Tuberculosis incidence in Papua New Guinea

Tuberculosis incidence in Papua New Guinea was 664 per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2005.

Measure: Tuberculosis incidence Unit: New cases per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Papua New Guinea, 2024 664 New cases per 100,000 people
Change from 2023 +17per 100,000 people 2023: 647 per 100,000 people
World, 2024 131 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 2nd of 208 See the full ranking

Tuberculosis incidence in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New GuineaWorld
2024 664 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2023 647 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2022 632 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2021 622 per 100,000 people 132 per 100,000 people
2020 616 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2019 614 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2018 611 per 100,000 people 137 per 100,000 people
2017 616 per 100,000 people 141 per 100,000 people
2016 626 per 100,000 people 145 per 100,000 people
2015 629 per 100,000 people 150 per 100,000 people
2014 611 per 100,000 people 154 per 100,000 people
2013 582 per 100,000 people 157 per 100,000 people
2012 563 per 100,000 people 162 per 100,000 people
2011 547 per 100,000 people 166 per 100,000 people
2010 528 per 100,000 people 169 per 100,000 people
2009 527 per 100,000 people 173 per 100,000 people
2008 549 per 100,000 people 176 per 100,000 people
2007 584 per 100,000 people 180 per 100,000 people
2006 628 per 100,000 people 183 per 100,000 people
2005 679 per 100,000 people 185 per 100,000 people
2004 741 per 100,000 people 187 per 100,000 people
2003 810 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2002 887 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2001 972 per 100,000 people 190 per 100,000 people
2000 1,060 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 +17 from 647 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 611 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +53.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 2nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 131 per 100,000 people.

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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 Papua New Guinea
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