Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension )among adults aged 30-79, age-standardized (%) by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
60.7%
Canada
Lowest
4.4%
Indonesia
Median
17.6%
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
6,150
What the numbers show
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension )among adults aged 30-79, age-standardized (%) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 60.7% in Canada; the lowest is 4.4% in Indonesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.6%, and the mean is 19.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 188 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 236.8%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 16.2%).
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 60.7% | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 2 | South Korea | 52.6% | 2019 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Iceland | 51.8% | 2019 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 49.7% | 2019 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 5 | United States | 47.6% | 2019 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 45.2% | 2019 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Malta | 44.9% | 2019 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 8 | Portugal | 44.6% | 2019 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 9 | El Salvador | 39.4% | 2019 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 37.9% | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 11 | Singapore | 37.6% | 2019 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Switzerland | 36.8% | 2019 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 13 | Czechia | 35.5% | 2019 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 14 | Slovakia | 34.9% | 2019 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 34.7% | 2019 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 16 | Mauritius | 34.5% | 2019 | up 119.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Barbados | 33.7% | 2019 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 33.7% | 2019 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 33.3% | 2019 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Cyprus | 33.3% | 2019 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 21 | Greece | 33.2% | 2019 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 22 | Andorra | 33.0% | 2019 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 22 | Colombia | 33.0% | 2019 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Cuba | 32.8% | 2019 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 25 | Venezuela | 32.7% | 2019 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 32.6% | 2019 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 32.4% | 2019 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Turkey | 32.4% | 2019 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Jordan | 32.1% | 2019 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 31.3% | 2019 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 30.8% | 2019 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 30.5% | 2019 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 33 | Brunei | 30.0% | 2019 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 30.0% | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 29.5% | 2019 | up 85.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Romania | 29.5% | 2019 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Uruguay | 29.0% | 2019 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 38 | Ecuador | 28.6% | 2019 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 38 | Norway | 28.6% | 2019 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Panama | 28.5% | 2019 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 41 | France | 28.3% | 2019 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 28.1% | 2019 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Finland | 27.7% | 2019 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 43 | Mexico | 27.7% | 2019 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 45 | New Zealand | 27.4% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 46 | Austria | 27.2% | 2019 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Israel | 27.2% | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 48 | Lebanon | 26.9% | 2019 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 49 | Seychelles | 26.6% | 2019 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Bolivia | 26.3% | 2019 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 50 | Japan | 26.3% | 2019 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 52 | Thailand | 26.1% | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 53 | Mongolia | 25.9% | 2019 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 54 | Australia | 25.8% | 2019 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 25.0% | 2019 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Iran | 24.1% | 2019 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Ireland | 23.8% | 2019 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 58 | Qatar | 23.7% | 2019 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 59 | South Africa | 23.6% | 2019 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Antigua and Barbuda | 23.2% | 2019 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 61 | Montenegro | 23.0% | 2019 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 22.9% | 2019 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 62 | Netherlands | 22.9% | 2019 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 22.8% | 2019 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 64 | Puerto Rico | 22.8% | 2019 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 64 | Slovenia | 22.8% | 2019 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 67 | Hungary | 22.6% | 2019 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 68 | North Korea | 22.5% | 2019 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 69 | Bahamas | 22.4% | 2019 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22.3% | 2019 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 71 | Cambodia | 22.0% | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 22.0% | 2019 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 73 | Peru | 21.7% | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 21.6% | 2019 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 75 | Namibia | 21.5% | 2019 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Belize | 21.4% | 2019 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 21.3% | 2019 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.9% | 2019 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 79 | Syria | 20.5% | 2019 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.5% | 2019 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 81 | Guyana | 20.2% | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 82 | Sweden | 19.9% | 2019 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 19.7% | 2019 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 19.6% | 2019 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 85 | Malaysia | 19.3% | 2019 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 86 | Bahrain | 19.1% | 2019 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Ghana | 19.1% | 2019 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Guatemala | 19.1% | 2019 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Jamaica | 19.1% | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 86 | Palestine | 19.1% | 2019 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Grenada | 19.0% | 2019 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 92 | Egypt | 18.9% | 2019 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 93 | Botswana | 18.8% | 2019 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Niue | 18.5% | 2019 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 95 | Lesotho | 18.3% | 2019 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 96 | Russia | 17.7% | 2019 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 97 | Dominica | 17.6% | 2019 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 98 | Latvia | 17.3% | 2019 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 99 | Philippines | 17.1% | 2019 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Georgia | 17.0% | 2019 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 101 | Cook Islands | 16.7% | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 102 | Yemen | 16.6% | 2019 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.5% | 2019 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 16.5% | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 16.5% | 2019 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Algeria | 15.9% | 2019 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Estonia | 15.7% | 2019 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 108 | China | 15.6% | 2019 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 15.5% | 2019 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 110 | Myanmar | 15.0% | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 110 | Nauru | 15.0% | 2019 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 112 | Argentina | 14.8% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 112 | India | 14.8% | 2019 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 14.7% | 2019 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 114 | Marshall Islands | 14.7% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Maldives | 14.6% | 2019 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Tunisia | 14.6% | 2019 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Mali | 14.5% | 2019 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Laos | 14.2% | 2019 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 14.1% | 2019 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 121 | Afghanistan | 14.0% | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 121 | Palau | 14.0% | 2019 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 121 | Ukraine | 14.0% | 2019 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 13.8% | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 13.8% | 2019 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Micronesia (country) | 13.5% | 2019 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 127 | Iraq | 13.3% | 2019 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 128 | Gabon | 13.2% | 2019 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Lithuania | 12.7% | 2019 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Eritrea | 12.6% | 2019 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Fiji | 12.6% | 2019 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 130 | Paraguay | 12.6% | 2019 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 130 | Vietnam | 12.6% | 2019 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Eswatini | 12.4% | 2019 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.6% | 2019 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 11.6% | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 137 | Angola | 11.5% | 2019 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Burundi | 11.4% | 2019 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 138 | South Sudan | 11.4% | 2019 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Comoros | 11.3% | 2019 | up 145.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.3% | 2019 | up 109.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.3% | 2019 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Pakistan | 11.3% | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 144 | Djibouti | 11.2% | 2019 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 144 | East Timor | 11.2% | 2019 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 146 | Libya | 11.1% | 2019 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Mauritania | 11.1% | 2019 | up 109.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Nigeria | 11.1% | 2019 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Chad | 11.1% | 2019 | up 109.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Malawi | 10.9% | 2019 | up 230.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Belarus | 10.2% | 2019 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.2% | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 153 | Morocco | 10.1% | 2019 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 10.1% | 2019 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 155 | Samoa | 9.9% | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 156 | Gambia | 9.6% | 2019 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Somalia | 9.6% | 2019 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Zambia | 9.6% | 2019 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Congo | 9.5% | 2019 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Senegal | 9.5% | 2019 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Tonga | 9.5% | 2019 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.4% | 2019 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 162 | Togo | 9.4% | 2019 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Benin | 9.3% | 2019 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Denmark | 9.3% | 2019 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 8.9% | 2019 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Armenia | 8.8% | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 168 | Bhutan | 8.7% | 2019 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 169 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.6% | 2019 | up 145.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 8.5% | 2019 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Albania | 8.4% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 172 | Liberia | 8.3% | 2019 | up 124.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Moldova | 8.3% | 2019 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 174 | Sudan | 8.2% | 2019 | up 127.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Haiti | 8.1% | 2019 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 176 | Cameroon | 7.6% | 2019 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Uganda | 7.6% | 2019 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Mozambique | 7.5% | 2019 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Tajikistan | 7.4% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 180 | Guinea | 7.2% | 2019 | up 148.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Nepal | 7.2% | 2019 | up 89.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Tanzania | 7.1% | 2019 | up 195.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Kiribati | 6.6% | 2019 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 184 | Solomon Islands | 6.5% | 2019 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 185 | Madagascar | 6.4% | 2019 | up 236.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Ethiopia | 6.2% | 2019 | up 148.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Kenya | 6.2% | 2019 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Niger | 6.1% | 2019 | up 177.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 6.0% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 190 | Rwanda | 5.8% | 2019 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Central African Republic | 5.6% | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 4.9% | 2019 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 193 | Indonesia | 4.4% | 2019 | up 33.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Americas (WHO region) 36.4%
- Sur 21.1%
- High income (World Bank) 36.0%
- Europe (WHO region) 26.1%
- World 20.8%
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 18.6%
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 18.4%
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 15.5%
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 14.3%
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 13.6%
- Africa (WHO region) 11.8%
- Low income (World Bank) 10.7%