Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, age-standardized by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
56.4
Paraguay
Lowest
20.7
Peru
Median
38
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
6,150
What the numbers show
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, age-standardized is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 56.4 in Paraguay; the lowest is 20.7 in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 38, and the mean is 37.54.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 25.5%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 20.4%).
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 56.4 | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 50.4 | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 49.2 | 2019 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 3 | Poland | 49.2 | 2019 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 49.1 | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 6 | Croatia | 48.4 | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 6 | Romania | 48.4 | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 8 | Hungary | 48.3 | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Moldova | 48.3 | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 10 | Iraq | 48.1 | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | Lithuania | 48 | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 12 | Dominica | 47.7 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 47.5 | 2019 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 14 | Armenia | 47.3 | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Tajikistan | 46.8 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 16 | Grenada | 46.6 | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 17 | Brunei | 46.4 | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 18 | Jamaica | 46.3 | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 19 | Serbia | 46.1 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 45.7 | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 21 | Oman | 45.6 | 2019 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 22 | Slovenia | 45.3 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 45.2 | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.1 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 45.1 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Montenegro | 45.1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 45.1 | 2019 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 45 | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 29 | Bahamas | 44.5 | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 44.5 | 2019 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 31 | Russia | 44.3 | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 31 | Seychelles | 44.3 | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.2 | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 33 | Palau | 44.2 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | Botswana | 44.1 | 2019 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 44.1 | 2019 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 44.1 | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 43.9 | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 39 | Namibia | 43.8 | 2019 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 40 | Bhutan | 43.4 | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 41 | Tonga | 43.3 | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 42 | Pakistan | 43.2 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 43.1 | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 44 | Haiti | 42.9 | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Mongolia | 42.8 | 2019 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 46 | Libya | 42.7 | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 46 | Slovakia | 42.7 | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42.6 | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | 42.6 | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 48 | Cook Islands | 42.6 | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 51 | Eswatini | 42.5 | 2019 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.4 | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 42.4 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 54 | Kiribati | 42.3 | 2019 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 42.3 | 2019 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 41.9 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 57 | Albania | 41.8 | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 57 | Barbados | 41.8 | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 57 | Nauru | 41.8 | 2019 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 60 | Czechia | 41.6 | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 61 | Niger | 41.5 | 2019 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 41.4 | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 41.3 | 2019 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 64 | Syria | 41.1 | 2019 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 41 | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea | 40.9 | 2019 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.9 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 66 | Qatar | 40.9 | 2019 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 69 | Malaysia | 40.8 | 2019 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 69 | Sudan | 40.8 | 2019 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 40.8 | 2019 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 72 | Kuwait | 40.5 | 2019 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 72 | Senegal | 40.5 | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 74 | Indonesia | 40.3 | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 75 | Afghanistan | 40.2 | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 75 | Estonia | 40.2 | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 77 | Lesotho | 40.1 | 2019 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 78 | Guyana | 40 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 39.9 | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 80 | Congo | 39.8 | 2019 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 39.8 | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 82 | Vanuatu | 39.5 | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 82 | Niue | 39.5 | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 84 | Liberia | 39.4 | 2019 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 84 | Venezuela | 39.4 | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 39.3 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 87 | Palestine | 39.1 | 2019 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 39 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 89 | Angola | 38.7 | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 89 | Bahrain | 38.7 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 91 | Fiji | 38.6 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 91 | Mozambique | 38.6 | 2019 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 93 | Samoa | 38.3 | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 94 | Egypt | 38.2 | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.1 | 2019 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 95 | Lebanon | 38.1 | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 97 | Belize | 38 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | 38 | 2019 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 99 | Mauritania | 37.9 | 2019 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 99 | Chad | 37.9 | 2019 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 37.8 | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 101 | Myanmar | 37.8 | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 103 | Jordan | 37.7 | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 104 | Gambia | 37.6 | 2019 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 105 | Gabon | 37.4 | 2019 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 37.3 | 2019 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 107 | Madagascar | 36.9 | 2019 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 108 | Cameroon | 36.8 | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 109 | Algeria | 36.2 | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 110 | Chile | 36.1 | 2019 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 110 | Nigeria | 36.1 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 110 | Nepal | 36.1 | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 110 | Panama | 36.1 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Somalia | 36.1 | 2019 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 115 | Togo | 36 | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 116 | Denmark | 35.9 | 2019 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 116 | Finland | 35.9 | 2019 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 35.8 | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 35.6 | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 120 | Morocco | 35.3 | 2019 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 120 | East Timor | 35.3 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 122 | Tunisia | 34.7 | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 123 | Mali | 34.6 | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 124 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.3 | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 125 | Burundi | 34.2 | 2019 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 125 | Djibouti | 34.2 | 2019 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 125 | South Sudan | 34.2 | 2019 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 128 | Maldives | 34.1 | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 129 | Saudi Arabia | 34 | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 130 | Ghana | 33.9 | 2019 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 130 | Honduras | 33.9 | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 132 | Austria | 33.8 | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 132 | Italy | 33.8 | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 132 | Philippines | 33.8 | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 135 | Comoros | 33.2 | 2019 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 135 | Kenya | 33.2 | 2019 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 135 | Tanzania | 33.2 | 2019 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 138 | Mauritius | 33.1 | 2019 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 139 | Micronesia (country) | 32.9 | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 140 | Turkey | 32.8 | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 141 | El Salvador | 32.7 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 142 | Uganda | 32.5 | 2019 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 143 | Ireland | 32.3 | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 143 | Portugal | 32.3 | 2019 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 143 | Zambia | 32.3 | 2019 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 146 | Guatemala | 32.2 | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 147 | Mexico | 32.1 | 2019 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 148 | Marshall Islands | 31.9 | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 149 | United States | 31.6 | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 150 | Singapore | 31.5 | 2019 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 151 | Japan | 31.4 | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 152 | Greece | 31.3 | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 153 | Benin | 31.2 | 2019 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 154 | India | 31.1 | 2019 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 155 | Andorra | 31 | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 155 | Colombia | 31 | 2019 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 157 | New Zealand | 30.9 | 2019 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 158 | Cyprus | 30.8 | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | 30.5 | 2019 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 30.5 | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 159 | Netherlands | 30.5 | 2019 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 159 | Norway | 30.5 | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 163 | Sweden | 30.2 | 2019 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 164 | Belgium | 30 | 2019 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 165 | Rwanda | 29.8 | 2019 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 29.8 | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 167 | Germany | 29.7 | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 167 | Vietnam | 29.7 | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 169 | Malta | 29.5 | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 169 | Malawi | 29.5 | 2019 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 171 | Australia | 29.3 | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 171 | Yemen | 29.3 | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 173 | Thailand | 29.2 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 174 | France | 29.1 | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 174 | Israel | 29.1 | 2019 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 176 | Bangladesh | 28.8 | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 177 | Laos | 28.5 | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 178 | Bolivia | 28.3 | 2019 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 27.8 | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 180 | Iceland | 27.5 | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 27.4 | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 182 | China | 27.3 | 2019 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 183 | Ecuador | 27.2 | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 183 | Spain | 27.2 | 2019 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 185 | South Korea | 26.7 | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 186 | North Korea | 26.5 | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 187 | United Kingdom | 26.4 | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 188 | Iran | 26.2 | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 189 | Cambodia | 25.7 | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 190 | Eritrea | 23.7 | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 191 | Canada | 22.1 | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 192 | Switzerland | 21.9 | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 193 | Peru | 20.7 | 2019 | up 4.5% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sur 42.9
- EMR 37.8
- EUR 36.9
- AFR 35.5
- AMR 35.4
- Low income (World Bank) 34.2
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 33.5
- World 33.1
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 32.5
- High income (World Bank) 32
- SEAR 31.17
- WPR 29.57