India has registered one of the steepest declines in tuberculosis (TB) incidence worldwide, reducing new cases by 21% between 2015 and 2024, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2025.

It notes that TB incidence in India fell from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 187 per lakh in 2024, almost double the global average decline of 12%.

This decline places India among the best-performing high-burden countries, driven by an aggressive national response combining technological innovation, decentralised care, and extensive community engagement.

Despite this progress, India continues to account for a quarter (25%) of all global TB cases, the WHO report said. Together with Indonesia, the Philippines, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the C

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