Tuberculosis incidence in Namibia

Tuberculosis incidence in Namibia was 422 per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Tuberculosis incidence Unit: New cases per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2024 422 New cases per 100,000 people
Change from 2023 −10per 100,000 people 2023: 432 per 100,000 people
World, 2024 131 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 9th of 208 See the full ranking

Tuberculosis incidence in Namibia 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), 2015 to 2024
Period Namibia
2024 422 per 100,000 people
2023 432 per 100,000 people
2022 441 per 100,000 people
2021 441 per 100,000 people
2020 450 per 100,000 people
2019 486 per 100,000 people
2018 524 per 100,000 people
2017 565 per 100,000 people
2016 604 per 100,000 people
2015 639 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −10 from 432 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 674 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −252.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Namibia has the 9th 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 Namibia
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