Chad's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) was 84% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 10 percentage points from 74% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 84% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 78% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 74% | 2013 |
| Highest | 84% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 54% | 2006 |
| Average since 2014 | 78.6% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 58% | 2002 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Chad's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) rose 1 percentage points on 2022 (from 83% to 84%).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was +1.6 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 16 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 18 percentage points in 2010. 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 1.42 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.
How it compares
In 2023, Chad had the 82nd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chad | 84% | 2023 |
| World | 88% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 89% | 2023 |
| Low income | 91% | 2023 |
Closest to Chad 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 19 values
| Year | Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 84 |
| 2022 | 83 |
| 2021 | 82 |
| 2020 | 81 |
| 2019 | 80 |
| 2018 | 78 |
| 2017 | 79 |
| 2016 | 74 |
| 2015 | 77 |
| 2014 | 68 |
| 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)
- Central African Republic — 89% (2023)
- Comoros — 92% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More health data for Chad
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 18.02% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 18.42% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 4.76 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 45.49% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 4.89 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 46.43% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 9.65 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 45.96% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 14.8% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Chad's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)?
- 84% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is up 26 percentage points from 58% in 2002. The highest value was 84% in 2023 and the lowest 54% in 2006.
- How does Chad rank?
- 82nd highest of 176 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) unusual for Chad?
- In 2023, Chad's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) rose 1 percentage points on 2022 (from 83% to 84%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was +1.6 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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