St. Vincent and the Grenadines's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) was 60% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 7 percentage points from 67% in 2017.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 60% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 67% | 2017 |
| Highest | 100% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 0% | 2009 |
| Average since 2016 | 61.86% | 2016–2022 |
| First recorded | 100% | 2000 |
Over five years it is down 7 percentage points from 67% in 2017. Since 2000 it is down 40 percentage points from 100% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2022, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) did not change 0 percentage points on 2021 (from 60% to 60%).
Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2021), the average change was −8.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 48.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 67 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 91 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.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, St. Vincent and the Grenadines had the 16th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 60% | 2022 |
| World | 88% | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 71% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 84% | 2023 |
Closest to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2022 ranking
- Liberia — 13th of 16: 78%
- United States — 14th of 16: 72%
- Tuvalu — 15th of 16: 65%
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
| Year | Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 60 |
| 2021 | 60 |
| 2020 | 46 |
| 2019 | 100 |
| 2018 | 33 |
| 2017 | 67 |
| 2016 | 67 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 |
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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.98% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.97% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 10,270 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 20.91% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 10,586 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 20.83% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 20,855 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 20.87% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is St. Vincent and the Grenadines's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)?
- 60% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 40 percentage points from 100% in 2000. The highest value was 100% in 2000 and the lowest 0% in 2009.
- How does St. Vincent and the Grenadines rank?
- 16th highest of 16 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) unusual for St. Vincent and the Grenadines?
- In 2022, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) did not change 0 percentage points on 2021 (from 60% to 60%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2021), the average change was −8.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 48.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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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