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Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) (crude estimate) by country

Countries reporting
179
Highest
6.7
Samoa
Lowest
4.6
Cambodia
Median
5.4
Years covered
30
1980–2009
Data points
5,400

What the numbers show

Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) (crude estimate) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 6.7 in Samoa; the lowest is 4.6 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.4, and the mean is 5.4.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 13.6%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 7.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Samoa 6.7 2009 up 13.6% rising
2 Saudi Arabia 6.4 2009 up 8.5% rising
2 Tonga 6.4 2009 up 12.3% rising
4 Micronesia, Federated States of 6.3 2009 up 8.6% rising
5 Solomon Islands 6.2 2009 up 8.8% rising
6 Barbados 6.1 2009 up 7.0% rising
6 Fiji 6.1 2009 up 8.9% rising
6 Jordan 6.1 2009 up 3.4% rising
9 Papua New Guinea 6 2009 up 7.1% rising
10 Bahamas 5.9 2009 up 7.3% rising
10 Cape Verde 5.9 2009 up 7.3% rising
10 Guatemala 5.9 2009 up 5.4% rising
10 Mexico 5.9 2009 up 5.4% rising
10 Pakistan 5.9 2009 up 7.3% rising
15 Bhutan 5.8 2009 up 5.5% rising
15 Cuba 5.8 2009 up 9.4% rising
15 Guyana 5.8 2009 up 7.4% rising
15 Jamaica 5.8 2009 up 7.4% rising
15 Trinidad and Tobago 5.8 2009 up 7.4% rising
20 United Arab Emirates 5.7 2009 down 1.7% rising
20 Armenia 5.7 2009 up 1.8% rising
20 Azerbaijan 5.7 2009 up 3.6% rising
20 Grenada 5.7 2009 up 5.6% rising
20 Kuwait 5.7 2009 up 7.5% rising
20 Libya 5.7 2009 up 5.6% rising
20 Seychelles 5.7 2009 up 1.8% rising
20 Tunisia 5.7 2009 up 1.8% rising
20 United States of America 5.7 2009 up 3.6% rising
20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.7 2009 up 5.6% rising
30 Bahrain 5.6 2009 up 3.7% rising
30 Belize 5.6 2009 up 5.7% rising
30 Cameroon 5.6 2009 up 9.8% rising
30 Spain 5.6 2009 up 5.7% rising
30 Georgia 5.6 2009 up 1.8% rising
30 Gambia 5.6 2009 up 3.7% rising
30 Iraq 5.6 2009 unchanged rising
30 Saint Lucia 5.6 2009 up 5.7% rising
30 Lesotho 5.6 2009 up 1.8% rising
30 Republic of Moldova 5.6 2009 up 1.8% flat
30 Malta 5.6 2009 up 1.8% rising
30 Malaysia 5.6 2009 up 1.8% rising
30 Panama 5.6 2009 up 5.7% rising
30 Russian Federation 5.6 2009 up 1.8% flat
30 Eswatini 5.6 2009 up 1.8% rising
30 Syrian Arab Republic 5.6 2009 unchanged rising
30 South Africa 5.6 2009 up 1.8% rising
47 Argentina 5.5 2009 up 1.9% rising
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.5 2009 down 1.8% rising
47 Belarus 5.5 2009 up 1.9% flat
47 Canada 5.5 2009 up 3.8% rising
47 China 5.5 2009 up 5.8% flat
47 Costa Rica 5.5 2009 up 3.8% rising
47 Greece 5.5 2009 up 1.9% flat
47 India 5.5 2009 up 3.8% rising
47 Israel 5.5 2009 unchanged flat
47 Kazakhstan 5.5 2009 unchanged rising
47 Lebanon 5.5 2009 unchanged rising
47 Lithuania 5.5 2009 up 1.9% flat
47 Morocco 5.5 2009 up 1.9% rising
47 Mauritius 5.5 2009 unchanged rising
47 Nigeria 5.5 2009 up 1.9% rising
47 Norway 5.5 2009 up 1.9% rising
47 New Zealand 5.5 2009 up 1.9% rising
47 Oman 5.5 2009 up 1.9% rising
47 Qatar 5.5 2009 unchanged rising
47 El Salvador 5.5 2009 up 1.9% rising
47 Ukraine 5.5 2009 unchanged flat
47 Uruguay 5.5 2009 up 3.8% rising
47 Uzbekistan 5.5 2009 unchanged rising
47 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.5 2009 up 3.8% rising
71 Australia 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Bangladesh 5.4 2009 up 5.9% rising
71 Bulgaria 5.4 2009 unchanged flat
71 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Brazil 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Chile 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Czechia 5.4 2009 down 1.8% flat
71 Germany 5.4 2009 unchanged flat
71 Ecuador 5.4 2009 up 1.9% flat
71 Finland 5.4 2009 unchanged flat
71 Gabon 5.4 2009 up 3.8% rising
71 Ghana 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.4 2009 unchanged rising
71 Kyrgyzstan 5.4 2009 unchanged flat
71 Latvia 5.4 2009 unchanged flat
71 Paraguay 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Senegal 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Sierra Leone 5.4 2009 up 3.8% rising
71 Sao Tome and Principe 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Slovakia 5.4 2009 unchanged flat
71 Slovenia 5.4 2009 unchanged flat
71 Turkmenistan 5.4 2009 up 1.9% rising
71 Türkiye 5.4 2009 unchanged rising
71 Yemen 5.4 2009 unchanged rising
95 Afghanistan 5.3 2009 up 3.9% rising
95 Albania 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Belgium 5.3 2009 up 1.9% flat
95 Botswana 5.3 2009 up 1.9% rising
95 Switzerland 5.3 2009 up 1.9% rising
95 Côte d'Ivoire 5.3 2009 up 1.9% rising
95 Cyprus 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Djibouti 5.3 2009 up 1.9% rising
95 Denmark 5.3 2009 up 1.9% flat
95 Dominican Republic 5.3 2009 up 10.4% rising
95 Algeria 5.3 2009 down 1.9% rising
95 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Croatia 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Haiti 5.3 2009 up 6.0% rising
95 Hungary 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Iceland 5.3 2009 up 1.9% flat
95 Italy 5.3 2009 up 1.9% flat
95 Japan 5.3 2009 unchanged rising
95 Sri Lanka 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Luxembourg 5.3 2009 up 1.9% flat
95 North Macedonia 5.3 2009 down 1.9% flat
95 Mali 5.3 2009 up 3.9% rising
95 Montenegro 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Mongolia 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Namibia 5.3 2009 up 1.9% rising
95 Nepal 5.3 2009 up 3.9% rising
95 Romania 5.3 2009 down 1.9% flat
95 Serbia 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
95 Sweden 5.3 2009 down 1.9% flat
95 Tajikistan 5.3 2009 up 1.9% flat
95 Vanuatu 5.3 2009 up 12.8% rising
95 Zimbabwe 5.3 2009 unchanged flat
127 Angola 5.2 2009 up 4.0% rising
127 Austria 5.2 2009 up 4.0% rising
127 Burkina Faso 5.2 2009 up 2.0% rising
127 Estonia 5.2 2009 unchanged flat
127 France 5.2 2009 down 1.9% flat
127 Guinea 5.2 2009 up 2.0% rising
127 Guinea-Bissau 5.2 2009 up 2.0% rising
127 Equatorial Guinea 5.2 2009 up 4.0% rising
127 Honduras 5.2 2009 unchanged flat
127 Ireland 5.2 2009 unchanged flat
127 Republic of Korea 5.2 2009 down 5.5% flat
127 Liberia 5.2 2009 up 2.0% rising
127 Mauritania 5.2 2009 unchanged rising
127 Nicaragua 5.2 2009 up 2.0% flat
127 Portugal 5.2 2009 unchanged flat
127 Singapore 5.2 2009 down 5.5% falling
127 Chad 5.2 2009 up 4.0% rising
127 Togo 5.2 2009 up 2.0% rising
127 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.2 2009 down 1.9% flat
146 Central African Republic 5.1 2009 up 2.0% rising
146 Congo 5.1 2009 up 2.0% rising
146 Mozambique 5.1 2009 unchanged rising
146 Niger 5.1 2009 up 2.0% rising
146 Poland 5.1 2009 down 1.9% flat
146 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 5.1 2009 unchanged flat
146 Sudan 5.1 2009 unchanged rising
146 Thailand 5.1 2009 down 3.8% flat
146 Viet Nam 5.1 2009 down 3.8% flat
146 Zambia 5.1 2009 down 1.9% flat
156 Benin 5 2009 down 2.0% flat
156 Brunei Darussalam 5 2009 down 2.0% flat
156 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5 2009 up 2.0% rising
156 Comoros 5 2009 unchanged flat
156 Egypt 5 2009 down 7.4% flat
156 Indonesia 5 2009 down 2.0% flat
156 Kenya 5 2009 unchanged flat
156 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5 2009 down 2.0% flat
156 Maldives 5 2009 down 3.8% flat
156 Myanmar 5 2009 down 2.0% flat
156 Netherlands 5 2009 unchanged flat
156 Somalia 5 2009 unchanged flat
168 Colombia 4.9 2009 down 2.0% flat
168 Eritrea 4.9 2009 down 2.0% flat
168 Ethiopia 4.9 2009 unchanged flat
168 Madagascar 4.9 2009 down 2.0% flat
168 Malawi 4.9 2009 down 3.9% flat
168 Peru 4.9 2009 down 2.0% flat
168 Philippines 4.9 2009 down 3.9% flat
168 Timor-Leste 4.9 2009 down 2.0% flat
176 Uganda 4.8 2009 unchanged flat
177 Burundi 4.7 2009 unchanged rising
177 Rwanda 4.7 2009 unchanged rising
179 Cambodia 4.6 2009 down 4.2% 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) (crude estimate)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
180 places, 5,400 data points, 1980–2009
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