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Countries by tuberculosis incidence

Papua New Guinea had the highest tuberculosis incidence of 197 countries in 2021, at 622 per 100,000 people. San Marino had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 46 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest622Papua New Guinea
Lowest0San Marino
Median46197 countries

Top 40 countries, 2021

Papua New Guinea: 622 per 100,000 peoplePapua New Guinea622Lesotho: 606 per 100,000 peopleLesotho606Philippines: 579 per 100,000 peoplePhilippines579Kiribati: 547 per 100,000 peopleKiribati547South Africa: 513 per 100,000 peopleSouth Africa513Marshall Islands: 478 per 100,000 peopleMarshall Islands478Central African Republic: 446 per 100,000 peopleCentral African Republic446Namibia: 441 per 100,000 peopleNamibia441Mongolia: 421 per 100,000 peopleMongolia421Democratic Republic of the Congo: 401 per 100,000 peopleDemocratic Republic of the Congo401Gabon: 401 per 100,000 peopleGabon401Timor-Leste: 398 per 100,000 peopleTimor-Leste398Sierra Leone: 395 per 100,000 peopleSierra Leone395Djibouti: 392 per 100,000 peopleDjibouti392Angola: 371 per 100,000 peopleAngola371Mozambique: 361 per 100,000 peopleMozambique361Myanmar: 353 per 100,000 peopleMyanmar353South Sudan: 339 per 100,000 peopleSouth Sudan339Eswatini: 334 per 100,000 peopleEswatini334Indonesia: 330 per 100,000 peopleIndonesia330Zambia: 307 per 100,000 peopleZambia307Republic of the Congo: 297 per 100,000 peopleRepublic of the Congo297Cambodia: 279 per 100,000 peopleCambodia279Pakistan: 270 per 100,000 peoplePakistan270Kenya: 247 per 100,000 peopleKenya247Botswana: 241 per 100,000 peopleBotswana241Liberia: 232 per 100,000 peopleLiberia232Nepal: 230 per 100,000 peopleNepal230Bangladesh: 221 per 100,000 peopleBangladesh221Nigeria: 219 per 100,000 peopleNigeria219Madagascar: 216 per 100,000 peopleMadagascar216Tuvalu: 216 per 100,000 peopleTuvalu216Equatorial Guinea: 211 per 100,000 peopleEquatorial Guinea211Haiti: 209 per 100,000 peopleHaiti209Tanzania: 208 per 100,000 peopleTanzania208Afghanistan: 206 per 100,000 peopleAfghanistan206Uganda: 199 per 100,000 peopleUganda199Zimbabwe: 198 per 100,000 peopleZimbabwe198India: 196 per 100,000 peopleIndia196Bhutan: 185 per 100,000 peopleBhutan185
per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population) (MDG_0000000020). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021
per 100,000 people		Change on 2020
1Papua New Guinea622+6 pts
2Lesotho606+7 pts
3Philippines579+35 pts
4Kiribati547-108 pts
5South Africa513-49 pts
6Marshall Islands478-103 pts
7Central African Republic446-9 pts
8Namibia441-9 pts
9Mongolia421+3 pts
10Democratic Republic of the Congo401-8 pts
10Gabon401-12 pts
12Timor-Leste398+17 pts
13Sierra Leone395-8 pts
14Djibouti392+26 pts
15Angola371-2 pts
16Mozambique3610 pts
17Myanmar353+37 pts
18South Sudan339-7 pts
19Eswatini334-2 pts
20Indonesia330+24 pts
21Zambia307-12 pts
22Republic of the Congo297-3 pts
23Cambodia279-6 pts
24Pakistan270+10 pts
25Kenya247-1 pts
26Botswana241-33 pts
27Liberia232-8 pts
28Nepal230+2 pts
29Bangladesh2210 pts
30Nigeria2190 pts
31Madagascar216+2 pts
31Tuvalu216-72 pts
33Equatorial Guinea211-5 pts
34Haiti209-14 pts
35Tanzania208-14 pts
36Afghanistan206+1 pts
37Uganda1990 pts
38Zimbabwe198+9 pts
39India196-1 pts
40Bhutan185-16 pts
41Guinea-Bissau183-3 pts
42Guinea1790 pts
42Nauru179+67 pts
44Vietnam1710 pts
45Somalia167-4 pts
46Ethiopia151-5 pts
47Cameroon150-8 pts
48Gambia149-4 pts
49Laos143-6 pts
49Thailand143-1 pts
51Micronesia137-41 pts
51Peru137+9 pts
53Ghana136-4 pts
53Senegal136-3 pts
55Kyrgyzstan132+1 pts
55Malawi132-6 pts
57Chad127-4 pts
58Côte d’Ivoire112-6 pts
59Eritrea1110 pts
60Solomon Islands108+11 pts
61Malaysia98-1 pts
62Bolivia96+2 pts
63Burundi93-4 pts
64Morocco890 pts
65Ukraine81+6 pts
66Moldova80-6 pts
66Niger80-1 pts
68Mauritania79-5 pts
69Hong Kong76+1 pts
69Tajikistan76-1 pts
71Macao75-7 pts
72Azerbaijan67-2 pts
72Romania67-3 pts
74Brunei66-24 pts
74Guyana66+7 pts
76Fiji63-18 pts
76Georgia63-8 pts
76Rwanda630 pts
79Burkina Faso61-1 pts
80Uzbekistan60-3 pts
81São Tomé and Príncipe59-10 pts
82Sudan58-4 pts
83Algeria57+5 pts
83Kazakhstan57-5 pts
83Paraguay57+7 pts
86China55-3 pts
86Sri Lanka550 pts
88Mali54-2 pts
89Singapore50+3 pts
90Cape Verde49-8 pts
91Vanuatu48-4 pts
91Venezuela48+1 pts
93Brazil47+2 pts
93Dominican Republic47+1 pts
93Libya47+4 pts
93Russia47-2 pts
93Togo47-1 pts
98Benin46-2 pts
98Nicaragua46-1 pts
98Qatar46+5 pts
101Palau45-11 pts
102South Korea44-4 pts
103Panama43+9 pts
104Colombia41+2 pts
104Ecuador41+3 pts
106Tunisia40-1 pts
107El Salvador39-3 pts
108Honduras380 pts
109Belize35+1 pts
109Turkmenistan35-2 pts
111Argentina34+7 pts
111Uruguay34-1 pts
111Yemen34+1 pts
114Comoros32-3 pts
115Lithuania31-3 pts
116Maldives27-6 pts
116Mexico27+1 pts
118Armenia26-3 pts
119Belarus24-2 pts
119Syria24+4 pts
121Bosnia and Herzegovina23-2 pts
121Suriname23-2 pts
123Kuwait22+2 pts
124Guatemala20+2 pts
124Iraq20+2 pts
126Latvia19-4 pts
126Serbia19-2 pts
128Bahrain170 pts
128Chile17+2 pts
128Montenegro17-1 pts
131Portugal16+1 pts
131Türkiye160 pts
133Albania150 pts
133Trinidad and Tobago15-5 pts
135Bahamas14+4 pts
136Bulgaria13-4 pts
137Iran12-1 pts
138Egypt110 pts
138Japan11-1 pts
138Lebanon11-5 pts
138Mauritius11-1 pts
138Poland11+1 pts
143Estonia10-1 pts
143Malta10-17 pts
143North Macedonia100 pts
146Costa Rica9.8+0.1 pts
147Saudi Arabia9+0.3 pts
148Seychelles8.9+1.4 pts
149Belgium8.2+0.4 pts
149Spain8.2+1 pts
151United Kingdom7.9+0.9 pts
152France7.4-0.7 pts
152Oman7.4-2.5 pts
154New Zealand7-0.3 pts
155Tonga6.6-1 pts
156Australia6.5-0.7 pts
157Luxembourg6.4+0.4 pts
158Samoa6.10 pts
159Canada5.4+0.3 pts
159Cuba5.4-0.8 pts
161Austria5.10 pts
162Germany5-0.3 pts
162Ireland5-0.6 pts
164Croatia4.9-0.7 pts
164Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4.9-8.1 pts
166Jordan4.8-0.5 pts
167Italy4.7+0.5 pts
167Switzerland4.70 pts
169Cyprus4.5+1.3 pts
170Netherlands4.4+0.4 pts
170Slovenia4.4+0.2 pts
172Antigua and Barbuda4.3+2.1 pts
173Hungary4.1-1 pts
174Czechia4-0.1 pts
174Denmark4-0.3 pts
176Sweden3.8+0.2 pts
177Finland3.6-0.1 pts
178Norway3-0.1 pts
178Slovakia3-0.4 pts
180Israel2.8+0.7 pts
181Jamaica2.7-0.2 pts
182Andorra2.60 pts
182United States2.6+0.2 pts
184Greece2.3-2.1 pts
185Saint Lucia2.2-2.3 pts
186Iceland1.9-1.4 pts
187Grenada1.7+0.8 pts
188United Arab Emirates0.8-0 pts
189Palestine0.7-0.1 pts
189Puerto Rico0.7-0.4 pts
191Barbados0.4-1.8 pts
192Cook Islands0-6.4 pts
192Dominica0-5.2 pts
192Monaco00 pts
192Niue0-56 pts
192Saint Kitts and Nevis0-4.3 pts
192San 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, 2021}},
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Which country has the highest tuberculosis incidence?

Papua New Guinea, with 622 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest tuberculosis incidence?

San Marino, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

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