Tuberculosis cases — all countries

Tuberculosis cases — Southern Africa

Tuberculosis cases in Southern Africa in 2024 — 282,600 people. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 32.9%.

2024 282,600 people −7.47% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 726,000 people2009
Period minimum 282,600 people2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Tuberculosis cases — Southern Africa, 2000–2024200,000400,000600,000800,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 421,000 people2001: 478,000 people2002: 536,000 people2003: 593,000 people2004: 640,000 people2005: 679,000 people2006: 705,000 people2007: 720,000 people2008: 725,000 people2009: 726,000 people2010: 719,000 people2011: 703,000 people2012: 687,000 people2013: 662,000 people2014: 647,700 people2015: 609,000 people2016: 506,200 people2017: 469,200 people2018: 438,000 people2019: 404,400 people2020: 375,500 people2021: 350,800 people2022: 328,200 people2023: 305,400 people2024: 282,600 people
Change over the period: −138,400 (−32.87%) Average annual rate: -1.65 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa

Southern Africa 282,600 people
World computed 10.55M people
Tuberculosis cases — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 282,600 −22,800 −7.47%
2023 305,400 −22,800 −6.95%
2022 328,200 −22,600 −6.44%
2021 350,800 −24,700 −6.58%
2020 375,500 −28,900 −7.15%
2019 404,400 −33,600 −7.67%
2018 438,000 −31,200 −6.65%
2017 469,200 −37,000 −7.31%
2016 506,200 −102,800 −16.88%
2015 609,000 −38,700 −5.97%
2014 647,700 −14,300 −2.16%
2013 662,000 −25,000 −3.64%
2012 687,000 −16,000 −2.28%
2011 703,000 −16,000 −2.23%
2010 719,000 −7,000 −0.96%
2009 726,000 +1,000 +0.14%
2008 725,000 +5,000 +0.69%
2007 720,000 +15,000 +2.13%
2006 705,000 +26,000 +3.83%
2005 679,000 +39,000 +6.09%
2004 640,000 +47,000 +7.93%
2003 593,000 +57,000 +10.63%
2002 536,000 +58,000 +12.13%
2001 478,000 +57,000 +13.54%
2000 421,000

About the indicator

The estimated number of new and relapse cases of tuberculosis of all forms during a year. WHO counts not the detected cases but their estimated number: diagnosis in practice lags behind, and the gap between the estimate and the notifications itself serves as a measure of the quality of detection. In absolute numbers the picture is set by the large countries of Asia, whereas by incidence per 100,000 people the countries of southern Africa come first.

Important: An estimate with an uncertainty interval; the central one is taken. Cases of tuberculosis in people with HIV are counted here, and in the indicator of tuberculosis deaths they are not.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.