Central African Republic's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) was 89% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 19 percentage points from 70% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 89% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 79% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 70% | 2013 |
| Highest | 90% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 47% | 2009 |
| Average since 2014 | 80.5% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 58% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Central African Republic's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) fell 1 percentage points on 2022 (from 90% to 89%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +1.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 24 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.73 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 81% 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 93.95% for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 2.08%, against 8.33% 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 2023, Central African Republic had the 45th highest value of the 176 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | 89% | 2023 |
| World | 88% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 89% | 2023 |
| Low income | 91% | 2023 |
Closest to Central African Republic in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of all new tuberculosis cases (or new and relapse cases for some countries) registered under a national tuberculosis control programme in a given year that successfully completed treatment, with or without bacteriological evidence of success ("cured" and "treatment completed" respectively).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 22 values
| Year | Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 89 |
| 2022 | 90 |
| 2021 | 83 |
| 2020 | 79 |
| 2019 | 81 |
| 2018 | 79 |
| 2017 | 78 |
| 2016 | 78 |
| 2015 | 78 |
| 2014 | 70 |
| 2013 |
Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in nearby economies
- Angola — 63% (2023)
- Benin — 91% (2023)
- Botswana — 84% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 81% (2023)
- Burundi — 93% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 55% (2023)
- Cameroon — 89% (2023)
- Chad — 84% (2023)
- Comoros — 92% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More health data for Central African Republic
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 17.99% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 19.74% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.33 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 46.47% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.35 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 51.07% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 2.68 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 48.68% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)
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Questions people ask
- What is Central African Republic's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)?
- 89% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 31 percentage points from 58% in 2000. The highest value was 90% in 2022 and the lowest 47% in 2009.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.TBS.CURE.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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