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Mean systolic blood pressure (age-standardized estimate) by country

Countries reporting
189
Highest
133.4
Niger
Lowest
111.2
Korea
Median
124.7
Years covered
41
1975–2015
Data points
7,872

What the numbers show

Mean systolic blood pressure (age-standardized estimate) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 133.4 in Niger; the lowest is 111.2 in Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 124.7, and the mean is 123.78.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 3.2%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 4.8%).

Mean systolic blood pressure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 133.4 2015 up 0.6% rising
2 Guinea 132.8 2015 up 0.8% rising
3 Malawi 132.5 2015 up 2.2% rising
4 Mozambique 132.3 2015 up 0.9% rising
5 Sao Tome and Principe 131.4 2015 down 0.6% flat
6 Tanzania, United Republic of 131.2 2015 up 2.3% rising
7 Gambia 131 2015 up 0.5% flat
8 Vanuatu 130.7 2015 up 1.5% rising
9 Palau 130.6 2015 up 2.4% flat
10 Sierra Leone 130.2 2015 down 0.7% flat
11 Zambia 130 2015 up 1.5% flat
12 Republic of Moldova 129.9 2015 up 1.0% flat
13 Lesotho 129.6 2015 up 0.6% flat
14 Madagascar 129.5 2015 up 0.9% rising
14 Chad 129.5 2015 up 0.3% flat
16 Albania 129.4 2015 up 0.4% flat
16 Central African Republic 129.4 2015 up 0.6% flat
16 Somalia 129.4 2015 up 0.9% flat
19 Botswana 129.3 2015 down 0.6% flat
20 Cape Verde 129.2 2015 down 1.2% flat
20 Liberia 129.2 2015 down 0.2% flat
22 Comoros 129.1 2015 up 1.2% flat
23 Burundi 128.9 2015 up 2.1% rising
23 Libya 128.9 2015 down 0.9% flat
25 Eswatini 128.7 2015 up 0.6% flat
25 Zimbabwe 128.7 2015 down 0.3% flat
27 Senegal 128.6 2015 down 0.5% flat
28 Kenya 128.5 2015 up 1.8% rising
29 Angola 128.4 2015 up 0.1% flat
29 Armenia 128.4 2015 down 0.5% flat
29 Tonga 128.4 2015 up 3.2% flat
32 Guinea-Bissau 128.3 2015 down 0.5% flat
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 128.2 2015 down 1.0% flat
34 Côte d'Ivoire 128 2015 down 0.8% flat
34 Congo 128 2015 down 0.9% flat
36 Mauritania 127.9 2015 down 1.1% flat
37 Equatorial Guinea 127.8 2015 up 0.2% flat
38 Fiji 127.6 2015 up 1.4% flat
39 Georgia 127.5 2015 up 0.2% flat
39 Croatia 127.5 2015 down 0.1% flat
39 Ukraine 127.5 2015 down 0.7% flat
42 Turkmenistan 127.4 2015 up 0.7% flat
43 Pakistan 127.3 2015 up 1.8% flat
43 Tajikistan 127.3 2015 up 1.2% flat
45 Ethiopia 127.2 2015 up 2.3% rising
45 Saint Kitts and Nevis 127.2 2015 up 1.3% flat
47 Lithuania 127.1 2015 down 1.5% falling
48 Slovenia 127 2015 down 0.5% flat
49 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 126.9 2015 up 0.1% flat
49 Uzbekistan 126.9 2015 up 3.0% flat
51 Grenada 126.8 2015 up 1.7% flat
51 Kyrgyzstan 126.8 2015 up 1.4% flat
51 Mali 126.8 2015 down 0.2% flat
54 Djibouti 126.7 2015 down 0.9% flat
55 Tuvalu 126.6 2015 up 1.4% flat
56 Cameroon 126.5 2015 up 0.4% flat
56 Dominica 126.5 2015 down 0.2% flat
56 Mongolia 126.5 2015 down 0.2% flat
56 Mauritius 126.5 2015 up 1.6% flat
60 Yemen 126.4 2015 down 0.2% flat
61 Iraq 126.3 2015 down 1.6% flat
61 Malaysia 126.3 2015 up 0.4% flat
61 Rwanda 126.3 2015 up 0.6% rising
64 Azerbaijan 126.2 2015 up 0.2% flat
64 Bhutan 126.2 2015 up 1.3% rising
64 Togo 126.2 2015 down 0.8% flat
67 Egypt 126.1 2015 down 0.4% flat
67 Romania 126.1 2015 unchanged flat
67 Serbia 126.1 2015 down 1.3% flat
67 Uganda 126.1 2015 up 1.4% rising
71 Kazakhstan 126 2015 unchanged flat
72 Indonesia 125.9 2015 down 0.2% flat
72 Niue 125.9 2015 up 1.7% flat
74 Saint Lucia 125.8 2015 up 1.8% flat
74 North Macedonia 125.8 2015 down 1.0% flat
76 Maldives 125.6 2015 up 1.6% rising
76 Seychelles 125.6 2015 up 0.1% flat
78 Benin 125.5 2015 down 1.6% flat
78 Belarus 125.5 2015 down 1.5% flat
78 Gabon 125.5 2015 down 1.6% flat
81 Montenegro 125.3 2015 down 1.3% flat
81 Namibia 125.3 2015 down 2.0% flat
83 Papua New Guinea 125.2 2015 up 2.5% rising
83 Samoa 125.2 2015 up 2.1% flat
85 Afghanistan 125.1 2015 up 1.1% rising
85 Burkina Faso 125.1 2015 down 1.6% flat
85 Bulgaria 125.1 2015 down 1.4% falling
85 Hungary 125.1 2015 down 1.8% falling
85 Cook Islands 125.1 2015 up 0.2% flat
90 Latvia 125 2015 down 1.3% falling
90 Nepal 125 2015 up 1.8% rising
90 Solomon Islands 125 2015 up 2.3% rising
93 Micronesia, Federated States of 124.9 2015 up 2.8% flat
93 Syrian Arab Republic 124.9 2015 down 1.8% flat
95 Barbados 124.7 2015 up 0.1% flat
95 Timor-Leste 124.7 2015 up 1.0% flat
97 Estonia 124.5 2015 up 0.3% falling
98 Morocco 124.4 2015 down 1.4% flat
99 Brazil 124.3 2015 down 0.2% falling
99 Haiti 124.3 2015 up 0.2% flat
99 India 124.3 2015 up 0.1% flat
102 Algeria 124.2 2015 down 2.4% flat
103 Guyana 124 2015 up 1.2% flat
104 Sri Lanka 123.7 2015 up 1.4% flat
105 Jamaica 123.4 2015 up 0.4% flat
106 Poland 123.3 2015 down 2.2% falling
107 Antigua and Barbuda 123.2 2015 up 1.4% flat
107 Trinidad and Tobago 123.2 2015 up 2.4% flat
109 Mexico 123.1 2015 up 0.8% flat
109 Myanmar 123.1 2015 up 0.9% flat
109 South Africa 123.1 2015 down 2.1% flat
112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 122.9 2015 unchanged flat
113 Russia 122.7 2015 down 2.5% falling
114 Oman 122.6 2015 down 2.4% flat
114 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 122.6 2015 down 0.2% flat
114 Paraguay 122.6 2015 up 0.1% flat
117 Ghana 122.5 2015 down 2.2% flat
117 Nicaragua 122.5 2015 unchanged flat
119 Kiribati 122.4 2015 up 1.9% flat
120 Dominican Republic 122.2 2015 down 0.9% flat
121 Tunisia 122.1 2015 down 2.5% falling
122 Naoero 122 2015 down 0.4% falling
123 Nigeria 121.8 2015 down 3.1% flat
124 Panama 121.7 2015 up 0.1% flat
125 Eritrea 121.6 2015 up 0.6% flat
126 China (People’s Republic of) 121.5 2015 up 1.8% flat
126 Norway 121.5 2015 down 2.9% falling
128 Belgium 121.2 2015 down 0.3% falling
129 Bahamas 121 2015 down 1.0% falling
129 Czechia 121 2015 down 1.4% falling
131 Honduras 120.9 2015 up 0.3% flat
131 Lao People's Democratic Republic 120.9 2015 down 0.4% flat
133 Viet Nam 120.7 2015 up 0.8% flat
134 Argentina 120.5 2015 down 0.1% flat
134 Kuwait 120.5 2015 down 3.4% falling
134 Thailand 120.5 2015 up 0.8% flat
137 Marshall Islands 120.4 2015 up 1.1% flat
137 Netherlands 120.4 2015 down 2.2% flat
139 Lebanon 120.3 2015 down 2.5% falling
139 Luxembourg 120.3 2015 down 2.4% falling
139 Uruguay 120.3 2015 down 1.6% falling
142 Costa Rica 120.2 2015 down 0.5% flat
143 Austria 120.1 2015 down 2.4% falling
143 Slovak Republic 120.1 2015 down 2.3% falling
145 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 120 2015 down 0.3% flat
145 Philippines 120 2015 up 2.0% flat
147 Guatemala 119.9 2015 up 0.8% flat
148 Bahrain 119.8 2015 down 2.2% falling
149 Chile 119.7 2015 down 1.2% falling
150 Italy 119.6 2015 down 3.0% falling
151 Saudi Arabia 119.4 2015 down 3.5% falling
152 Denmark 119.3 2015 down 2.3% falling
153 Bangladesh 119.2 2015 down 1.6% flat
153 Ecuador 119.2 2015 up 0.1% flat
155 Colombia 119.1 2015 down 0.5% flat
155 Jordan 119.1 2015 down 2.1% falling
157 Finland 119 2015 down 3.0% falling
158 Malta 118.9 2015 down 3.6% falling
159 Belize 118.8 2015 up 0.5% flat
159 Brunei Darussalam 118.8 2015 down 0.9% flat
161 Qatar 118.7 2015 down 4.3% falling
162 United Arab Emirates 118.6 2015 down 2.3% falling
162 El Salvador 118.6 2015 down 0.2% flat
164 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 118.5 2015 down 2.9% falling
165 Ireland 118.3 2015 down 3.3% flat
165 Portugal 118.3 2015 down 4.8% falling
167 Iran, Islamic Republic of 118.2 2015 down 1.9% falling
168 Cyprus 118.1 2015 down 2.2% falling
169 Cambodia 118 2015 unchanged flat
169 Türkiye 118 2015 down 4.8% falling
171 Sweden 117.7 2015 down 3.7% falling
172 Cuba 117.6 2015 down 1.3% falling
173 United States 117.3 2015 up 0.9% falling
174 United Kingdom 117.2 2015 down 4.6% falling
175 Andorra 117 2015 down 3.1% falling
176 Spain 116.9 2015 down 2.1% falling
176 France 116.9 2015 down 2.5% falling
176 New Zealand 116.9 2015 down 2.0% falling
179 Germany 116.8 2015 down 4.3% falling
179 Greece 116.8 2015 down 2.3% falling
179 Japan 116.8 2015 down 1.7% falling
182 Israel 116.6 2015 down 3.2% falling
183 Peru 115.9 2015 up 0.2% falling
184 Iceland 115.7 2015 down 1.6% falling
184 Singapore 115.7 2015 down 3.1% falling
186 Australia 115.5 2015 down 2.2% falling
187 Switzerland 115.3 2015 down 2.8% falling
188 Canada 111.3 2015 down 4.0% falling
189 Korea 111.2 2015 down 4.0% falling

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Mean systolic blood pressure (age-standardized estimate)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
192 places, 7,872 data points, 1975–2015
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