Dataset
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type
owid.average-cost-of-tuberculosis-treatment-by-type
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About
Average cost of drugs spent per person starting tuberculosis preventive treatment, excluding buffer stock. Average cost of drugs spent per patient starting first-line TB treatment, excluding buffer stock. Average cost of drugs spent per patient starting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, excluding buffer stock. Average cost of drugs spent per patient starting extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, excluding buffer stock.
Cite as: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Preventive treatment” [dataset]. WHO, “Global Tuberculosis Report” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 2017–2024
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- irregular
- Last modified
- 2026-02-05
- Units
- constant 2022 US$
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-cost-of-tuberculosis-treatment-by-type
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| exp_cpp_tpt | number | Preventive treatment (constant 2022 US$) |
| exp_cpp_dstb | number | First-line treatment (constant 2022 US$) |
| exp_cpp_mdr | number | Multidrug-resistant treatment (constant 2022 US$) |
| exp_cpp_xdr | number | Extensively drug-resistant treatment (constant 2022 US$) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |