6-46%
Moldova810230-580-72%
Monaco00+0
Mongolia500430-70-14%
Montenegro1
Montserrat00+0
Morocco2,7002,800+100+4%
Mozambique26,0009,600-16,400-63%
Myanmar88,00049,000-39,000-44%
Namibia5,4002,500-2,900-54%
Nauru02+2
Nepal31,00018,000-13,000-42%
Netherlands12034-86-72%
Netherlands Antilles0
New Caledonia93-6-67%
New Zealand2814-14-50%
Nicaragua350190-160-46%
Niger8,3003,000-5,300-64%
Nigeria126,00098,000-28,000-22%
Niue00+0
North Macedonia12025-95-79%
Northern Mariana Islands102-8-80%
Norway5820-38-66%
Oman2518-7-28%
Pakistan58,00048,000-10,000-17%
Palau11+0+0%
Palestine113-8-73%
Panama230240+10+4%
Papua New Guinea6,4005,000-1,400-22%
Paraguay240290+50+21%
Peru4,6006,100+1,500+33%
Philippines33,00040,000+7,000+21%
Poland1,200610-590-49%
Portugal630280-350-56%
Puerto Rico236-17-74%
Qatar78+1+14%
Romania2,200760-1,440-65%
Russia32,0006,700-25,300-79%
Rwanda1,300600-700-54%
Saint Kitts and Nevis11+0+0%
Saint Lucia11+0+0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41-3-75%
Samoa41-3-75%
San Marino00+0
Sao Tome and Principe3566+31+89%
Saudi Arabia1,100810-290-26%
Senegal3,4002,800-600-18%
Serbia34
Serbia and Montenegro230
Seychelles21-1-50%
Sierra Leone5,5003,300-2,200-40%
Singapore15035-115-77%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0
Slovakia5437-17-31%
Slovenia2315-8-35%
Solomon Islands4347+4+9%
Somalia8,30011,000+2,700+33%
South Africa148,00054,000-94,000-64%
South Korea4,0002,000-2,000-50%
South Sudan3,100
Spain940320-620-66%
Sri Lanka1,400780-620-44%
Sudan11,0003,800-7,200-65%
Suriname1126+15+136%
Sweden7425-49-66%
Switzerland6821-47-69%
Syria8030-50-63%
Tajikistan910890-20-2%
Tanzania77,00018,000-59,000-77%
Thailand41,00014,000-27,000-66%
Togo740110-630-85%
Tokelau00+0
Tonga20-2-100%
Trinidad and Tobago4837-11-23%
Tunisia170160-10-6%
Turkey1,600360-1,240-78%
Turkmenistan1,300800-500-38%
Turks and Caicos Islands00+0
Tuvalu24+2+100%
Uganda25,0004,700-20,300-81%
Ukraine14,0005,700-8,300-59%
United Arab Emirates2264+42+191%
United Kingdom640340-300-47%
United States1,800650-1,150-64%
Uruguay97150+53+55%
Uzbekistan4,7003,200-1,500-32%
Vanuatu279-18-67%
Venezuela1,100930-170-15%
Vietnam32,00014,000-18,000-56%
Wallis and Futuna00+0
Yemen3,5002,800-700-20%
Zambia23,0005,300-17,700-77%
Zimbabwe18,0008,300-9,700-54%
Other
Africa891,393441,994-449,399-50%
Asia1,601,686777,215-824,471-51%
Europe59,52417,344-42,180-71%
High-income countries25,13312,379-12,754-51%
Low-income countries359,110166,530-192,580-54%
Lower-middle-income countries1,815,948946,818-869,130-48%
North America15,33910,054-5,285-34%
Oceania6,6845,306-1,378-21%
South America22,78824,746+1,958+9%
Upper-middle-income countries395,892150,000-245,892-62%
World2,597,4141,276,659-1,320,755-51%
Data

Tuberculosis deaths

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Tuberculosis

What you should know about this indicator

Estimated number of deaths from TB (all forms)

Source
WHO (2023) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
November 27, 2023
Date range
2000–2022
Unit
deaths

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Tuberculosis deaths by region

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

WHO has published a global tuberculosis (TB) report every year since 1997. The report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease at global, regional and country levels.

Retrieved on
November 27, 2023
Retrieved from
https://www.who.int/teams/global-tuberculosis-programme/data
Citation
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Global tuberculosis report 2023. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023.

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