Tuberculosis incidence in Timor-Leste

Tuberculosis incidence in Timor-Leste was 496 per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2013.

Measure: Tuberculosis incidence Unit: New cases per 100,000 people Data: 2002 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Timor-Leste, 2024 496 New cases per 100,000 people
Change from 2023 +41per 100,000 people 2023: 455 per 100,000 people
World, 2024 131 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 5th of 208 See the full ranking

Tuberculosis incidence in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-LesteWorld
2024 496 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2023 455 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2022 422 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2021 398 per 100,000 people 132 per 100,000 people
2020 381 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2019 373 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2018 374 per 100,000 people 137 per 100,000 people
2017 384 per 100,000 people 141 per 100,000 people
2016 403 per 100,000 people 145 per 100,000 people
2015 437 per 100,000 people 150 per 100,000 people
2014 483 per 100,000 people 154 per 100,000 people
2013 530 per 100,000 people 157 per 100,000 people
2012 574 per 100,000 people 162 per 100,000 people
2011 621 per 100,000 people 166 per 100,000 people
2010 671 per 100,000 people 169 per 100,000 people
2009 723 per 100,000 people 173 per 100,000 people
2008 779 per 100,000 people 176 per 100,000 people
2007 837 per 100,000 people 180 per 100,000 people
2006 894 per 100,000 people 183 per 100,000 people
2005 952 per 100,000 people 185 per 100,000 people
2004 1,010 per 100,000 people 187 per 100,000 people
2003 1,070 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2002 1,140 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2001 – 190 per 100,000 people
2000 – 190 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +41 from 455 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 483 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +13.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Timor-Leste has the 5th 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
2002 to 2024 for Timor-Leste
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