Countries where tuberculosis is common

​​​​​​​Tuberculosis (TB) is considered common in countries where 40 or more people out of every 100,000 develop the disease each year. This data is from the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2025. Countries with a TB incidence rate of less than 40 per 100,000 are not listed.​​

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Travelling to one of these countries with a child?

Children under 5 years of age travelling for 4 weeks or longer may be recommended to have a BCG vaccination before travel.

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CountryWHO TB incidence rate per 100,000
Afghanistan203
Algeria54
Angola373
Argentina44
Azerbaijan64
Bangladesh221
Benin40
Bhutan191
Bolivia114
Botswana143
Brazil49
Brunei Darussalam65
Burkina Faso57
Burundi83
Cape Verde47
Cambodia272
Cameroon132
Central African Republic419
Chad118
China (including Tibet Autonomous Region, excluding Taiwan)49
China (Hong Kong)66
China (Macau)59
Colombia46
Congo302
Congo, Democratic Republic377
Coted'Ivoire99
Djibouti495
Dominican Republic51
Ecuador66
El Salvador116
Equatorial Guinea199
Eritrea115
Eswatini (Swaziland)319
Ethiopia141
Fiji104
Gabon371
Gambia138
Georgia45
Ghana126
Greenland139
Guam55
Guinea178
Guinea-Bissau176
Guyana67
Haiti175
India187
Indonesia382
Kazakhstan45
Kenya207
Kiribati945
Korea, People's Republic (North)513
Kyrgyzstan128
Lao127
Lesotho548
Liberia207
Libya63
Madagascar224
Malawi113
Malaysia96
Maldives40
Mali51
Marshall Islands411
Mauritania65
Micronesia264
Moldova64
Mongolia446
Morocco98
Mozambique361
Myanmar (Burma)482
Namibia422
Nauru161
Nepal227
Nicaragua43
Niger86
Nigeria219
Niue55
Pakistan266
Panama63
Papua New Guinea664
Paraguay81
Peru139
Philippines625
Romania60
Rwanda62
Sao Tome and Principe87
Senegal132
Sierra Leone372
Singapore43
Solomon Islands123
Somalia151
South Africa389
South Sudan320
Sri Lanka59
Sudan47
Tajikistan75
Tanzania172
Thailand146
Timor-Leste (East Timor)496
Togo48
Turkmenistan40
Tuvalu223
Uganda197
Ukraine86
Uruguay47
Uzbekistan51
Vanuatu44
Venezuela46
Vietnam182
Yemen40
Zambia272
Zimbabwe203
Current as at: Tuesday 25 August 2026
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