Lao PDR: Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Lao PDR's tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) rose 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 90% to 91%).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +3.39 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 26 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 15 percentage points in 2021. 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 6.18 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% 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 107.56% 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 14.27%, against 30.33% 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 2024, Lao PDR had the 29th 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 Lao PDR in the 2024 ranking

• Germany — 27th of 191: 92%
• India — 28th of 191: 92%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 29th of 191: 91%
• Poland — 31st of 191: 91%
• Saudi Arabia — 32nd of 191: 91%
• Uganda — 33rd of 191: 90%

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

• American Samoa — 100% (2020)
• Australia — 87% (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 79% (2024)
• Cambodia — 70% (2024)
• China — 76% (2024)
• Fiji — 59% (2024)
• French Polynesia — 65% (2023)
• Guam — 65% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 65% (2024)
• Indonesia

More health data for Lao PDR

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.83% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 10.18% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 1.15 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 29.38% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.2 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 30.29% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 2.35 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 29.84% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 9.97% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

91% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 79 percentage points from 12% in 2000. The highest value was 91% in 2024 and the lowest 12% in 2000.

How does Lao PDR rank?

29th 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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