Overview
- About 8.3 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2024, surpassing 2023’s record, which officials attribute to improved case-finding after COVID-19 disruptions.
- Global tuberculosis illness rates fell by roughly 2% from 2023 to 2024, ending three years of increases.
- TB deaths declined to about 1.23 million in 2024—29% below 2015 levels—yet outcomes remain far from the End TB milestones set for 2025 and 2030.
- Funding has stagnated since 2020, with the U.S. withdrawal from WHO creating a multi‑billion‑dollar budget gap and prompting a proposed 21% cut; WHO warns sustained donor cuts could result in up to 10 million additional cases and 2 million more deaths by 2035.
- India accounted for the largest share of estimated TB cases in 2024, with most of the burden in Southeast Asia, the Western Pacific and Africa, and the Global Fund remaining the largest donor for low‑ and middle‑income countries.