Dominica: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 33 percentage points in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 12 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Dominica had the 121st 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 Dominica in the 2023 ranking

• Austria — 119th of 176: 76%
• New Zealand — 120th of 176: 76%
• Brunei Darussalam — 121st of 176: 75%
• Guam — 123rd of 176: 75%
• Guinea-Bissau — 124th of 176: 75%
• Panama — 125th of 176: 75%

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 15 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 Dominica

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.29% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.47% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 5,764 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 17.48% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 5,836 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 17.74% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 11,601 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 17.61% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.73% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

75% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is down 25 percentage points from 100% in 2001. The highest value was 100% in 2001 and the lowest 50% in 2006.

How does Dominica rank?

121st 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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