Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
56.2
Croatia
Lowest
20.4
Peru
Median
36.8
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
6,150
What the numbers show
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 56.2 in Croatia; the lowest is 20.4 in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.8, and the mean is 37.48.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 29.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 24.4%).
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 56.2 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 2 | Lithuania | 55.2 | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 3 | Hungary | 54.5 | 2019 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | Paraguay | 54.5 | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 53.9 | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 53.9 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 7 | Belarus | 53.8 | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Serbia | 52.6 | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 52.2 | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 10 | Slovenia | 51.8 | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.1 | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 12 | Latvia | 50.5 | 2019 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 13 | Montenegro | 50.2 | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 14 | Tuvalu | 49.9 | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 49.8 | 2019 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 16 | Dominica | 49.4 | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 17 | Armenia | 49.3 | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Georgia | 49.1 | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 49.1 | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 49 | 2019 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 49 | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 48.4 | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 48 | 2019 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 47.8 | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 25 | Grenada | 47.6 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 26 | Barbados | 47.5 | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 26 | Slovakia | 47.5 | 2019 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 28 | Ukraine | 47.3 | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 29 | Albania | 47.1 | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 30 | Cook Islands | 46.9 | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 31 | Jamaica | 46.8 | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 32 | Uruguay | 46.6 | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 33 | Palau | 46.4 | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 34 | Brazil | 45.2 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | Bahamas | 45.1 | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 45 | 2019 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 44.9 | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 38 | Seychelles | 44.7 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 39 | Cuba | 44.4 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 40 | Finland | 44.3 | 2019 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 43.9 | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 42 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.8 | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.8 | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 44 | Denmark | 43.1 | 2019 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 45 | Iraq | 43 | 2019 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 45 | Tonga | 43 | 2019 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 43 | 2019 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 42.4 | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 42.3 | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 41.6 | 2019 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 51 | Niue | 41.4 | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 52 | Pakistan | 41.3 | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 52 | South Africa | 41.3 | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 41.2 | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 55 | Bhutan | 40.9 | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 56 | Saint Lucia | 40.8 | 2019 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 56 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 40.8 | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 58 | Botswana | 40.6 | 2019 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 58 | Guyana | 40.6 | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 60 | Kiribati | 40.5 | 2019 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 60 | Portugal | 40.5 | 2019 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 62 | Japan | 40.4 | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 63 | Austria | 40.3 | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 63 | Namibia | 40.3 | 2019 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 65 | Haiti | 40.1 | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 40 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 39.8 | 2019 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 68 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 39.5 | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 69 | Indonesia | 39.2 | 2019 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 70 | Mongolia | 39.1 | 2019 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 70 | Malaysia | 39.1 | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 70 | Naoero | 39.1 | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 38.8 | 2019 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 38.6 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 74 | Netherlands | 38.6 | 2019 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 76 | Sudan | 38.5 | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 38.4 | 2019 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 78 | Greece | 38.2 | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 79 | Eswatini | 38.1 | 2019 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.9 | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 37.9 | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 80 | Samoa | 37.9 | 2019 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 83 | Germany | 37.6 | 2019 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 83 | Fiji | 37.6 | 2019 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 37.6 | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 86 | Lebanon | 37.5 | 2019 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 86 | Libya | 37.5 | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 86 | Sweden | 37.5 | 2019 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 89 | Central African Republic | 37.2 | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 90 | Guinea | 37.1 | 2019 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 90 | Myanmar | 37.1 | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 92 | France | 36.9 | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 92 | Malta | 36.9 | 2019 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 36.9 | 2019 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 92 | United States of America | 36.9 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 96 | Lesotho | 36.8 | 2019 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 96 | Oman | 36.8 | 2019 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 36.7 | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 98 | Mauritius | 36.7 | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 100 | Syria | 36.6 | 2019 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 101 | Belgium | 36.4 | 2019 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 101 | Senegal | 36.4 | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 103 | Norway | 36.3 | 2019 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 36.3 | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 105 | New Zealand | 36 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 106 | Panama | 35.9 | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 35.9 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 108 | Egypt | 35.8 | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 109 | Congo | 35.7 | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 109 | Liberia | 35.7 | 2019 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 111 | Nepal | 35.5 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 112 | Andorra | 35.3 | 2019 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 112 | Ireland | 35.3 | 2019 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 112 | Kuwait | 35.3 | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 115 | Belize | 35.2 | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 115 | Mozambique | 35.2 | 2019 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 117 | Morocco | 35.1 | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 117 | Singapore | 35.1 | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 119 | Tunisia | 34.7 | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 120 | Angola | 34.2 | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 120 | Timor-Leste | 34.2 | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 122 | Cyprus | 34 | 2019 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 122 | Mauritania | 34 | 2019 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 124 | Palestine, State of | 33.9 | 2019 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 124 | Chad | 33.9 | 2019 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 126 | Madagascar | 33.8 | 2019 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 127 | Algeria | 33.6 | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.6 | 2019 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 33.6 | 2019 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 130 | Australia | 33.5 | 2019 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 130 | Somalia | 33.5 | 2019 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 132 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.4 | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 133 | Jordan | 33.2 | 2019 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 134 | Gambia | 33.1 | 2019 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 135 | Iceland | 33 | 2019 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 135 | El Salvador | 33 | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 137 | Spain | 32.9 | 2019 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 32.9 | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 137 | Türkiye | 32.9 | 2019 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 140 | Gabon | 32.7 | 2019 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 141 | Philippines | 32.5 | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 32.3 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 142 | Togo | 32.3 | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 144 | Thailand | 32.1 | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 145 | Israel | 31.9 | 2019 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 146 | Cameroon | 31.8 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 31.7 | 2019 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 31.6 | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 149 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 31.5 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 150 | Mexico | 31.4 | 2019 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 151 | Colombia | 31.3 | 2019 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 31.3 | 2019 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 153 | South Sudan | 31.2 | 2019 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 154 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 31 | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 154 | Republic of Korea | 31 | 2019 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.9 | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 156 | Qatar | 30.9 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 158 | Ghana | 30.6 | 2019 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 159 | Bahrain | 30.5 | 2019 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 160 | Honduras | 30.2 | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 160 | Mali | 30.2 | 2019 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 162 | India | 30.1 | 2019 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 163 | Marshall Islands | 30 | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 164 | Comoros | 29.5 | 2019 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 165 | Burundi | 29.4 | 2019 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 165 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 29.4 | 2019 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 167 | China | 29.1 | 2019 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 168 | Uganda | 29 | 2019 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 169 | Guatemala | 28.9 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 170 | Viet Nam | 28.7 | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 171 | Kenya | 28.6 | 2019 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 172 | Saudi Arabia | 28.3 | 2019 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 173 | North Korea | 28.2 | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 174 | Benin | 27.9 | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 175 | Canada | 27.6 | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 175 | Switzerland | 27.6 | 2019 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 177 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 27.5 | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 27.1 | 2019 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 178 | Zambia | 27.1 | 2019 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 180 | Burkina Faso | 26.8 | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 181 | Ecuador | 26.5 | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 181 | Solomon Islands | 26.5 | 2019 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 183 | Rwanda | 26.4 | 2019 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 184 | Maldives | 26 | 2019 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 185 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 25.9 | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 186 | Papua New Guinea | 25.3 | 2019 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 25.2 | 2019 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 188 | Yemen | 25 | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 189 | Malawi | 24.5 | 2019 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 190 | Cambodia | 23.4 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 191 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 23.1 | 2019 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 192 | Eritrea | 21.6 | 2019 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 193 | Peru | 20.4 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sur 42.8
- EUR 41.6
- AMR 37.5
- High income (World Bank) 37.5
- EMR 34.8
- World 33.7
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 33.6
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 32
- AFR 31.9
- Low income (World Bank) 31.3
- WPR 31.2
- SEAR 30.3