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Countries by tuberculosis incidence

The Marshall Islands had the highest tuberculosis incidence of 197 countries in 2018, at 1,610 per 100,000 people. San Marino had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 50 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest1,610Marshall Islands
Lowest0San Marino
Median50197 countries

Top 40 countries, 2018

Marshall Islands: 1,610 per 100,000 peopleMarshall Islands1,610South Africa: 677 per 100,000 peopleSouth Africa677Lesotho: 659 per 100,000 peopleLesotho659Papua New Guinea: 611 per 100,000 peoplePapua New Guinea611Kiribati: 582 per 100,000 peopleKiribati582Philippines: 554 per 100,000 peoplePhilippines554Namibia: 524 per 100,000 peopleNamibia524Central African Republic: 473 per 100,000 peopleCentral African Republic473Eswatini: 441 per 100,000 peopleEswatini441Gabon: 440 per 100,000 peopleGabon440Djibouti: 433 per 100,000 peopleDjibouti433Mongolia: 428 per 100,000 peopleMongolia428Democratic Republic of the Congo: 426 per 100,000 peopleDemocratic Republic of the Congo426Sierra Leone: 420 per 100,000 peopleSierra Leone420Angola: 403 per 100,000 peopleAngola403Timor-Leste: 374 per 100,000 peopleTimor-Leste374Mozambique: 361 per 100,000 peopleMozambique361South Sudan: 361 per 100,000 peopleSouth Sudan361Zambia: 346 per 100,000 peopleZambia346Botswana: 339 per 100,000 peopleBotswana339Myanmar: 338 per 100,000 peopleMyanmar338Indonesia: 316 per 100,000 peopleIndonesia316Republic of the Congo: 311 per 100,000 peopleRepublic of the Congo311Cambodia: 303 per 100,000 peopleCambodia303Kenya: 292 per 100,000 peopleKenya292Pakistan: 265 per 100,000 peoplePakistan265Liberia: 257 per 100,000 peopleLiberia257Haiti: 256 per 100,000 peopleHaiti256Tanzania: 253 per 100,000 peopleTanzania253Tuvalu: 251 per 100,000 peopleTuvalu251Nepal: 245 per 100,000 peopleNepal245Equatorial Guinea: 225 per 100,000 peopleEquatorial Guinea225Bangladesh: 221 per 100,000 peopleBangladesh221Nigeria: 219 per 100,000 peopleNigeria219Madagascar: 214 per 100,000 peopleMadagascar214Bhutan: 213 per 100,000 peopleBhutan213Afghanistan: 212 per 100,000 peopleAfghanistan212Zimbabwe: 210 per 100,000 peopleZimbabwe210India: 208 per 100,000 peopleIndia208Uganda: 200 per 100,000 peopleUganda200
per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population) (MDG_0000000020). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018
per 100,000 people		Change on 2017
1Marshall Islands1,610+865 pts
2South Africa677-61 pts
3Lesotho659-22 pts
4Papua New Guinea611-5 pts
5Kiribati582-136 pts
6Philippines5540 pts
7Namibia524-41 pts
8Central African Republic473-10 pts
9Eswatini441-61 pts
10Gabon440-16 pts
11Djibouti433-21 pts
12Mongolia4280 pts
13Democratic Republic of the Congo426-8 pts
14Sierra Leone420-9 pts
15Angola403-15 pts
16Timor-Leste374-10 pts
17Mozambique3610 pts
17South Sudan361-7 pts
19Zambia346-15 pts
20Botswana339-33 pts
21Myanmar338-17 pts
22Indonesia316-3 pts
23Republic of the Congo311-10 pts
24Cambodia303-10 pts
25Kenya292-27 pts
26Pakistan265-2 pts
27Liberia257-11 pts
28Haiti256-20 pts
29Tanzania253-16 pts
30Tuvalu251+39 pts
31Nepal245-8 pts
32Equatorial Guinea225-4 pts
33Bangladesh2210 pts
34Nigeria2190 pts
35Madagascar214-1 pts
36Bhutan213-3 pts
37Afghanistan212+3 pts
38Zimbabwe210-11 pts
39India208-9 pts
40Uganda200-1 pts
41Guinea-Bissau194-4 pts
42Micronesia187-75 pts
43Vietnam182-6 pts
44Somalia179-3 pts
45Guinea1780 pts
46Cameroon177-12 pts
47Ethiopia170-9 pts
48Gambia162-4 pts
48Laos162-6 pts
50Malawi153-9 pts
50Thailand153-3 pts
52Ghana148-4 pts
53Senegal147-5 pts
54Kyrgyzstan144-12 pts
55Chad139-6 pts
56Côte d’Ivoire133-9 pts
57Eritrea132-15 pts
57Peru132+4 pts
59Solomon Islands1240 pts
60São Tomé and Príncipe123+1 pts
61Niue112+112 pts
62Burundi106-6 pts
63Malaysia100-3 pts
64Bolivia98-6 pts
65Moldova97-9 pts
65Morocco97-1 pts
67Palau95-17 pts
68Mauritania94-4 pts
69Hong Kong89-1 pts
70Georgia86-9 pts
70Tajikistan86-8 pts
72Guyana85-5 pts
73Niger84-4 pts
74Ukraine82-8 pts
75Azerbaijan78-6 pts
76Macao77-15 pts
77El Salvador76-1 pts
77Romania76-5 pts
79Brunei75+4 pts
80Algeria74-1 pts
81Fiji73+5 pts
82Sudan71-6 pts
83Uzbekistan70-3 pts
84Kazakhstan68+1 pts
85Burkina Faso64-2 pts
85Rwanda64-1 pts
85South Korea64-6 pts
88China61-1 pts
88Vanuatu61-6 pts
90Mali59-1 pts
91Sri Lanka58-3 pts
92Cape Verde56-14 pts
92Paraguay56-1 pts
94Lithuania54-11 pts
94Panama54-7 pts
94Russia54-5 pts
97Benin53-3 pts
98Togo51-3 pts
99Venezuela50+3 pts
100Dominican Republic49-1 pts
101Singapore47-1 pts
102Nicaragua46-5 pts
103Brazil45+2 pts
103Ecuador45+1 pts
103Honduras45-1 pts
106Nauru44-36 pts
106Turkmenistan44+2 pts
108Maldives43+1 pts
108Tunisia430 pts
110Suriname41+10 pts
111Belize39-8 pts
111Comoros39-1 pts
111Yemen39-1 pts
114Qatar38+7 pts
115Armenia37-6 pts
115Libya37+3 pts
117Uruguay36+2 pts
118Colombia340 pts
119Latvia33-5 pts
120Belarus31-7 pts
121Argentina30+1 pts
122Bosnia and Herzegovina28-4 pts
123Iraq27-2 pts
124Mexico26+1 pts
124Serbia26-3 pts
126Bulgaria25-3 pts
126Kuwait25-6 pts
128Guatemala24+1 pts
129Trinidad and Tobago23+5 pts
130Syria22-2 pts
131Portugal20+1 pts
132Chile19+1 pts
132Montenegro19+2 pts
134Türkiye18-1 pts
135Albania17-3 pts
135Poland17-1 pts
137Mauritius16+2 pts
138Bahamas15-2 pts
138Iran15-1 pts
138Japan15-1 pts
138Lebanon15+1 pts
138North Macedonia150 pts
143Bahrain140 pts
143Estonia14-3 pts
145Seychelles13-1 pts
146Egypt120 pts
147Croatia110 pts
147Malta11+2 pts
147Saudi Arabia11+1 pts
147Spain110 pts
151Costa Rica10+0.4 pts
152Belgium9.1-0.1 pts
153France8.8-0.2 pts
154Tonga8.5-1.5 pts
155Luxembourg8.1+1.8 pts
156Hungary8-0.6 pts
156United Kingdom8-0.9 pts
158Oman7.7-1 pts
159Cuba7.60 pts
160Ireland7.4-0.3 pts
160Italy7.4-0.1 pts
162New Zealand7.2-0.1 pts
163Germany6.9-0.2 pts
164Australia6.5-0.1 pts
165Switzerland6.4-0.9 pts
166Austria6.3-1.3 pts
167Slovakia6.1+1.1 pts
168Dominica5.9+4.4 pts
169Denmark5.7+0.3 pts
169Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5.7+3.8 pts
171Jordan5.6-1.9 pts
171Slovenia5.6-0.9 pts
173Antigua and Barbuda5.5+4.4 pts
173Sweden5.5-0.2 pts
175Canada5.3-0.1 pts
175Samoa5.3-9.7 pts
177Netherlands5.20 pts
178Cyprus5-0.2 pts
178Czechia5-0.7 pts
180Finland4.9-0.1 pts
181Greece4.8-0.4 pts
182Israel4.1+0.7 pts
182Norway4.1-1.1 pts
184Jamaica3.9-2 pts
185United States30 pts
186Saint Lucia2.8-3.4 pts
187Andorra2.7+1.3 pts
188Monaco2.6+2.6 pts
189Iceland2.3-1.5 pts
190Grenada1.7-0.9 pts
191United Arab Emirates1.2+0.2 pts
192Puerto Rico1-0.5 pts
193Palestine0.90 pts
194Barbados0.4+0.4 pts
195Cook Islands00 pts
195Saint Kitts and Nevis0-2.1 pts
195San 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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  title = {{Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population) (MDG\_0000000020): Countries by tuberculosis incidence, 2018}},
  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 1,610 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest tuberculosis incidence?

San Marino, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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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