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Diabetes prevalence who gho by country

Countries reporting
188
Highest
29.2
Nauru
Lowest
4
Switzerland
Median
8.1
Years covered
35
1980–2014
Data points
6,650

What the numbers show

Diabetes prevalence who gho is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 29.2 in Nauru; the lowest is 4 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.1, and the mean is 9.8.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 170 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Lucia (up 52.6%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 6.5%).

Diabetes prevalence who gho: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nauru 29.2 2014 down 2.0% rising
2 Cook Islands 27.5 2014 up 11.3% rising
3 Niue 27.1 2014 up 21.5% rising
4 Samoa 24.6 2014 up 28.1% rising
5 Tonga 24.2 2014 up 23.5% rising
6 Tuvalu 23.8 2014 up 16.7% rising
7 Palau 23.2 2014 up 9.4% rising
8 Kiribati 22.3 2014 up 18.0% rising
9 Micronesia (country) 22 2014 up 27.2% rising
10 Marshall Islands 21.1 2014 up 10.5% rising
11 Kuwait 19.6 2014 up 19.5% rising
12 Qatar 18.9 2014 up 24.3% rising
13 Egypt 17.9 2014 up 32.6% rising
14 Fiji 17.4 2014 up 26.1% rising
14 Iraq 17.4 2014 up 31.8% rising
14 Saudi Arabia 17.4 2014 up 23.4% rising
17 Jordan 16.8 2014 up 19.1% rising
18 Libya 15.9 2014 up 26.2% rising
18 Vanuatu 15.9 2014 up 29.3% rising
20 United Arab Emirates 15.1 2014 up 12.7% rising
21 Papua New Guinea 14.8 2014 up 29.8% rising
22 Syria 14.6 2014 up 28.1% rising
23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.5 2014 up 30.6% rising
23 Saint Lucia 14.5 2014 up 52.6% rising
25 Solomon Islands 13.9 2014 up 23.0% rising
26 Morocco 13.7 2014 up 33.0% rising
27 Turkey 13.6 2014 up 29.5% rising
28 Oman 13.5 2014 up 22.7% rising
29 Lebanon 13.4 2014 up 39.6% rising
30 Mauritius 13 2014 up 9.2% rising
31 Belize 12.7 2014 up 22.1% rising
32 Georgia 12.6 2014 up 41.6% rising
33 Bahamas 12.5 2014 up 12.6% rising
33 Tunisia 12.5 2014 up 25.0% rising
35 Algeria 12.4 2014 up 25.3% rising
35 Pakistan 12.4 2014 up 24.0% rising
37 Azerbaijan 12.3 2014 up 36.7% rising
37 Suriname 12.3 2014 up 20.6% rising
39 Barbados 12.2 2014 up 23.2% rising
39 Turkmenistan 12.2 2014 up 47.0% rising
41 Iran 12.1 2014 up 34.4% rising
42 Afghanistan 11.9 2014 up 28.0% rising
42 Jamaica 11.9 2014 up 32.2% rising
44 Bhutan 11.8 2014 up 18.0% rising
44 Kazakhstan 11.8 2014 up 21.6% rising
46 Mongolia 11.7 2014 up 33.0% rising
46 Trinidad and Tobago 11.7 2014 up 42.7% rising
48 Armenia 11.5 2014 up 23.7% rising
48 Antigua and Barbuda 11.5 2014 up 33.7% rising
48 Bahrain 11.5 2014 up 8.5% rising
51 Yemen 11.3 2014 up 41.2% rising
53 Mexico 11.2 2014 up 12.0% rising
54 Dominica 11.1 2014 up 22.0% rising
54 Grenada 11.1 2014 up 30.6% rising
54 Malaysia 11.1 2014 up 14.4% rising
57 Guyana 10.9 2014 up 32.9% rising
57 Maldives 10.9 2014 up 14.7% rising
59 Nepal 10.6 2014 up 24.7% rising
59 Uzbekistan 10.6 2014 up 41.3% rising
59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.6 2014 up 17.8% rising
62 Chile 10.5 2014 up 15.4% rising
63 Kyrgyzstan 10.4 2014 up 35.1% rising
63 Seychelles 10.4 2014 up 15.6% rising
65 Dominican Republic 10.1 2014 up 21.7% rising
65 Nicaragua 10.1 2014 up 17.4% rising
65 El Salvador 10.1 2014 up 13.5% rising
65 Tajikistan 10.1 2014 up 44.3% rising
69 Gabon 10 2014 up 20.5% rising
70 Bangladesh 9.8 2014 up 24.1% rising
71 Argentina 9.7 2014 up 14.1% rising
71 Guatemala 9.7 2014 up 19.8% rising
71 Eswatini 9.7 2014 up 24.4% rising
74 Uruguay 9.5 2014 up 13.1% rising
74 Venezuela 9.5 2014 up 5.6% rising
76 Brunei 9.4 2014 down 1.1% rising
76 Equatorial Guinea 9.4 2014 up 38.2% rising
78 Honduras 9.3 2014 up 29.2% rising
78 Panama 9.3 2014 up 19.2% rising
80 Mauritania 9 2014 up 20.0% rising
81 Costa Rica 8.9 2014 up 17.1% rising
82 China 8.8 2014 up 27.5% rising
82 Lesotho 8.8 2014 up 25.7% rising
84 Gambia 8.7 2014 up 31.8% rising
84 Haiti 8.7 2014 up 31.8% rising
84 India 8.7 2014 up 10.1% rising
87 Botswana 8.6 2014 up 21.1% rising
88 Colombia 8.5 2014 up 11.8% rising
88 Cape Verde 8.5 2014 up 18.1% rising
88 Thailand 8.5 2014 up 16.4% rising
91 Cuba 8.4 2014 up 12.0% rising
92 Brazil 8.3 2014 up 15.3% rising
93 Angola 8.2 2014 up 36.7% rising
94 Djibouti 8.1 2014 up 2.5% rising
94 Moldova 8.1 2014 up 20.9% rising
94 Paraguay 8.1 2014 up 22.7% rising
97 Bolivia 8 2014 up 19.4% rising
97 Comoros 8 2014 up 27.0% rising
97 Ecuador 8 2014 up 21.2% rising
97 South Korea 8 2014 up 9.6% rising
97 Sao Tome and Principe 8 2014 up 11.1% rising
102 Lithuania 7.9 2014 up 11.3% rising
102 Singapore 7.9 2014 down 4.8% flat
104 Belarus 7.8 2014 up 11.4% rising
106 Congo 7.7 2014 up 24.2% rising
106 Hungary 7.7 2014 up 13.2% rising
106 Indonesia 7.7 2014 up 11.6% rising
106 Laos 7.7 2014 up 20.3% rising
106 Liberia 7.7 2014 up 30.5% rising
106 Malta 7.7 2014 unchanged rising
106 Peru 7.7 2014 up 13.2% rising
106 Poland 7.7 2014 up 14.9% rising
106 Russia 7.7 2014 up 8.5% rising
115 Bulgaria 7.6 2014 up 16.9% rising
116 Czechia 7.5 2014 up 7.1% rising
117 Albania 7.4 2014 up 13.8% rising
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.4 2014 up 4.2% rising
117 Sri Lanka 7.4 2014 up 25.4% rising
117 Myanmar 7.4 2014 up 23.3% rising
117 Namibia 7.4 2014 up 23.3% rising
117 Senegal 7.4 2014 up 17.5% rising
123 Croatia 7.3 2014 up 19.7% rising
123 Mali 7.3 2014 up 32.7% rising
123 Ukraine 7.3 2014 up 9.0% rising
123 United States 7.3 2014 up 9.0% rising
127 Benin 7.2 2014 up 22.0% rising
127 Latvia 7.2 2014 up 9.1% rising
127 North Macedonia 7.2 2014 up 10.8% rising
127 Philippines 7.2 2014 up 12.5% rising
127 Slovakia 7.2 2014 up 16.1% rising
132 Spain 7.1 2014 unchanged rising
132 Estonia 7.1 2014 up 7.6% rising
132 Guinea-Bissau 7.1 2014 up 24.6% rising
132 Cambodia 7.1 2014 up 22.4% rising
132 Montenegro 7.1 2014 up 7.6% rising
132 Slovenia 7.1 2014 up 12.7% rising
132 Togo 7.1 2014 up 24.6% rising
132 Zimbabwe 7.1 2014 up 10.9% rising
140 Cyprus 7 2014 up 7.7% rising
140 Chad 7 2014 up 32.1% rising
142 Andorra 6.9 2014 down 2.8% flat
142 Cote d'Ivoire 6.9 2014 up 21.1% rising
142 New Zealand 6.9 2014 up 3.0% rising
142 Sierra Leone 6.9 2014 up 25.5% rising
142 Serbia 6.9 2014 up 11.3% rising
147 Portugal 6.8 2014 up 11.5% rising
147 Romania 6.8 2014 up 17.2% rising
147 Somalia 6.8 2014 up 19.3% rising
150 Cameroon 6.7 2014 up 24.1% rising
150 Japan 6.7 2014 up 1.5% rising
152 Greece 6.6 2014 up 4.8% rising
152 Zambia 6.6 2014 up 20.0% rising
154 Ghana 6.5 2014 up 16.1% rising
155 Guinea 6.4 2014 up 28.0% rising
155 Israel 6.4 2014 unchanged rising
155 Mozambique 6.4 2014 up 20.8% rising
158 Burkina Faso 6.3 2014 up 28.6% rising
158 Malawi 6.3 2014 up 26.0% rising
160 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.2 2014 up 34.8% rising
160 Ireland 6.2 2014 up 6.9% rising
160 Nigeria 6.2 2014 up 21.6% rising
163 Tanzania 6.1 2014 up 19.6% rising
164 Kenya 6 2014 up 25.0% rising
165 Australia 5.9 2014 unchanged rising
165 France 5.9 2014 up 5.4% rising
165 Iceland 5.9 2014 down 6.3% falling
165 North Korea 5.9 2014 up 7.3% flat
169 United Kingdom 5.8 2014 up 5.5% rising
169 Italy 5.8 2014 up 5.5% rising
171 Niger 5.6 2014 up 21.7% rising
172 Canada 5.5 2014 unchanged rising
172 Eritrea 5.5 2014 up 25.0% rising
172 Madagascar 5.5 2014 up 19.6% rising
172 East Timor 5.5 2014 up 10.0% rising
176 Ethiopia 5.4 2014 up 22.7% rising
176 Luxembourg 5.4 2014 unchanged rising
178 Finland 5.3 2014 down 5.4% rising
178 Vietnam 5.3 2014 up 10.4% rising
180 Norway 5.1 2014 down 1.9% rising
181 Germany 5 2014 up 2.0% rising
182 Sweden 4.9 2014 unchanged rising
183 Belgium 4.6 2014 down 6.1% falling
183 Uganda 4.6 2014 up 39.4% rising
185 Rwanda 4.4 2014 up 29.4% rising
186 Austria 4.3 2014 down 2.3% rising
186 Denmark 4.3 2014 down 6.5% falling
186 Netherlands 4.3 2014 down 4.4% rising
189 Burundi 4.2 2014 up 35.5% rising
190 Switzerland 4 2014 up 2.6% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Diabetes prevalence who gho
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
190 places, 6,650 data points, 1980–2014
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