Benin: Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Benin's tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) fell 3 percentage points on 2023 (from 73% to 70%).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.87 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 5 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.93 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 76% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 76.22% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 6.32%, against 10.67% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Benin had the 116th highest value of the 191 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Benin in the 2024 ranking

• Madagascar — 113th of 191: 71%
• Niger — 114th of 191: 71%
• South Sudan — 115th of 191: 71%
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 117th of 191: 70%
• Burkina Faso — 118th of 191: 70%
• Cambodia — 119th of 191: 70%

What this measures

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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 25 values

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in nearby economies

• Angola — 61% (2024)
• Botswana — 67% (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 70% (2024)
• Burundi — 69% (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 71% (2024)
• Cameroon — 69% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 71% (2024)
• Chad — 71% (2024)
• Comoros — 68% (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep.

More health data for Benin

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 14.86% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 15.21% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 3.01 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 40.83% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 3.1 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 41.69% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 6.11 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 41.26% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.72% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Benin's tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)?

70% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 17 percentage points from 53% in 2000. The highest value was 73% in 2023 and the lowest 46% in 2003.

How does Benin rank?

116th highest of 191 economies with data for 2024.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.TBS.DTEC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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