The 2025 key figures for tuberculosis (Kerncijfers tuberculose 2025) provide an overview of the number of reported cases of tuberculosis and tuberculosis infections in the Netherlands.
Source: NTR/RIVM-CIb, March 2026
Read the 24 March 2026 news article about the 2025 key figures: More people with tuberculosis in the Netherlands
Figure 1. Number of tuberculosis patients in the Netherlands
Skip chart 'Figure 1. Number of tuberculosis patients in the Netherlands ' and go to datatableIn 2025, 869 people were diagnosed with tuberculosis. The number of patients is thus 13% higher than in 2024 and is the highest it has been since 2016.
Figure 2. Number of patients with TB (pulmonary and extrapulmonary)
Skip chart 'Figure 2. Number of patients with TB (pulmonary and extrapulmonary)' and go to datatableIn 2025, there were 530 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 339 with extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Figure 3. Detection of tuberculosis
Skip chart 'Figure 3. Detection of tuberculosis' and go to datatableIn 2025 , the percentage of TB (tuberculosis) patients detected through screening of risk groups and source and contact tracing was 27%.
Figure 4. Country of birth
Skip chart 'Figure 4. Country of birth' and go to datatableIn 2025 , the percentage of TB (tuberculosis) patients not born in the Netherlands was 82%.
Figure 5. Top 5 countries of birth
Skip chart 'Figure 5. Top 5 countries of birth' and go to datatableIn 2025, of the patients not born in the Netherlands, most came from Eritrea (181), followed by Ethiopia (59), Somalia (54), Morocco (53) and Poland (31). The increase in the number of people suffering from tuberculosis is largely due to the influx of people from countries with high levels of tuberculosis, including Eritrea.
Figure 6. Tuberculosis infection (TBI) ranked by screening reason
Skip chart 'Figure 6. Tuberculosis infection (TBI) ranked by screening reason ' and go to datatableIn 2025, the number of TB infections reported was 1652.