Mauritania's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) was 84% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 16 percentage points from 68% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 84% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 77% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 68% | 2012 |
| Highest | 84% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 22% | 2004 |
| Average since 2013 | 76.3% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 58% | 2003 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Mauritania's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) rose 1 percentage points on 2021 (from 83% to 84%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2021), the average change was +1.39 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 33 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 36 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.61 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 74% 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 2022, Mauritania had the 9th highest value of the 16 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 84% | 2022 |
| World | 88% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 89% | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 90% | 2023 |
Closest to Mauritania in the 2022 ranking
- Tunisia — 6th of 16: 93%
- Algeria — 7th of 16: 90%
- Nicaragua — 8th of 16: 86%
- Puerto Rico (US) — 10th of 16: 81%
- Naoero — 11th of 16: 79%
- French Polynesia — 12th of 16: 78%
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 20 values
| Year | Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 84 |
| 2021 | 83 |
| 2020 | 75 |
| 2019 | 81 |
| 2018 | 81 |
| 2017 | 77 |
| 2016 | 70 |
| 2015 | 71 |
| 2014 | 70 |
| 2013 | 71 |
| 2012 |
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)
- Chad — 84% (2023)
- Comoros
More health data for Mauritania
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 15.12% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 16.08% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.11 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 41.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.14 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 43.72% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 2.25 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 42.38% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.69% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mauritania's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)?
- 84% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is up 26 percentage points from 58% in 2003. The highest value was 84% in 2022 and the lowest 22% in 2004.
- How does Mauritania rank?
- 9th highest of 16 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) unusual for Mauritania?
- In 2022, Mauritania's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) rose 1 percentage points on 2021 (from 83% to 84%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2021), the average change was +1.39 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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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