Tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 95.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
95.0%
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
33rd
of 206 countries
All-time high
97.0%
in 2023
All-time low
60.0%
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica, 2000–2024

0204060801002000201220242000: 60 %, all forms2001: 62 %, all forms2002: 63 %, all forms2003: 64 %, all forms2004: 66 %, all forms2005: 67 %, all forms2006: 68 %, all forms2007: 69 %, all forms2008: 71 %, all forms2009: 72 %, all forms2010: 73 %, all forms2011: 74 %, all forms2012: 75 %, all forms2013: 75 %, all forms2014: 76 %, all forms2015: 76 %, all forms2016: 79 %, all forms2017: 81 %, all forms2018: 81 %, all forms2019: 82 %, all forms2020: 70 %, all forms2021: 70 %, all forms2022: 79 %, all forms2023: 97 %, all forms2024: 95 %, all forms

Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %, all forms.

Analysis

In 2024, tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica stood at 95.0%.

That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica peaked at 97.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.0%, in 2000.

That places Costa Rica 33rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 66.2% 60.0% 72.0% 10
2010s 77.2% 73.0% 82.0% 10
2020s 82.2% 70.0% 97.0% 5

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 30 Kazakhstan 99.0% compare
  2. 30 Moldova 99.0% compare
  3. 32 Rwanda 96.0% compare
  4. 33 Luxembourg 95.0% compare
  5. 35 South Korea 94.0% compare
  6. 36 Germany 92.0% compare
  7. 36 India 92.0% compare

See the full ranking of 225 places →

More health data for Costa Rica

All data for Costa Rica →

Frequently asked questions

What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica?
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Costa Rica was 95.0% in 2024, according to Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2023.
What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 60.0% in 2000.
How does Costa Rica rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
Costa Rica ranks 33rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

About this data

Indicator
Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)
Unit
%, all forms
Source
Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
225 places, 5,403 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Tuberculosis case detection rate (all forms) is the number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases notified to WHO in a given year, divided by WHO's estimate of the number of incident tuberculosis cases for the same year, expressed as a percentage. Estimates for all years are recalculated as new information becomes available and techniques are refined, so they may differ from those published previously.