World Health Organization (WHO) estimates of tuberculosis
incidence by country, 2014
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.
Table 1: High incidence countries (estimated incidence rate of 40 per 100,000 or greater)
Estimated rate per
100,000 population
189
78
370
45
77
227
58
61
164
120
42
385
44
62
54
126
138
390
220
375
159
68
74
82
381
165
Number
of cases
60,000
31,000
90,000
1,400
7,400
360,000
5,500
6,500
1,300
13,000
1,600
8,500
90,000
260
9,400
14,000
710
60,000
50,000
18,000
22,000
930,000
5,400
480
17,000
36,000
South-East Asia
442
110,000
Africa
325
240,000
Country/Territory
WHO Region
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
China
China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Macao SAR
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eastern Mediterranean
Africa
Africa
Europe
Europe
South-East Asia
Europe
Africa
South-East Asia
The Americas
Europe
Africa
The Americas
Western Pacific
Africa
Africa
Africa
Western Pacific
Africa
Africa
Africa
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
Africa
Africa
1
Rate ≥150
per 100,000
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










Country/Territory
WHO Region
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Greenland
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Eastern Mediterranean
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
Africa
Africa
Africa
Western Pacific
Africa
Africa
Europe
Africa
Europe
Western Pacific
The Americas
Africa
Africa
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
South-East Asia
South-East Asia
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Africa
Western Pacific
Europe
Western Pacific
Europe
Africa
Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Africa
Africa
Western Pacific
South-East Asia
Africa
Western Pacific
Africa
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
Eastern Mediterranean
Africa
South-East Asia
2
Estimated rate per
100,000 population
619
60
54
41
162
78
207
67
444
174
106
165
197
40
57
177
369
103
200
43
167
399
43
99
246
497
142
189
49
852
308
40
62
235
227
103
41
58
335
111
195
170
106
551
369
Number
of cases
5,400
6,200
8,600
2,500
1,300
4,000
200,000
590
7,500
3,400
4,300
44,000
110
67
9,200
22,000
6,600
790
21,000
3,400
2,200,000
1,000,000
15,000
17,000
110,000
550
8,300
13,000
980
18,000
14,000
2,500
1,800
55,000
38,000
31,000
150
9,800
180
4,400
200
5,000
36,000
150,000
200,000
Rate ≥150
per 100,000
























Country/Territory
WHO Region
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Republic of Tanzania
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Africa
Western Pacific
South-East Asia
The Americas
Africa
Africa
Western Pacific
Eastern Mediterranean
Western Pacific
The Americas
Western Pacific
The Americas
The Americas
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
Europe
Europe
Europe
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
Eastern Mediterranean
Africa
Africa
South-East Asia
Eastern Mediterranean
Africa
Europe
South-East Asia
South-East Asia
Africa
Europe
Western Pacific
Africa
Europe
Africa
Europe
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
Eastern Mediterranean
Africa
Africa
3
Estimated rate per
100,000 population
561
73
158
58
98
322
61
270
42
46
417
43
120
288
86
153
81
84
63
97
138
310
49
86
274
834
146
65
94
733
91
171
498
58
64
190
161
94
327
82
63
140
48
406
278
Number
of cases
13,000
8
44,000
3,500
19,000
570,000
33
500,000
9
1,800
31,000
2,800
37,000
290,000
43,000
6,200
16,000
120,000
7,100
180
20,000
20,000
2,700
490
29,000
450,000
17,000
13,000
37,000
9,300
7,600
120,000
5,800
4,100
3,400
19
61,000
43,000
170,000
24,000
160
130,000
13,000
64,000
42,000
Rate ≥150
per 100,000
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












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Table 2: Low incidence countries (estimated incidence rate less than 40 per 100,000)
Country/Territory
WHO Region
Albania
American Samoa
Andorra
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
British Virgin Islands
Bulgaria
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Hungary
Iceland
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Europe
Western Pacific
Europe
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
Western Pacific
Europe
The Americas
Eastern Mediterranean
The Americas
Europe
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
Europe
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
Africa
Western Pacific
The Americas
Europe
The Americas
The Americas
Europe
Europe
Europe
The Americas
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Europe
Europe
Western Pacific
Europe
Europe
The Americas
Europe
Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
4
Estimated rate per
100,000 population
19
7
9
23
8
24
11
6
8
12
14
1
9
37
2
27
5
7
16
33
35
12
11
12
9
4
5
5
7
1
15
20
6
9
22
6
5
1
12
3
22
Number
of cases
540
4
7
3
7
10,000
11
1,500
660
45
200
3
1,000
130
0
0
1
1,900
1,900
4
2,800
16,000
270
3
530
530
1,100
6
61
490
400
1
13,000
270
310
5,600
61
5,000
530
1
1,200
11
17,000
Estimated rate per
100,000 population
7
6
6
5
18
6
21
16
7
12
22
21
2
21
6
15
7
8
10
21
25
1
29
7
9
24
19
2
12
24
26
7
8
12
38
8
6
17
Number
of cases
350
460
3,600
130
23,000
410
800
920
37
52
280
26,000
1
130
0
970
38
330
0
420
410
8,000
2,600
51
630
4
17
26
37
1
3,900
2,100
25
0
360
160
5,500
200
720
520
3,100
Europe
15
320
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
14
0
15
Country/Territory
WHO Region
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro
Montserrat
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Norway
Oman
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
Tokelau
Tonga
Europe
Europe
Europe
The Americas
Western Pacific
Eastern Mediterranean
Eastern Mediterranean
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Europe
Africa
The Americas
Europe
Europe
The Americas
Europe
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
Western Pacific
Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Europe
The Americas
Eastern Mediterranean
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
Western Pacific
Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Africa
The Americas
Europe
Europe
Europe
The Americas
Europe
Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
5
Estimated rate per
100,000 population
22
33
18
10
8
2
Number
of cases
290
3,700
14,000
3
8
140
Europe
12
7,800
The Americas
The Americas
The Americas
Western Pacific
Eastern Mediterranean
3
30
24
4
6
9,900
1,000
7,300
<1
260
Country/Territory
WHO Region
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Wallis and Futuna Islands
West Bank and Gaza Strip
The Americas
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
The Americas
The Americas
Eastern Mediterranean
Note: 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 2015', available at
http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/
Sources: WHO TB burden estimates, available at: http://www.who.int/tb/country/data/download/en/ and
Global tuberculosis report 2015, available at http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/.
Accessed 23/11/2015
Prepared by: TB Section, National Infection Service, Public Health England
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