Costa Rica: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 31 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 32 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 13% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2023, Costa Rica had the 65th 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.

Closest to Costa Rica in the 2023 ranking

• Seychelles — 64th of 176: 87%
• Armenia — 65th of 176: 86%
• Congo, Rep. — 66th of 176: 86%
• Estonia — 68th of 176: 86%
• Indonesia — 69th of 176: 86%
• Kyrgyz Republic — 70th of 176: 86%

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 21 values

Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 0% (2023)
• Argentina — 52% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 70% (2023)
• Barbados — 100% (2022)
• Belize — 67% (2023)
• Bolivia — 79% (2023)
• Brazil — 65% (2023)
• Cayman Islands — 100% (2022)
• Chile — 69% (2023)
• Colombia

More health data for Costa Rica

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.9% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.24% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 461,672 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 17.71% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 481,760 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 18.92% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 943,432 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 18.31% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 6.18% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Costa Rica's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)?

86% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 29 percentage points from 57% in 2000. The highest value was 92% in 2017 and the lowest 57% in 2000.

How does Costa Rica rank?

65th highest of 176 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).

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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