Tuberculosis incidence in Nicaragua

Tuberculosis incidence in Nicaragua was 43 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
Nicaragua, 2024 43 New cases per 100,000 people
Change from 2023 −1per 100,000 people 2023: 44 per 100,000 people
World, 2024 131 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 105th of 208 See the full ranking

Tuberculosis incidence in Nicaragua 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 NicaraguaWorld
2024 43 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2023 44 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2022 45 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2021 46 per 100,000 people 132 per 100,000 people
2020 47 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2019 49 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2018 46 per 100,000 people 137 per 100,000 people
2017 51 per 100,000 people 141 per 100,000 people
2016 54 per 100,000 people 145 per 100,000 people
2015 59 per 100,000 people 150 per 100,000 people
2014 65 per 100,000 people 154 per 100,000 people
2013 70 per 100,000 people 157 per 100,000 people
2012 74 per 100,000 people 162 per 100,000 people
2011 74 per 100,000 people 166 per 100,000 people
2010 70 per 100,000 people 169 per 100,000 people
2009 69 per 100,000 people 173 per 100,000 people
2008 76 per 100,000 people 176 per 100,000 people
2007 80 per 100,000 people 180 per 100,000 people
2006 75 per 100,000 people 183 per 100,000 people
2005 77 per 100,000 people 185 per 100,000 people
2004 94 per 100,000 people 187 per 100,000 people
2003 102 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2002 98 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2001 120 per 100,000 people 190 per 100,000 people
2000 125 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 −1 from 44 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 65 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −22.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Nicaragua has the 105th 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 Nicaragua
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