5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  An estimated 1.13 million people died of TB in 2025, a 35% decline since 2015 that missed the WHO target of a 75% reduction by 2025.

• 2

  An estimated 10.6 million people developed TB in 2025, and incidence had fallen only 14% since 2015, short of the WHO target of a 50% reduction.

• 3

  The 8.4 million newly diagnosed and reported cases represented 79% of estimated incident TB cases, leaving a gap of approximately 2.2 million.

• 4

  Only 155,333 of an estimated 370,000 people with rifampicin-resistant TB received treatment in 2025, while treatment success remained about 70%.

• 5

  A pooled average of 47% of people treated for TB and their households faced catastrophic costs, while international donor funding fell 14% in 2025.