The 2024 key figures for tuberculosis provide an overview of the number of reported cases of tuberculosis and tuberculosis infections in the Netherlands.

Source: NTR/RIVM-CIb, March 2025

Read the 24 March 2025 news article about the 2024 key figures: Tuberculosis increases slightly in the Netherlands

Figure 1. Number of tuberculosis patients in the Netherlands

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Figure 2. Number of patients with TB (pulmonary and extrapulmonary)

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In 2024, there were 469 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 299 with extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Figure 3. Detection of tuberculosis

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In 2024 , the percentage of TB (tuberculosis) patients detected through screening of risk groups and source and contact tracing was 17%.

Figure 4. Country of birth

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In 2025 , the percentage of TB (tuberculosis) patients not born in the Netherlands was 82%.

Figure 5. Top 5 countries of birth

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Figure 6. Tuberculosis infection (TBI) ranked by screening reason

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In 2024, the number of TB infections reported was 1509.