The number of people with tuberculosis (TB) in the Netherlands decreased slightly in 2022. In 2022, there were 635 TB patients in the Netherlands. This is six per cent fewer than in 2021, when there were 673 patients. Among those patients, 250 had extrapulmonary TB and 384 had pulmonary TB. In the latter group, 171 patients had open TB – the most contagious type. This is evident from key figures published by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).