Tuberculosis incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Tuberculosis incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa was 205 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
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 205 New cases per 100,000 people
Change from 2023 −5per 100,000 people 2023: 210 per 100,000 people
World, 2024 131 per 100,000 people Official aggregate

Tuberculosis incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 Sub-Saharan AfricaWorld
2024 205 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2023 210 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2022 216 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2021 222 per 100,000 people 132 per 100,000 people
2020 228 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2019 236 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2018 246 per 100,000 people 137 per 100,000 people
2017 256 per 100,000 people 141 per 100,000 people
2016 267 per 100,000 people 145 per 100,000 people
2015 285 per 100,000 people 150 per 100,000 people
2014 299 per 100,000 people 154 per 100,000 people
2013 309 per 100,000 people 157 per 100,000 people
2012 322 per 100,000 people 162 per 100,000 people
2011 334 per 100,000 people 166 per 100,000 people
2010 342 per 100,000 people 169 per 100,000 people
2009 353 per 100,000 people 173 per 100,000 people
2008 361 per 100,000 people 176 per 100,000 people
2007 373 per 100,000 people 180 per 100,000 people
2006 379 per 100,000 people 183 per 100,000 people
2005 381 per 100,000 people 185 per 100,000 people
2004 382 per 100,000 people 187 per 100,000 people
2003 379 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2002 371 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2001 364 per 100,000 people 190 per 100,000 people
2000 359 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 −5 from 210 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 299 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −94.
  • 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
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