Countries that accounted for higher percentage of TB burden globally

The World Health Organization (WHO) published a report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023.

It is the highest number recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995.

This represents a notable increase from 7.5 million reported in 2022, placing TB again as the leading infectious disease killer in 2023, surpassing COVID-19.

While the number of tuberculosis-related deaths decreased from 1.32m in 2022 to 1.25m in 2023, the total number of people falling ill with the disease rose slightly to an estimated 10.8 million in 2023.