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International Tuberculosis Incidence Rates

WHO Estimated Sputum Smear Positive Pulmonary TB Rate per 100 000 (3 year average*) by Country

WHO Estimated Sputum Smear Positive Pulmonary TB Rate per 100 000 (3 year average) by Country

The following rates are based upon the World Health Organization's (WHO) most recently available three years (2006, 2007 and 2008) of estimated sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) rates. The three year moving average is used to adjust for unstable rates in some jurisdictions. The estimated sputum smear positive pulmonary TB rates (new and re-treatment) are used, rather than the country/territory reported incidence rates, as they adjust for under-reporting of cases in some jurisdictions and are more indicative of the current risk of being infected by residence or prolonged travel in the country/territory. These rates are effective June 30, 2010 and will be revised annually.

For advice on the use of these rates in TB screening programs, please contact your local public health unit/TB program, provincial/territorial TB program or Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada.

Sources for current calculations:
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Country WHO estimated sputum smear positive pulmonary TB rate
(3 year average), 2006, 2007, 2008
Country WHO estimated sputum smear positive pulmonary TB rate
(3 year average), 2006, 2007, 2008
Afghanistan 79 Liberia 153
Albania 6 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 17
Algeria 31 Lithuania 23
American Samoa 3 Luxembourg 3
Andorra 6 Macedonia 10
Angola 160 Madagascar 140
Anguilla 12 Malawi 150
Antigua and Barbuda 3 Malaysia 51
Argentina 17 Maldives 22
Armenia 22 Mali 180
Australia 2 Malta 3
Austria 3 Marshall Islands 107
Azerbaijan 34 Mauritania 177
Bahamas 11 Mauritius 12
Bahrain 18 Mexico 11
Bangladesh 110 Micronesia 48
Barbados 2 Moldova 53
Belarus 15 Monaco  N/A
Belgium 4 Mongolia 100
Belize 22 Montenegro 10
Benin 50 Montserrat 4
Bermuda 4 Morocco 39
Bhutan 83 Mozambique 183
Bolivia 83 Myanmar 200
Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 Namibia 330
Botswana 310 Nauru 29
Brazil 27 Nepal 79
British Virgin Islands 6 Netherlands 1
Brunei Darussalam 40 Netherlands Antilles 3
Bulgaria 13 New Caledonia 5
Burkina Faso 127 New Zealand 3
Burundi 157 Nicaragua 27
Cambodia 243 Niger 97
Cameroon 82 Nigeria 133
Canada 2 Niue 0
Cape Verde 83 Northern Mariana Islands 19
Cayman Islands 2 Norway 1
Central African Republic 147 Oman 7
Chad 167 Pakistan 97
Chile 7 Palau 31
China 49 Panama 27
China, Hong Kong SAR 25 Papua New Guinea 120
China, Macao SAR 31 Paraguay 27
Colombia 21 Peru 71
Comoros 23 Philippines 143
Congo (Brazzaville) 173 Poland 10
Cook Islands 7 Portugal 13
Costa Rica 6 Puerto Rico 2
Côte d'Ivoire 177 Qatar 15
Croatia 9 Romania 44
Cuba 4 Russian Federation 33
Cyprus 1 Rwanda 170
Czech Republic 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5
Democratic Republic of the Congo 167 Saint Lucia 8
Denmark 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14
Djibouti 340 Samoa 9
Dominica 7 San Marino  N/A 
Dominican Republic 43 Sao Tome and Principe 56
Ecuador 42 Saudi Arabia 10
Egypt 8 Senegal 150
El Salvador 18 Serbia 11
Equatorial Guinea 94 Seychelles 18
Eritrea 53 Sierra Leone 320
Estonia 13 Singapore 13
Ethiopia 163 Slovakia 3
Fiji 10 Slovenia 5
Finland 2 Solomon Islands 63
France 3 Somalia 160
French Polynesia 9 South Africa 407
Gabon 173 Spain 6
Gambia 143 Sri Lanka 32
Georgia 33 Sudan 66
Germany 2 Suriname 65
Ghana 110 Swaziland 510
Greece 2 Sweden 1
Grenada 2 Switzerland 1
Guam 12 Syrian Arab Republic 7
Guatemala 36 Tajikistan 60
Guinea 160 Tanzania (United Republic of) 83
Guinea-Bissau 120 Thailand 66
Guyana 64 Timor-Leste 240
Haiti 143 Togo 237
Honduras 41 Tokelau 0
Hungary 4 Tonga 12
Iceland 1 Trinidad and Tobago 13
India 75 Tunisia 10
Indonesia 92 Turkey 12
Iran, Islamic Republic of 9 Turkmenistan 21
Iraq 27 Turks & Caicos Islands 8
Ireland 3 Tuvalu 82
Israel 2 Uganda 140
Italy 2 Ukraine 31
Jamaica 4 United Arab Emirates 2
Japan 9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3
Jordan 2 United States of America 2
Kazakhstan 58 Uruguay 13
Kenya 150 US Virgin Islands  
Kiribati 180 Uzbekistan 39
Korea (DPR) 170 Vanuatu 38
Korea (Rep) 27 Venezuela 19
Kuwait 12 Viet Nam 100
Kyrgyzstan 49 Wallis and Futuna Islands 11
Lao People's Democratic Republic 75 West Bank and Gaza Strip 8
Latvia 17 Yemen 28
Lebanon 4 Zambia 217
Lesotho 270 Zimbabwe 333