India accounted for the highest number of tuberculosis cases globally in 2024, the World Health Organisation said in a report released on Wednesday. The country recorded a quarter of the cases worldwide.

The Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 stated that just eight countries account for 67% of the global total of the disease, with India leading the list at 25%, followed by Indonesia at 10%, the Philippines at 6.8%, China at 6.5% and Pakistan at 6.3%.

The other countries are Nigeria at 4.8%, the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 3.9% and Bangladesh at 3.6%.

The report stated that India’s tuberculosis rate stood at 187 per one lakh population. The rate has reduced significantly by 21% from 2015 when the number stood at 237 per one lakh population .

However, it was still short of t

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