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Table A2.1. Epidemiological categorization of countries and territories based on incidence per 100 000
population per year in 2019
Countries included, by WHO region
category share (%) of the
total estimated number of
incident TB cases globally in
(≥500 new and
relapse cases per
100 000 population
per year)
Central African Republic, Gabon, Lesotho, South Africa
South-East Asia
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Western Pacific
11%
(300–499 new and
relapse cases per
100 000 population
per year)
Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, , Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,
Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia
South-East Asia
Indonesia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste
Western Pacific
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea
17%
(100–299 new and
relapse cases per
100 000 population
per year)
Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia,
Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Americas
Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Haiti, Peru
Eastern Mediterranean
Afghanistan, Djibouti, Pakistan, Somalia
Europe
Greenland, Kyrgyzstan
South-East Asia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Thailand
Western Pacific
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Northern
Mariana Islands, Tuvalu, Viet Nam
55%
(50-99 new and
relapse cases per
100 000 population
per year)
Algeria, Benin, Eritrea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda
Americas
El Salvador, Guyana
Eastern Mediterranean
Libya, Morocco, Sudan
Europe
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation,
Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
South-East Asia
Sri Lanka
Western Pacific
Brunei Darussalam, China, China Hong Kong SAR, China Macao SAR, Fiji, Guam, , Malaysia,
Republic of Korea, Solomon Islands
12%
(10-49 new and
relapse cases per
100 000 population
per year)
Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Togo
Americas
Anguilla, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,
Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay,
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Eastern Mediterranean
Bahrain, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian
Arab Republic, Tunisia, Yemen
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan
South-East Asia
Maldives
Western Pacific
Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Japan, Palau, Samoa, Singapore, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu,
Wallis and Futuna Islands
3%
(<10 new and
relapse cases per
100 000 population
per year)
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda,
British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman
Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States of America
Eastern Mediterranean
Jordan, occupied Palestinian territory including east Jerusalem, Oman, United Arab Emirates
Europe
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, San
Marino,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Western Pacific
American Samoa, Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue
0.5%