Tuberculosis incidence in Malta

Tuberculosis incidence in Malta was 15 per 100,000 people in 2024.

Measure: Tuberculosis incidence Unit: New cases per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malta, 2024 15 New cases per 100,000 people
Change from 2023 +2per 100,000 people 2023: 13 per 100,000 people
World, 2024 131 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 6 per 100,000 people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 137th of 208 See the full ranking

Tuberculosis incidence in Malta over time

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New cases per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tuberculosis incidence (new cases per 100,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period MaltaWorld
2024 15 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2023 13 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2022 11 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2021 10 per 100,000 people 132 per 100,000 people
2020 27 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2019 19 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2018 11 per 100,000 people 137 per 100,000 people
2017 9 per 100,000 people 141 per 100,000 people
2016 11 per 100,000 people 145 per 100,000 people
2015 7 per 100,000 people 150 per 100,000 people
2014 10 per 100,000 people 154 per 100,000 people
2013 12 per 100,000 people 157 per 100,000 people
2012 10 per 100,000 people 162 per 100,000 people
2011 7 per 100,000 people 166 per 100,000 people
2010 7 per 100,000 people 169 per 100,000 people
2009 10 per 100,000 people 173 per 100,000 people
2008 11 per 100,000 people 176 per 100,000 people
2007 9 per 100,000 people 180 per 100,000 people
2006 7 per 100,000 people 183 per 100,000 people
2005 5 per 100,000 people 185 per 100,000 people
2004 4 per 100,000 people 187 per 100,000 people
2003 2 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2002 6 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2001 4 per 100,000 people 190 per 100,000 people
2000 4 per 100,000 people 190 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2 from 13 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 10 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +5.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 137th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 131 per 100,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Report
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.TBS.INCD · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Malta
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Report