Tuberculosis case detection rate fell 8.20% to 56.0% in Malawi in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, tuberculosis case detection rate in Malawi reached an all time high of 61.0% in 2019 and an all time low of 38.0% in 1992. When compared to Malawi's main peers, tuberculosis case detection rate in Mozambique amounted to 85.0%, 58.0% in South Africa, 62.0% in Tanzania and 66.0% in Zambia in 2020.
Malawi has been ranked 134th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of tuberculosis case detection rate, 25 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Tuberculosis Case Detection Rate (%, All Forms) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | % | 58.0% | 56.0% | 50.0% | 60.0% | 65.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 61.0% | 71.0% | 73.0% | 69.0% | 49.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 47.0% | 50.0% | 55.0% | 61.0% | 62.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 46.0% | 46.0% | 54.0% | 65.0% | 62.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 46.0% | 48.0% | 48.0% | 49.0% | 49.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 47.0% | 51.0% | 57.0% | 56.0% | 61.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 60.0% | 72.0% | 83.0% | 87.0% | 88.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 66.0% | 63.0% | 64.0% | 62.0% | 66.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 52.0% | 52.0% | 58.0% | 59.0% | 59.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 58.0% | 58.0% | 58.0% | 58.0% | 68.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 38.0% | 41.0% | 45.0% | 51.0% | 57.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 55.0% | 56.0% | 57.0% | 67.0% | 77.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 58.0% | 61.0% | 58.0% | 57.0% | 59.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 79.0% | 79.0% | 79.0% | 80.0% | 69.0% |
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