Tuberculosis incidence in Sierra Leone

Tuberculosis incidence in Sierra Leone was 372 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
Sierra Leone, 2024 372 New cases per 100,000 people
Change from 2023 −8per 100,000 people 2023: 380 per 100,000 people
World, 2024 131 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 16th of 208 See the full ranking

Tuberculosis incidence in Sierra Leone 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 Sierra LeoneWorld
2024 372 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2023 380 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2022 388 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2021 395 per 100,000 people 132 per 100,000 people
2020 403 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2019 412 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2018 420 per 100,000 people 137 per 100,000 people
2017 429 per 100,000 people 141 per 100,000 people
2016 437 per 100,000 people 145 per 100,000 people
2015 446 per 100,000 people 150 per 100,000 people
2014 455 per 100,000 people 154 per 100,000 people
2013 465 per 100,000 people 157 per 100,000 people
2012 474 per 100,000 people 162 per 100,000 people
2011 484 per 100,000 people 166 per 100,000 people
2010 494 per 100,000 people 169 per 100,000 people
2009 504 per 100,000 people 173 per 100,000 people
2008 514 per 100,000 people 176 per 100,000 people
2007 525 per 100,000 people 180 per 100,000 people
2006 535 per 100,000 people 183 per 100,000 people
2005 546 per 100,000 people 185 per 100,000 people
2004 557 per 100,000 people 187 per 100,000 people
2003 569 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2002 580 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2001 592 per 100,000 people 190 per 100,000 people
2000 604 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 −8 from 380 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 455 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −83.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Sierra Leone has the 16th 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 Sierra Leone
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