Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized by country
Countries reporting
190
Highest
4.2
Malaysia
Lowest
2.5
Malawi
Median
3.3
Years covered
39
1980–2018
Data points
7,878
What the numbers show
Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 4.2 in Malaysia; the lowest is 2.5 in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.3, and the mean is 3.3.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 11.4%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 16.7%).
Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 4.2 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Philippines | 4 | 2018 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 4 | 2018 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 4 | Guyana | 3.9 | 2018 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 4 | Lebanon | 3.9 | 2018 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 6 | Brunei | 3.8 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Ecuador | 3.8 | 2018 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 6 | Fiji | 3.8 | 2018 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 6 | Mexico | 3.8 | 2018 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 6 | Singapore | 3.8 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 6 | Tonga | 3.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 3.7 | 2018 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 3.7 | 2018 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 12 | France | 3.7 | 2018 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 12 | Honduras | 3.7 | 2018 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 12 | Croatia | 3.7 | 2018 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 12 | Kuwait | 3.7 | 2018 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 12 | Lithuania | 3.7 | 2018 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 12 | Latvia | 3.7 | 2018 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 12 | Malta | 3.7 | 2018 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 12 | Myanmar | 3.7 | 2018 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 3.7 | 2018 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 12 | Mauritius | 3.7 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Panama | 3.7 | 2018 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 3.7 | 2018 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 12 | Serbia | 3.7 | 2018 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 12 | Seychelles | 3.7 | 2018 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 12 | Samoa | 3.7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Cook Islands | 3.7 | 2018 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 30 | Albania | 3.6 | 2018 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 30 | Andorra | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Austria | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 3.6 | 2018 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 3.6 | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 30 | Estonia | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Hungary | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Indonesia | 3.6 | 2018 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 30 | Jamaica | 3.6 | 2018 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 30 | Jordan | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Montenegro | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 3.6 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Portugal | 3.6 | 2018 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 30 | Romania | 3.6 | 2018 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 30 | Russia | 3.6 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 30 | Slovakia | 3.6 | 2018 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 30 | Slovenia | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Ukraine | 3.6 | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Uruguay | 3.6 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 3.6 | 2018 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 3.6 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 3.5 | 2018 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 52 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.5 | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 52 | Bahamas | 3.5 | 2018 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 52 | Cyprus | 3.5 | 2018 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 52 | Czechia | 3.5 | 2018 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 52 | Dominica | 3.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Finland | 3.5 | 2018 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 52 | Micronesia (country) | 3.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Greece | 3.5 | 2018 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 52 | Grenada | 3.5 | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 52 | Guatemala | 3.5 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Haiti | 3.5 | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 52 | Iraq | 3.5 | 2018 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 52 | Italy | 3.5 | 2018 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.5 | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 3.5 | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 52 | Maldives | 3.5 | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 52 | Norway | 3.5 | 2018 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 52 | Poland | 3.5 | 2018 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 52 | Paraguay | 3.5 | 2018 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 52 | El Salvador | 3.5 | 2018 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Vietnam | 3.5 | 2018 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 75 | Argentina | 3.4 | 2018 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 75 | Belize | 3.4 | 2018 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 75 | Brazil | 3.4 | 2018 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 75 | Switzerland | 3.4 | 2018 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 3.4 | 2018 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 75 | Germany | 3.4 | 2018 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 75 | Israel | 3.4 | 2018 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 75 | Japan | 3.4 | 2018 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 75 | South Korea | 3.4 | 2018 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 3.4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | New Zealand | 3.4 | 2018 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 75 | Oman | 3.4 | 2018 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 75 | Peru | 3.4 | 2018 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 75 | North Korea | 3.4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 3.4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Sweden | 3.4 | 2018 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 75 | Syria | 3.4 | 2018 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 75 | Tuvalu | 3.4 | 2018 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 75 | Yemen | 3.4 | 2018 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 75 | Niue | 3.4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 3.3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Bahrain | 3.3 | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.3 | 2018 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 95 | Bolivia | 3.3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Barbados | 3.3 | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 95 | China | 3.3 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Cuba | 3.3 | 2018 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 95 | Algeria | 3.3 | 2018 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 95 | Egypt | 3.3 | 2018 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 95 | Spain | 3.3 | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 3.3 | 2018 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 3.3 | 2018 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 95 | Cambodia | 3.3 | 2018 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 95 | Kiribati | 3.3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Laos | 3.3 | 2018 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 3.3 | 2018 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 3.3 | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 95 | Marshall Islands | 3.3 | 2018 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 95 | Netherlands | 3.3 | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 3.3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Turkey | 3.3 | 2018 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 95 | United States | 3.3 | 2018 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 117 | Armenia | 3.2 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 117 | Australia | 3.2 | 2018 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 117 | Belarus | 3.2 | 2018 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 117 | Canada | 3.2 | 2018 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 117 | Denmark | 3.2 | 2018 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 117 | India | 3.2 | 2018 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 117 | Ireland | 3.2 | 2018 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 117 | Iran | 3.2 | 2018 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.2 | 2018 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 117 | Moldova | 3.2 | 2018 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 117 | Nepal | 3.2 | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 117 | Palau | 3.2 | 2018 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 117 | East Timor | 3.2 | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 117 | Tanzania | 3.2 | 2018 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.2 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Venezuela | 3.2 | 2018 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 133 | Afghanistan | 3.1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Belgium | 3.1 | 2018 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 3.1 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Georgia | 3.1 | 2018 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 133 | Iceland | 3.1 | 2018 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 3.1 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 133 | Libya | 3.1 | 2018 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 133 | Nauru | 3.1 | 2018 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 133 | Pakistan | 3.1 | 2018 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 133 | Sudan | 3.1 | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 133 | Somalia | 3.1 | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 133 | Tunisia | 3.1 | 2018 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 145 | Benin | 3 | 2018 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 145 | Bhutan | 3 | 2018 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 145 | Eritrea | 3 | 2018 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 145 | Mozambique | 3 | 2018 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 145 | Mauritania | 3 | 2018 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 145 | Qatar | 3 | 2018 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | South Africa | 3 | 2018 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 153 | Cameroon | 2.9 | 2018 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 2.9 | 2018 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 153 | Djibouti | 2.9 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 2.9 | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 153 | Guinea | 2.9 | 2018 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 153 | Gambia | 2.9 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Madagascar | 2.9 | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 153 | Mali | 2.9 | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 153 | Senegal | 2.9 | 2018 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 2.8 | 2018 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 162 | Burundi | 2.8 | 2018 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 2.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Congo | 2.8 | 2018 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 162 | Cape Verde | 2.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Gabon | 2.8 | 2018 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.8 | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.8 | 2018 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 162 | Kenya | 2.8 | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 162 | Liberia | 2.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Morocco | 2.8 | 2018 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 162 | Namibia | 2.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Niger | 2.8 | 2018 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 2.8 | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 162 | Eswatini | 2.8 | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 162 | Chad | 2.8 | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 162 | Togo | 2.8 | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 162 | Uganda | 2.8 | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 162 | Zimbabwe | 2.8 | 2018 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 183 | Botswana | 2.7 | 2018 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Zambia | 2.7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Burkina Faso | 2.6 | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 186 | Nigeria | 2.6 | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 186 | Rwanda | 2.6 | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 189 | Lesotho | 2.5 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 189 | Malawi | 2.5 | 2018 | up 8.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe (WHO region) 3.5
- Americas (WHO region) 3.4
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 3.4
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 3.4
- High income (World Bank) 3.4
- World 3.3
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 3.3
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 3.3
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 3.2
- Low income (World Bank) 3
- Africa (WHO region) 2.9