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Tuberculosis deaths — Sub-Saharan Africa

Tuberculosis deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 322,328 people. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 25.4%.

2024 322,328 people −3.95% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 492,982 people2014
Period minimum 322,328 people2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Tuberculosis deaths — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2024300,000350,000400,000450,000500,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 431,825 people2001: 433,768 people2002: 442,423 people2003: 458,963 people2004: 463,550 people2005: 469,231 people2006: 464,495 people2007: 488,940 people2008: 469,417 people2009: 457,373 people2010: 459,732 people2011: 471,337 people2012: 470,535 people2013: 472,907 people2014: 492,982 people2015: 484,810 people2016: 481,449 people2017: 474,128 people2018: 457,363 people2019: 446,044 people2020: 453,927 people2021: 422,722 people2022: 366,431 people2023: 335,579 people2024: 322,328 people
Change over the period: −109,497 (−25.36%) Average annual rate: -1.21 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 322,328 people
World computed 1.05M people
Tuberculosis deaths — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 322,328 −13,251 −3.95%
2023 335,579 −30,852 −8.42%
2022 366,431 −56,291 −13.32%
2021 422,722 −31,205 −6.87%
2020 453,927 +7,883 +1.77%
2019 446,044 −11,319 −2.47%
2018 457,363 −16,765 −3.54%
2017 474,128 −7,321 −1.52%
2016 481,449 −3,361 −0.69%
2015 484,810 −8,172 −1.66%
2014 492,982 +20,075 +4.25%
2013 472,907 +2,372 +0.5%
2012 470,535 −802 −0.17%
2011 471,337 +11,605 +2.52%
2010 459,732 +2,359 +0.52%
2009 457,373 −12,044 −2.57%
2008 469,417 −19,523 −3.99%
2007 488,940 +24,445 +5.26%
2006 464,495 −4,736 −1.01%
2005 469,231 +5,681 +1.23%
2004 463,550 +4,587 +1%
2003 458,963 +16,540 +3.74%
2002 442,423 +8,655 +2%
2001 433,768 +1,943 +0.45%
2000 431,825 — —

About the indicator

The estimated number of deaths from tuberculosis during a year among people without HIV. Excluding the HIV-positive here is methodological rather than arbitrary: under the international classification the death of a person with HIV is attributed to HIV regardless of which infection was the immediate cause, so those deaths are counted in the indicator of HIV-related deaths. Adding the two series does make sense — together they are exactly what gives the full number of deaths from tuberculosis.

Important: People without HIV only. The full number of deaths from tuberculosis is the sum with the HIV-associated part, which is counted in the indicator of HIV deaths.

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

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