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Countries by tuberculosis incidence

The Marshall Islands had the highest tuberculosis incidence of 197 countries in 2017, at 745 per 100,000 people. San Marino had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 51 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest745Marshall Islands
Lowest0San Marino
Median51197 countries

Top 40 countries, 2017

Marshall Islands: 745 per 100,000 peopleMarshall Islands745South Africa: 738 per 100,000 peopleSouth Africa738Kiribati: 718 per 100,000 peopleKiribati718Lesotho: 681 per 100,000 peopleLesotho681Papua New Guinea: 616 per 100,000 peoplePapua New Guinea616Namibia: 565 per 100,000 peopleNamibia565Philippines: 554 per 100,000 peoplePhilippines554Eswatini: 502 per 100,000 peopleEswatini502Central African Republic: 483 per 100,000 peopleCentral African Republic483Gabon: 456 per 100,000 peopleGabon456Djibouti: 454 per 100,000 peopleDjibouti454Democratic Republic of the Congo: 434 per 100,000 peopleDemocratic Republic of the Congo434Sierra Leone: 429 per 100,000 peopleSierra Leone429Mongolia: 428 per 100,000 peopleMongolia428Angola: 418 per 100,000 peopleAngola418Timor-Leste: 384 per 100,000 peopleTimor-Leste384Botswana: 372 per 100,000 peopleBotswana372South Sudan: 368 per 100,000 peopleSouth Sudan368Mozambique: 361 per 100,000 peopleMozambique361Zambia: 361 per 100,000 peopleZambia361Myanmar: 355 per 100,000 peopleMyanmar355Republic of the Congo: 321 per 100,000 peopleRepublic of the Congo321Indonesia: 319 per 100,000 peopleIndonesia319Kenya: 319 per 100,000 peopleKenya319Cambodia: 313 per 100,000 peopleCambodia313Haiti: 276 per 100,000 peopleHaiti276Tanzania: 269 per 100,000 peopleTanzania269Liberia: 268 per 100,000 peopleLiberia268Pakistan: 267 per 100,000 peoplePakistan267Micronesia: 262 per 100,000 peopleMicronesia262Nepal: 253 per 100,000 peopleNepal253Equatorial Guinea: 229 per 100,000 peopleEquatorial Guinea229Bangladesh: 221 per 100,000 peopleBangladesh221Zimbabwe: 221 per 100,000 peopleZimbabwe221Nigeria: 219 per 100,000 peopleNigeria219India: 217 per 100,000 peopleIndia217Bhutan: 216 per 100,000 peopleBhutan216Madagascar: 215 per 100,000 peopleMadagascar215Tuvalu: 212 per 100,000 peopleTuvalu212Afghanistan: 209 per 100,000 peopleAfghanistan209
per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population) (MDG_0000000020). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017
per 100,000 people		Change on 2016
1Marshall Islands745+96 pts
2South Africa738-67 pts
3Kiribati718-292 pts
4Lesotho681-40 pts
5Papua New Guinea616-10 pts
6Namibia565-39 pts
7Philippines5540 pts
8Eswatini502-35 pts
9Central African Republic483-10 pts
10Gabon456-19 pts
11Djibouti454-146 pts
12Democratic Republic of the Congo434-9 pts
13Sierra Leone429-8 pts
14Mongolia4280 pts
15Angola418-15 pts
16Timor-Leste384-19 pts
17Botswana372-33 pts
18South Sudan368-8 pts
19Mozambique3610 pts
19Zambia361-15 pts
21Myanmar355-17 pts
22Republic of the Congo321-13 pts
23Indonesia319-3 pts
23Kenya319-29 pts
25Cambodia313-13 pts
26Haiti276-21 pts
27Tanzania269-18 pts
28Liberia268-11 pts
29Pakistan267-1 pts
30Micronesia262-31 pts
31Nepal253-7 pts
32Equatorial Guinea229-5 pts
33Bangladesh2210 pts
33Zimbabwe221-12 pts
35Nigeria2190 pts
36India217-8 pts
37Bhutan216-82 pts
38Madagascar215-2 pts
39Tuvalu212+29 pts
40Afghanistan209+5 pts
41Uganda2010 pts
42Guinea-Bissau198-5 pts
43Cameroon189-13 pts
44Vietnam188-5 pts
45Somalia182-2 pts
46Ethiopia179-10 pts
47Guinea178+1 pts
48Laos168-7 pts
49Gambia166-4 pts
50Malawi162-14 pts
51Kyrgyzstan156-14 pts
51Thailand156-4 pts
53Ghana152-4 pts
53Senegal152-7 pts
55Eritrea147-16 pts
56Chad145-7 pts
57Côte d’Ivoire142-11 pts
58Peru128-1 pts
59Solomon Islands124-17 pts
60São Tomé and Príncipe122-53 pts
61Burundi112-6 pts
61Palau112-17 pts
63Moldova106-5 pts
64Bolivia104-9 pts
65Malaysia103-3 pts
66Mauritania98-4 pts
66Morocco98-3 pts
68Georgia95-9 pts
69Tajikistan94-8 pts
70Macao92+3 pts
71Guyana90-11 pts
71Hong Kong90-4 pts
71Ukraine90-9 pts
74Niger88-5 pts
75Azerbaijan84-2 pts
76Romania81-3 pts
77Nauru80-10 pts
78El Salvador77+12 pts
78Sudan77-5 pts
80Algeria75-1 pts
81Uzbekistan73-3 pts
82Brunei71-4 pts
83Cape Verde700 pts
83South Korea70-6 pts
85Fiji68+9 pts
86Kazakhstan67-1 pts
86Vanuatu67-8 pts
88Burkina Faso66-1 pts
89Lithuania65-5 pts
89Rwanda650 pts
91China62-1 pts
92Panama610 pts
92Sri Lanka61-5 pts
94Mali60-1 pts
95Russia59-4 pts
96Paraguay57+2 pts
97Benin56-3 pts
98Togo54-4 pts
99Nicaragua51-3 pts
100Dominican Republic50-5 pts
101Singapore48-3 pts
102Belize47-2 pts
102Venezuela47+11 pts
104Honduras46-2 pts
105Ecuador44+2 pts
106Armenia43-11 pts
106Brazil43+2 pts
106Tunisia43-6 pts
109Maldives42-15 pts
109Turkmenistan42-4 pts
111Comoros40-1 pts
111Yemen400 pts
113Belarus38-7 pts
113Latvia38-9 pts
115Colombia340 pts
115Libya34+2 pts
115Uruguay34+2 pts
118Bosnia and Herzegovina32-6 pts
119Kuwait31+4 pts
119Qatar31+4 pts
119Suriname31+4 pts
122Argentina29-1 pts
122Iraq290 pts
122Serbia290 pts
125Bulgaria28-3 pts
126Mexico250 pts
127Syria24-3 pts
128Guatemala23+1 pts
129Albania20+4 pts
130Portugal19-1 pts
130Türkiye19-1 pts
132Chile18+1 pts
132Poland18-2 pts
132Trinidad and Tobago18-2 pts
135Bahamas17-13 pts
135Estonia17-2 pts
135Montenegro17-3 pts
138Iran16-1 pts
138Japan16-1 pts
140North Macedonia15-3 pts
140Samoa15+8.6 pts
142Bahrain14-1 pts
142Lebanon140 pts
142Mauritius14-1 pts
142Seychelles14+3 pts
146Egypt12-1 pts
147Croatia11-3 pts
147Spain11-1 pts
149Saudi Arabia100 pts
149Tonga10+2.4 pts
151Costa Rica9.60 pts
152Belgium9.2-0.8 pts
153France9+0.3 pts
153Malta9-2 pts
155United Kingdom8.9-1 pts
156Oman8.7-3.3 pts
157Hungary8.6-1.2 pts
158Ireland7.7+0.1 pts
159Austria7.6-0.8 pts
159Cuba7.6+0.3 pts
161Italy7.50 pts
161Jordan7.5+1.4 pts
163New Zealand7.3-0.1 pts
163Switzerland7.3-0.7 pts
165Germany7.1-0.5 pts
166Australia6.6+0.1 pts
167Slovenia6.5-0.5 pts
168Luxembourg6.3+0.4 pts
169Saint Lucia6.2+4.5 pts
170Jamaica5.9+0.8 pts
171Czechia5.7-0.2 pts
171Sweden5.7-2.6 pts
173Canada5.4+0.1 pts
173Denmark5.4-0.9 pts
175Cyprus5.2-0.7 pts
175Greece5.2+0.3 pts
175Netherlands5.2-0.7 pts
175Norway5.2-0.9 pts
179Finland5+0.2 pts
179Slovakia5-1.3 pts
181Iceland3.8+2 pts
182Israel3.4-0.3 pts
183United States3-0.1 pts
184Grenada2.6-2.6 pts
185Saint Kitts and Nevis2.1+2.1 pts
186Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.9-3.7 pts
187Dominica1.5-5.7 pts
187Puerto Rico1.5-1 pts
189Andorra1.4-4.1 pts
190Antigua and Barbuda1.1-2.2 pts
191United Arab Emirates10 pts
192Palestine0.9-0.3 pts
193Barbados0-1.1 pts
193Cook Islands0-12 pts
193Monaco0-5.4 pts
193Niue0-20 pts
193San Marino00 pts

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About this ranking

Estimated new and relapse tuberculosis cases in the year per 100,000 population, all forms, people with HIV included (SDG indicator 3.3.2). WHO estimates from its Global Tuberculosis Report.

WHO estimates of all cases, notified or not, so they are higher than national counts of notified cases where many go undiagnosed. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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World Health Organization, data.who.int. Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population) (MDG_0000000020) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/13B4226/C288D13 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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World Health Organization. (2026). Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population) (MDG_0000000020) (Countries by tuberculosis incidence, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.who.int/indicators/i/13B4226/C288D13

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  author = {{World Health Organization}},
  title = {{Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population) (MDG\_0000000020): Countries by tuberculosis incidence, 2017}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which country has the highest tuberculosis incidence?

The Marshall Islands, with 745 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest tuberculosis incidence?

San Marino, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population) (MDG_0000000020). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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