Lesotho is the top country by incidence of tuberculosis in the world. As of 2022, incidence of tuberculosis in Lesotho was 661 cases per 100,000 people. The top 5 countries also includes Philippines, Central African Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Gabon.

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Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.

Incidence of tuberculosis (cases per 100,000 people)

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Australia6.36.06.66.46.66.26.56.16.56.76.66.87.26.55.6
Brunei Darussalam106.051.069.066.069.059.055.058.065.064.067.064.082.061.057.0
Cambodia579.0510.0438.0425.0412.0398.0383.0366.0348.0329.0308.0287.0279.0282.0320.0
China107.091.076.075.073.070.067.065.063.062.061.058.058.055.052.0
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0513.0
Fiji22.020.027.031.030.037.055.052.045.051.054.066.066.066.066.0
Hong Kong SAR, China103.094.080.076.076.075.074.070.068.066.066.062.056.057.049.0
Indonesia370.0360.0342.0338.0335.0332.0329.0325.0322.0319.0316.0312.0301.0339.0385.0
Japan36.024.020.020.019.018.018.017.016.015.014.013.012.011.09.5
Kiribati373.0450.0347.0409.0407.0472.0473.0559.0575.0422.0349.0436.0416.0424.0431.0
Korea, Rep.50.096.097.0101.094.089.085.079.076.069.064.058.048.044.039.0
Lao PDR330.0270.0221.0213.0204.0197.0189.0182.0175.0168.0162.0155.0149.0143.0138.0
Macao SAR, China120.094.081.077.080.084.075.069.066.068.058.063.062.057.049.0
Malaysia75.069.075.080.086.091.093.090.094.094.092.092.091.097.0113.0
Marshall Islands84.0251.0428.0307.0320.0327.0310.0300.0388.0439.0918.0483.0483.0483.0483.0
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.102.0110.0191.0171.0166.0176.0216.0119.0169.0157.0109.0102.0103.080.053.0
Mongolia428.0428.0428.0428.0428.0428.0428.0428.0428.0428.0428.0428.0402.0414.0452.0
Myanmar555.0545.0500.0476.0453.0431.0411.0391.0372.0355.0338.0322.0306.0362.0475.0
Nauru44.0123.034.056.067.075.084.0103.0101.089.048.0161.0121.0193.0172.0
New Zealand10.09.28.08.07.67.07.67.37.37.37.27.27.26.85.9
Palau64.058.0118.076.026.052.090.090.0148.0129.0109.039.064.051.045.0
Papua New Guinea432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0432.0
Philippines590.0539.0531.0535.0539.0543.0546.0550.0554.0554.0554.0554.0544.0596.0638.0
Samoa27.015.08.312.013.013.013.011.07.317.06.09.87.06.84.7
Singapore49.036.035.036.049.045.045.044.049.046.046.041.046.048.051.0
Solomon Islands88.0103.078.090.079.077.072.085.080.072.073.066.058.065.059.0
Thailand241.0224.0181.0176.0172.0170.0167.0163.0160.0156.0153.0150.0146.0146.0155.0
Timor-Leste498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0498.0
Tonga27.020.012.09.612.011.014.015.08.712.09.811.08.77.62.2
Tuvalu196.0138.0153.0130.0203.0191.0157.0207.0205.0233.0270.0296.0296.0296.0296.0
Vanuatu110.083.069.067.065.062.063.063.056.051.046.041.037.034.030.0
Vietnam296.0266.0231.0225.0218.0212.0205.0199.0193.0188.0182.0176.0170.0165.0176.0
Albania22.019.017.017.016.019.016.017.017.020.018.016.015.015.015.0
Andorra21.014.011.04.915.08.19.66.46.31.63.17.53.02.95.8
Armenia54.092.061.055.053.060.057.050.044.036.031.026.025.025.025.0
Austria17.013.09.19.28.58.57.67.58.17.36.16.04.95.04.4
Azerbaijan80.088.0104.0125.086.078.076.071.066.066.063.060.058.062.068.0
Belarus86.069.068.062.063.059.051.050.042.037.031.029.028.028.028.0
Belgium14.012.011.010.09.59.49.19.510.09.39.28.97.78.17.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina83.070.045.046.049.044.043.040.033.029.025.027.026.025.024.0
Bulgaria52.052.041.037.035.033.031.028.027.025.023.021.019.017.016.0
Croatia41.027.018.016.014.014.013.013.012.010.010.08.35.04.42.7
Cyprus4.03.86.25.16.34.03.86.15.54.94.86.23.24.48.3
Czechia16.011.06.86.26.25.25.25.65.65.44.75.03.93.94.2
Denmark13.08.46.97.47.06.76.06.55.95.15.45.24.13.84.0
Estonia65.041.025.025.023.023.021.018.016.015.013.013.010.09.311.0
Finland12.07.46.66.75.55.65.35.64.74.94.84.73.63.53.9
France13.010.09.39.19.09.08.68.58.89.19.09.18.37.67.2
Georgia254.0175.0127.0122.0119.0116.0106.099.092.086.080.074.069.064.060.0
Germany12.07.75.55.55.45.65.87.67.77.17.06.15.35.05.1
Greece7.37.24.64.75.45.25.14.74.44.74.44.74.22.12.2
Hungary35.021.018.015.013.012.09.310.08.67.67.16.24.53.75.0
Iceland5.33.97.92.93.63.92.82.42.14.42.64.13.82.24.9
Ireland12.012.09.89.88.68.97.47.37.17.37.05.85.34.84.5
Italy7.17.68.76.65.95.86.46.67.27.37.36.14.24.64.6
Kazakhstan171.0187.0144.0135.0122.0106.091.081.073.069.067.068.067.072.078.0
Kyrgyz Republic145.0143.0120.0125.0127.0142.0126.0136.0133.0124.0116.0110.0106.0115.0130.0
Latvia95.073.050.048.054.049.042.040.037.032.028.024.020.016.019.0
Lithuania85.072.064.065.061.060.057.054.053.050.043.041.028.026.030.0
Luxembourg12.09.26.65.59.88.05.06.15.76.27.98.95.86.18.3
North Macedonia39.036.023.020.021.019.017.017.016.013.013.012.012.011.011.0
Moldova80.0142.0116.0119.0124.0127.0115.0102.0101.095.086.080.076.075.074.0
Monaco0.00.83.51.31.31.30.00.06.20.03.10.00.00.01.1
Montenegro29.020.020.018.022.021.015.016.014.015.015.014.014.014.0
Netherlands9.08.07.16.76.35.75.55.75.95.25.34.94.14.44.1
Norway5.76.96.97.47.98.26.86.36.15.24.13.33.13.03.3
Poland33.024.021.024.021.021.019.019.018.017.016.015.09.410.012.0
Portugal47.036.028.027.027.026.024.023.020.020.021.019.016.016.016.0
Romania144.0142.0105.097.092.089.085.082.074.072.068.065.043.045.052.0
Russian Federation95.088.085.081.077.073.070.067.063.059.054.050.049.047.039.0
San Marino4.30.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Serbia40.030.028.024.027.023.021.019.019.017.014.014.014.014.0
Slovak Republic22.015.08.78.06.88.56.86.55.94.85.84.53.22.82.9
Slovenia21.015.09.410.07.47.77.97.16.56.15.45.34.14.33.9
Spain23.019.017.016.014.013.012.010.012.011.011.09.97.28.26.9
Sweden5.46.87.56.57.17.37.59.18.15.65.45.43.53.83.9
Switzerland9.28.07.57.66.06.65.97.47.97.26.45.44.74.74.6
Tajikistan219.0196.0128.0117.0108.0100.091.086.085.085.084.083.079.079.078.0
Turkiye33.033.025.024.022.020.020.018.018.017.016.016.015.014.014.0
Turkmenistan112.084.079.066.070.071.058.049.046.043.046.045.046.047.048.0
Ukraine114.0127.0110.0105.0101.096.094.091.087.084.080.077.074.081.090.0
United Kingdom12.015.014.015.015.013.012.010.09.98.98.18.17.08.07.6
Uzbekistan99.0120.097.093.089.086.082.079.076.073.070.067.066.072.083.0
Antigua and Barbuda6.18.69.48.03.913.03.94.23.81.36.30.02.54.91.2
Argentina37.031.021.027.024.024.025.026.027.027.027.029.028.029.029.0
Barbados1.34.12.50.01.71.72.10.01.20.00.40.02.50.40.9
Belize49.041.052.026.029.040.023.025.037.036.030.027.026.027.027.0
Bolivia184.0158.0135.0131.0127.0123.0120.0117.0114.0111.0108.0106.0102.0107.0108.0
Brazil51.050.044.044.044.044.043.043.043.044.046.046.046.049.049.0
Chile23.018.016.016.016.016.015.017.016.017.018.018.014.016.017.0
Colombia37.030.032.033.033.032.031.031.033.033.033.035.035.041.047.0
Costa Rica18.016.013.014.013.011.012.011.09.49.610.010.09.910.010.0
Cuba12.07.98.58.27.57.77.47.16.97.27.26.56.46.66.6
Dominica4.512.013.03.211.04.91.611.08.11.66.416.016.016.016.0
Dominican Republic78.069.051.055.054.055.054.055.051.046.045.042.042.043.043.0
Ecuador68.040.040.042.044.042.040.039.040.043.044.046.044.046.045.0
El Salvador31.037.035.039.042.044.044.049.061.073.072.060.041.038.050.0
Grenada0.01.74.32.21.10.50.05.26.33.12.13.13.13.13.1
Guatemala31.036.028.025.028.027.025.026.024.025.026.026.025.026.026.0
Guyana69.0105.0119.0119.0126.0114.091.095.095.086.082.078.057.064.060.0
Haiti270.0272.0229.0220.0213.0206.0200.0194.0188.0181.0176.0170.0164.0159.0154.0
Honduras122.056.043.048.044.042.039.040.039.037.037.031.030.030.031.0
Jamaica6.04.15.84.64.04.23.74.54.45.23.53.23.13.23.2
Mexico23.022.022.021.022.022.022.022.022.023.023.023.023.025.028.0
Nicaragua59.044.053.057.058.057.054.050.046.044.041.043.042.042.043.0
Panama49.062.053.055.051.047.047.052.056.057.052.037.033.042.047.0
Paraguay42.043.042.043.043.040.039.040.041.043.043.046.045.046.046.0
Peru183.0151.0134.0133.0126.0125.0125.0122.0120.0119.0119.0119.0115.0128.0151.0
Puerto Rico5.23.42.51.62.21.61.41.72.21.30.91.31.00.60.7
St. Kitts and Nevis0.00.04.92.44.80.017.04.80.02.40.04.84.80.01.6
St. Lucia6.59.76.14.77.35.93.99.22.07.13.23.95.12.61.3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines17.07.416.018.032.03.25.37.46.32.16.34.26.78.711.0
Suriname24.029.046.029.030.032.033.032.025.028.038.029.029.029.029.0
Bahamas, The29.016.09.612.09.69.815.018.026.015.013.014.08.812.013.0
Trinidad and Tobago17.014.018.018.022.020.020.015.017.016.019.016.017.013.018.0
Uruguay23.022.024.028.028.030.029.030.030.031.034.035.032.032.038.0
Venezuela, RB33.032.028.027.028.028.027.030.034.045.048.045.045.046.046.0
Algeria75.080.078.073.073.068.072.075.070.070.069.061.058.054.051.0
Bahrain33.036.023.021.021.019.017.015.013.012.012.014.015.015.015.0
Djibouti669.0468.0567.0492.0455.0407.0306.0334.0308.0247.0236.0212.0195.0203.0240.0
Egypt, Arab Rep.26.021.018.017.017.016.015.015.014.013.012.012.011.010.09.8
Iran, Islamic Rep.23.017.018.018.018.018.016.016.015.014.014.013.012.012.011.0
Iraq50.048.045.044.043.041.039.037.035.033.031.028.026.024.023.0
Israel10.06.45.36.47.74.65.34.03.53.24.02.92.12.82.6
Jordan7.58.05.85.45.15.15.45.75.46.75.05.54.64.23.8
Kuwait30.027.037.025.025.022.022.022.024.027.022.020.018.020.012.0
Lebanon15.09.712.011.014.014.012.012.012.012.013.015.013.09.711.0
Libya40.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.059.059.059.059.0
Malta4.66.28.08.111.013.012.08.112.010.013.022.031.012.013.0
Morocco115.099.0101.0100.099.099.0101.0102.0103.0100.099.097.096.094.093.0
Oman16.012.012.012.012.09.910.09.09.06.86.19.27.95.99.3
Qatar50.044.039.035.044.034.024.025.022.025.031.035.036.042.037.0
Saudi Arabia18.017.017.015.014.013.012.012.010.09.69.79.47.88.28.2
Syrian Arab Republic39.029.021.021.018.017.023.020.022.020.019.019.018.018.017.0
Tunisia26.026.028.035.037.035.035.038.038.034.035.035.036.036.037.0
United Arab Emirates4.02.81.81.41.01.10.80.80.80.81.01.00.80.80.8
West Bank and Gaza3.31.01.01.01.01.11.21.11.00.80.80.50.70.60.5
Yemen, Rep.116.080.052.050.048.048.048.048.048.048.048.048.048.048.048.0
Canada6.55.54.64.85.55.45.15.35.55.75.65.95.45.75.7
United States6.65.54.13.93.63.33.23.23.13.03.02.92.32.62.6
Afghanistan190.0189.0189.0189.0189.0189.0189.0189.0189.0189.0189.0189.0183.0185.0185.0
Bangladesh221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0221.0
Bhutan243.0190.0232.0216.0196.0185.0181.0162.0190.0143.0147.0164.0164.0164.0164.0
India322.0311.0276.0268.0258.0248.0243.0237.0225.0217.0208.0202.0197.0200.0199.0
Maldives59.048.032.029.035.034.036.042.044.034.033.036.037.038.039.0
Nepal417.0360.0311.0302.0293.0284.0276.0268.0260.0253.0245.0238.0226.0226.0229.0
Pakistan275.0276.0276.0276.0276.0275.0270.0270.0268.0267.0265.0263.0257.0266.0258.0
Sri Lanka66.066.066.066.066.066.065.065.065.064.064.064.063.063.062.0
Angola297.0368.0384.0383.0380.0376.0370.0366.0362.0359.0355.0351.0333.0322.0333.0
Benin86.073.068.067.066.064.061.060.059.058.056.055.054.053.052.0
Botswana914.0728.0518.0480.0445.0414.0385.0356.0326.0300.0275.0253.0230.0228.0229.0
Burkina Faso70.064.058.057.055.054.054.052.051.049.048.047.046.045.044.0
Burundi290.0195.0144.0138.0133.0128.0126.0122.0118.0114.0111.0107.0103.0100.097.0
Cabo Verde82.079.090.095.0104.074.066.064.058.058.046.046.039.035.031.0
Cameroon309.0311.0260.0251.0242.0235.0220.0212.0203.0194.0186.0179.0171.0164.0157.0
Central African Republic540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0540.0
Chad151.0151.0147.0147.0146.0146.0145.0144.0144.0143.0142.0142.0141.0140.0140.0
Comoros39.036.033.034.034.034.035.035.035.035.035.035.035.035.035.0
Congo, Rep.356.0426.0386.0383.0382.0382.0381.0379.0378.0376.0375.0373.0372.0370.0369.0
Cote d'Ivoire367.0267.0196.0186.0178.0170.0165.0159.0153.0148.0142.0137.0132.0128.0123.0
Congo, Dem. Rep.327.0327.0327.0327.0327.0326.0325.0324.0323.0322.0321.0320.0319.0318.0317.0
Equatorial Guinea187.0192.0217.0224.0236.0248.0260.0274.0294.0286.0254.0286.0275.0275.0275.0
Eritrea177.0209.0149.0157.0160.0144.0119.0102.0108.099.089.086.080.074.069.0
Ethiopia421.0341.0268.0253.0239.0224.0207.0192.0177.0164.0151.0140.0129.0119.0126.0
Gabon515.0592.0559.0554.0550.0546.0541.0537.0533.0529.0525.0521.0517.0513.0509.0
Ghana216.0203.0183.0178.0173.0168.0165.0160.0156.0152.0148.0144.0140.0136.0133.0
Guinea228.0210.0186.0183.0180.0177.0177.0177.0176.0176.0176.0176.0175.0175.0175.0
Guinea-Bissau305.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0
Kenya451.0630.0531.0506.0471.0443.0423.0380.0348.0319.0292.0267.0249.0249.0237.0
Lesotho827.01,200.01,180.01,120.01,040.0948.0853.0780.0721.0681.0659.0654.0600.0630.0661.0
Liberia240.0267.0293.0299.0304.0308.0308.0308.0308.0308.0308.0308.0308.0308.0308.0
Madagascar293.0262.0241.0238.0236.0233.0233.0233.0233.0233.0233.0233.0233.0233.0233.0
Malawi386.0398.0338.0316.0291.0261.0228.0197.0176.0162.0153.0146.0138.0132.0125.0
Mali77.069.063.062.061.060.058.057.056.055.053.052.051.050.049.0
Mauritania250.0181.0135.0128.0121.0115.0111.0107.0102.097.093.089.085.081.078.0
Mauritius17.013.012.011.013.013.013.013.012.012.013.012.012.012.012.0
Mozambique336.0342.0357.0359.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0361.0
Namibia985.01,250.0892.0815.0754.0710.0674.0639.0604.0565.0524.0486.0439.0452.0450.0
Niger191.0143.0113.0109.0105.0102.098.095.093.090.087.084.082.079.077.0
Nigeria219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0219.0
Rwanda96.0102.083.080.072.066.065.061.062.058.059.057.057.056.056.0
Sao Tome and Principe119.0151.0117.0129.0107.0134.0141.0156.0162.0117.0124.0114.0115.0114.0113.0
Senegal155.0141.0132.0130.0129.0127.0125.0123.0122.0120.0118.0117.0115.0113.0112.0
Seychelles29.019.021.026.024.029.015.09.314.018.017.015.09.812.017.0
Sierra Leone305.0316.0317.0316.0314.0313.0310.0307.0304.0301.0298.0295.0292.0289.0286.0
Somalia285.0285.0286.0286.0286.0285.0274.0274.0270.0266.0262.0258.0254.0250.0246.0
South Africa762.01,210.01,230.01,200.01,160.01,110.01,070.0988.0805.0738.0677.0615.0562.0513.0468.0
South Sudan227.0227.0227.0227.0227.0227.0227.0227.0227.0227.0227.0227.0
Sudan148.0143.0119.0105.0103.0100.094.088.082.077.071.067.062.058.054.0
Eswatini981.01,420.01,590.01,300.01,110.01,030.0855.0648.0537.0502.0441.0363.0335.0329.0325.0
Tanzania503.0510.0426.0401.0378.0336.0327.0306.0287.0269.0253.0237.0222.0208.0195.0
Gambia, The187.0190.0179.0178.0177.0176.0175.0173.0170.0166.0162.0158.0153.0149.0145.0
Togo52.071.076.073.069.064.058.052.046.041.038.037.035.033.032.0
Uganda276.0233.0210.0207.0205.0203.0202.0202.0201.0201.0200.0200.0199.0199.0198.0
Zambia759.0602.0495.0475.0456.0437.0406.0391.0376.0361.0346.0333.0319.0307.0295.0
Zimbabwe605.0588.0416.0384.0355.0304.0278.0242.0233.0221.0210.0199.0185.0194.0204.0