Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) - Country Ranking - Middle East

Definition: Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases arising in a given year, expressed as the rate per 100,000 population. All forms of TB are included, including cases in people living with HIV. Estimates for all years are recalculated as new information becomes available and techniques are refined, so they may differ from those published previously.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Report.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Pakistan 259.00 2020
2 Afghanistan 193.00 2020
3 Kyrgyz Republic 105.00 2020
4 Tajikistan 84.00 2020
5 Uzbekistan 66.00 2020
6 Yemen 49.00 2020
7 Turkmenistan 47.00 2020
8 Qatar 34.00 2020
9 Iraq 27.00 2020
10 Syrian Arab Republic 19.00 2020
10 Kuwait 19.00 2020
12 Turkey 15.00 2020
13 Lebanon 13.00 2020
13 Bahrain 13.00 2020
13 Iran 13.00 2020
16 Saudi Arabia 8.10 2020
17 Oman 7.00 2020
18 Jordan 4.70 2020
19 Israel 2.10 2020
20 United Arab Emirates 0.79 2020

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Limitations and Exceptions: The limited availability of data on health status is a major constraint in assessing the health situation in developing countries. Surveillance data are lacking for many major public health concerns. Estimates of prevalence and incidence are available for some diseases but are often unreliable and incomplete. National health authorities differ widely in capacity and willingness to collect or report information. To compensate for this and improve reliability and international comparability, the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares estimates in accordance with epidemiological models and statistical standards. Uncertainty bounds for the incidence are available at http://data.worldbank.org

Original Source Notes: Estimates are presented with uncertainty intervals (see footnote). When ranges are presented, the lower and higher numbers correspond to the 2.5th and 97.5th centiles of the outcome distributions (generally produced by simulations). For more detailed info

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Tuberculosis is one of the main causes of adult deaths from a single infectious agent in developing countries. In developed countries tuberculosis has reemerged largely as a result of cases among immigrants. Since tuberculosis incidence cannot be directly measured, estimates are obtained by eliciting expert opinion or are derived from measurements of prevalence or mortality.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual