Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2023 - 2021 data

This report provides an overview of the latest tuberculosis (TB) epidemiological situation and is published jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Despite the slight recovery of 1.1% in 2021 compared to 2020, the European Region still recorded 23% fewer new and relapse TB cases in 2021 than in 2019. Notwithstanding the potential issues of underdiagnosis and underreporting which continued throughout 2021, 166 026 incident TB cases were notified in the European Region. The epidemic patterns and trends vary widely - with an incidence level of under 10 per 100 000 population achieved in European Union/European Economic Area countries, while overall the Region still has nine of the 30 countries with the highest multidrug-resistant TB burden in the world.