WHO Reports 1.1 Million TB Deaths Worldwide in 2025

An estimated 1.1 million people died from tuberculosis worldwide in 2025, according to the World Health Organisation’s 2026 Global Tuberculosis Report. Although deaths have fallen by 35 per cent over the past decade, the WHO says the toll remains unacceptable. The decline also reached the organisation’s first End TB Strategy mortality target five years behind schedule. An estimated 10.6 million people developed TB last year, but only 8.4 million were diagnosed. Drug-resistant TB affected about 370,000 people, and just 42 per cent received treatment. Treatment has saved an estimated 86 million lives since 2000. The report recorded a 30 per cent decline in TB incidence in the African Region from 2015 to 2025, while the Americas saw a 13 per cent increase. The WHO is calling for more funding, earlier diagnosis, better access to treatment and faster development of vaccines and medicines.

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