Tuberculosis incidence in Zambia

Tuberculosis incidence in Zambia was 272 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
Zambia, 2024 272 New cases per 100,000 people
Change from 2023 −11per 100,000 people 2023: 283 per 100,000 people
World, 2024 131 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 23rd of 208 See the full ranking

Tuberculosis incidence in Zambia 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 ZambiaWorld
2024 272 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2023 283 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2022 295 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2021 307 per 100,000 people 132 per 100,000 people
2020 319 per 100,000 people 131 per 100,000 people
2019 333 per 100,000 people 134 per 100,000 people
2018 346 per 100,000 people 137 per 100,000 people
2017 361 per 100,000 people 141 per 100,000 people
2016 376 per 100,000 people 145 per 100,000 people
2015 391 per 100,000 people 150 per 100,000 people
2014 406 per 100,000 people 154 per 100,000 people
2013 437 per 100,000 people 157 per 100,000 people
2012 456 per 100,000 people 162 per 100,000 people
2011 475 per 100,000 people 166 per 100,000 people
2010 495 per 100,000 people 169 per 100,000 people
2009 514 per 100,000 people 173 per 100,000 people
2008 534 per 100,000 people 176 per 100,000 people
2007 554 per 100,000 people 180 per 100,000 people
2006 577 per 100,000 people 183 per 100,000 people
2005 602 per 100,000 people 185 per 100,000 people
2004 631 per 100,000 people 187 per 100,000 people
2003 662 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2002 695 per 100,000 people 189 per 100,000 people
2001 728 per 100,000 people 190 per 100,000 people
2000 759 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 −11 from 283 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 406 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −134.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Zambia has the 23rd 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 Zambia
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