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Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) (age-standardized estimate) by country

Countries reporting
191
Highest
7.54
Tonga
Lowest
3.12
Portugal
Median
5.31
Years covered
35
1980–2014
Data points
6,720

What the numbers show

Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) (age-standardized estimate) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 7.54 in Tonga; the lowest is 3.12 in Portugal.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.31, and the mean is 5.42.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 30.1%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 29.8%).

Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tonga 7.54 2014 up 18.8% rising
2 Micronesia, Federated States of 7.49 2014 up 16.8% rising
3 Fiji 7.02 2014 up 17.8% rising
4 Palau 6.94 2014 up 6.1% rising
5 Vanuatu 6.8 2014 up 30.1% rising
6 Marshall Islands 6.8 2014 down 5.5% rising
7 Cook Islands 6.76 2014 up 3.8% rising
8 Samoa 6.72 2014 up 4.7% rising
9 Kiribati 6.72 2014 up 2.7% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 6.71 2014 up 8.5% rising
11 Niue 6.53 2014 up 4.4% rising
12 Turkmenistan 6.5 2014 up 14.0% rising
13 Tuvalu 6.41 2014 up 4.2% rising
14 Dominica 6.38 2014 up 9.0% rising
15 Georgia 6.29 2014 up 9.2% rising
16 Central African Republic 6.23 2014 up 12.0% rising
17 Solomon Islands 6.22 2014 up 5.5% rising
18 Seychelles 6.18 2014 down 0.2% rising
19 Mauritius 6.15 2014 up 3.1% rising
20 Qatar 6.09 2014 up 3.6% rising
21 Bahrain 6.08 2014 up 4.1% rising
22 Kuwait 6.08 2014 up 6.0% rising
23 Liberia 6.04 2014 up 12.0% rising
24 Papua New Guinea 6.04 2014 up 1.3% flat
25 Equatorial Guinea 6.04 2014 up 7.0% rising
26 Azerbaijan 6.03 2014 up 8.9% rising
27 Cameroon 6.01 2014 up 9.4% rising
28 Bhutan 6.01 2014 up 5.0% rising
29 Trinidad and Tobago 6 2014 up 7.9% rising
30 Libya 6 2014 up 9.3% rising
31 Pakistan 5.99 2014 up 6.4% rising
32 Cape Verde 5.95 2014 up 3.9% rising
33 Jordan 5.95 2014 up 4.4% rising
34 Antigua and Barbuda 5.94 2014 up 5.2% rising
35 Palestine, State of 5.93 2014 up 5.7% rising
36 Oman 5.91 2014 up 3.6% rising
37 Kazakhstan 5.9 2014 up 4.4% rising
38 Bahamas 5.9 2014 up 2.2% rising
39 Bangladesh 5.88 2014 up 6.4% rising
40 South Africa 5.85 2014 up 3.2% flat
41 Gabon 5.83 2014 up 1.7% rising
42 Brunei Darussalam 5.79 2014 down 2.0% flat
43 Barbados 5.79 2014 up 2.4% rising
44 Armenia 5.78 2014 up 4.9% rising
45 Republic of Moldova 5.78 2014 up 13.0% rising
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.75 2014 up 4.9% rising
47 Guyana 5.74 2014 up 5.6% rising
48 China 5.73 2014 up 11.7% rising
49 Tajikistan 5.72 2014 up 7.7% rising
50 Uzbekistan 5.71 2014 up 10.5% rising
51 Saint Lucia 5.71 2014 up 7.0% rising
52 Botswana 5.71 2014 up 2.2% rising
53 United Arab Emirates 5.71 2014 down 7.6% rising
54 Grenada 5.7 2014 up 5.4% rising
55 Lebanon 5.69 2014 up 9.1% rising
56 Uruguay 5.67 2014 up 5.8% rising
57 Jamaica 5.66 2014 up 3.0% rising
58 Tunisia 5.66 2014 up 4.5% rising
59 Congo 5.66 2014 up 2.7% rising
60 Angola 5.64 2014 up 5.4% rising
61 Guatemala 5.63 2014 down 0.2% rising
62 Mexico 5.62 2014 down 3.2% rising
63 Eswatini 5.62 2014 up 2.8% rising
64 Cuba 5.61 2014 up 4.0% rising
65 Namibia 5.61 2014 up 1.2% rising
66 United States of America 5.6 2014 up 3.5% rising
67 Malaysia 5.58 2014 up 0.9% rising
68 Kyrgyzstan 5.56 2014 up 5.0% rising
69 Egypt 5.56 2014 up 6.0% rising
70 Panama 5.55 2014 up 1.6% rising
71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.55 2014 up 3.4% rising
72 Syrian Arab Republic 5.53 2014 up 4.3% rising
73 Belize 5.53 2014 up 3.7% rising
74 Russian Federation 5.5 2014 up 3.8% rising
75 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.5 2014 up 4.6% rising
76 Algeria 5.5 2014 up 1.8% rising
77 Lithuania 5.49 2014 up 4.0% rising
78 Morocco 5.48 2014 up 1.7% rising
79 Gambia 5.48 2014 up 3.3% flat
80 Denmark 5.47 2014 up 3.9% rising
81 Iraq 5.47 2014 up 4.2% rising
82 Mongolia 5.44 2014 up 3.7% rising
83 Sri Lanka 5.43 2014 up 5.5% rising
84 Slovakia 5.39 2014 up 4.8% rising
85 Dominican Republic 5.38 2014 up 9.4% rising
86 Latvia 5.36 2014 up 3.1% rising
87 Yemen 5.36 2014 up 4.1% rising
88 Belarus 5.36 2014 up 4.9% rising
89 Norway 5.35 2014 up 1.0% rising
90 Afghanistan 5.35 2014 up 6.1% rising
91 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.35 2014 up 3.5% flat
92 Colombia 5.34 2014 up 3.4% rising
93 Türkiye 5.33 2014 up 0.3% rising
94 India 5.33 2014 down 2.0% rising
95 Estonia 5.33 2014 up 5.0% rising
96 Nigeria 5.31 2014 down 3.4% rising
97 Slovenia 5.31 2014 up 3.6% rising
98 Ukraine 5.31 2014 up 3.6% rising
99 New Zealand 5.31 2014 up 1.9% rising
100 Senegal 5.3 2014 up 0.5% flat
101 Argentina 5.3 2014 up 4.7% flat
102 Chile 5.29 2014 up 2.8% rising
103 Finland 5.28 2014 up 1.2% rising
104 Bulgaria 5.27 2014 up 3.7% rising
105 El Salvador 5.27 2014 down 1.4% rising
106 Chad 5.25 2014 up 2.1% rising
107 Switzerland 5.24 2014 up 0.8% rising
108 Brazil 5.24 2014 up 1.2% rising
109 Republic of Korea 5.23 2014 down 0.1% rising
110 Romania 5.23 2014 up 2.4% rising
111 Ecuador 5.22 2014 up 2.5% rising
112 Sao Tome and Principe 5.21 2014 down 0.5% flat
113 Czechia 5.18 2014 down 0.5% flat
114 Hungary 5.18 2014 up 2.8% flat
115 Lesotho 5.18 2014 down 2.1% flat
116 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.18 2014 down 0.9% flat
117 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.17 2014 up 2.6% rising
118 Poland 5.17 2014 up 4.5% flat
119 Croatia 5.16 2014 up 2.3% rising
120 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.16 2014 up 6.9% rising
121 Honduras 5.15 2014 up 0.9% rising
122 Zimbabwe 5.14 2014 down 1.3% flat
123 Nepal 5.14 2014 up 0.5% rising
124 Kenya 5.14 2014 up 0.0% flat
125 Philippines 5.13 2014 up 3.3% flat
126 Djibouti 5.13 2014 down 3.7% falling
127 Iceland 5.11 2014 down 0.8% flat
128 Japan 5.11 2014 down 3.6% flat
129 Burkina Faso 5.11 2014 up 1.4% rising
130 Zambia 5.11 2014 down 2.2% falling
131 Paraguay 5.11 2014 up 1.0% rising
132 Indonesia 5.1 2014 up 2.6% rising
133 Mali 5.1 2014 up 0.6% flat
134 Andorra 5.09 2014 down 3.5% flat
135 Luxembourg 5.08 2014 up 2.0% rising
136 Mauritania 5.08 2014 down 0.5% flat
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.07 2014 up 0.5% rising
138 Sudan 5.07 2014 down 1.5% flat
139 Serbia 5.07 2014 up 3.5% flat
140 North Macedonia 5.07 2014 up 1.5% flat
141 Naoero 5.07 2014 down 10.9% falling
142 Belgium 5.07 2014 up 0.6% flat
143 Sierra Leone 5.06 2014 up 1.3% flat
144 Guinea-Bissau 5.06 2014 up 0.0% flat
145 Côte d'Ivoire 5.05 2014 down 0.7% flat
146 Madagascar 5.05 2014 down 0.7% flat
147 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.04 2014 up 2.9% flat
148 Peru 5.04 2014 up 4.9% flat
149 Germany 5.04 2014 down 1.0% flat
150 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 5.03 2014 up 1.4% flat
151 Haiti 5.02 2014 up 3.8% rising
152 Montenegro 5.02 2014 up 1.0% flat
153 Greece 5.02 2014 down 3.9% rising
154 Australia 5.01 2014 down 2.0% flat
155 Albania 5.01 2014 up 2.1% rising
156 Israel 5 2014 down 2.9% flat
157 Austria 5 2014 up 3.2% flat
158 Nicaragua 4.99 2014 down 0.4% rising
159 Netherlands 4.98 2014 up 2.2% flat
160 Italy 4.95 2014 down 2.8% flat
161 Malta 4.94 2014 down 4.5% flat
162 Thailand 4.94 2014 down 3.5% flat
163 Costa Rica 4.94 2014 down 7.5% rising
164 Cyprus 4.93 2014 down 3.4% rising
165 Ethiopia 4.91 2014 up 0.1% flat
166 Niger 4.91 2014 down 0.3% flat
167 France 4.9 2014 down 1.8% flat
168 Canada 4.88 2014 down 3.6% flat
169 Spain 4.88 2014 down 8.2% rising
170 Ireland 4.87 2014 up 1.2% rising
171 Maldives 4.85 2014 down 0.4% flat
172 Myanmar 4.84 2014 up 0.5% rising
173 Malawi 4.83 2014 down 3.1% falling
174 Singapore 4.79 2014 down 8.7% falling
175 Sweden 4.77 2014 down 2.5% falling
176 Uganda 4.74 2014 up 2.6% rising
177 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.71 2014 down 8.3% falling
178 Somalia 4.7 2014 down 2.6% falling
179 Viet Nam 4.68 2014 down 7.0% falling
180 Benin 4.66 2014 down 7.5% falling
181 Timor-Leste 4.66 2014 up 0.6% flat
182 Guinea 4.64 2014 down 3.7% falling
183 Ghana 4.62 2014 down 3.6% falling
184 Togo 4.55 2014 down 7.5% falling
185 Cambodia 4.47 2014 down 2.3% flat
186 Eritrea 4.44 2014 down 8.0% falling
187 Rwanda 4.39 2014 down 3.3% flat
188 Burundi 4.38 2014 down 0.2% rising
189 Comoros 4.36 2014 down 8.4% falling
190 Mozambique 4.3 2014 down 1.5% falling
191 Portugal 3.12 2014 down 29.8% falling

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

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Indicator
Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) (age-standardized estimate)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
192 places, 6,720 data points, 1980–2014
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