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Mean systolic blood pressure (crude estimate) by country

Countries reporting
179
Highest
136.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
115.8
United Arab Emirates
Median
126.1
Years covered
30
1980–2009
Data points
5,400

What the numbers show

Mean systolic blood pressure (crude estimate) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 136.1 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 115.8 in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 126.1, and the mean is 125.88.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 4.1%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (down 4.5%).

Mean systolic blood pressure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 136.1 2009 up 1.0% flat
2 Ukraine 134.2 2009 up 0.1% flat
3 Armenia 134.1 2009 up 0.5% flat
3 Croatia 134.1 2009 down 0.7% flat
5 Lithuania 133.7 2009 down 0.2% flat
6 Niger 133.3 2009 up 3.5% rising
7 Estonia 133.2 2009 down 0.3% falling
7 Georgia 133.2 2009 up 0.1% flat
9 Nigeria 133 2009 up 1.3% flat
10 Latvia 132.7 2009 down 0.5% falling
11 Serbia 132.6 2009 down 0.9% flat
12 Slovenia 132.5 2009 down 0.5% flat
13 Republic of Moldova 132.3 2009 up 1.0% flat
13 Mozambique 132.3 2009 up 2.6% rising
13 Sierra Leone 132.3 2009 up 1.2% flat
16 Sao Tome and Principe 132.1 2009 up 0.8% flat
17 Poland 132 2009 down 0.2% flat
18 Montenegro 131.9 2009 up 0.8% flat
19 Bulgaria 131.7 2009 down 1.2% flat
20 Belarus 131.6 2009 down 0.2% flat
21 Romania 131.5 2009 down 0.7% flat
22 Hungary 131.2 2009 down 1.4% flat
22 North Macedonia 131.2 2009 down 0.4% flat
24 Malawi 130.9 2009 up 3.2% rising
25 Slovakia 130.7 2009 down 1.0% flat
26 Russian Federation 130.5 2009 up 0.1% flat
27 Namibia 130.4 2009 up 1.2% flat
28 Morocco 130.3 2009 down 0.8% flat
28 Madagascar 130.3 2009 up 2.4% flat
30 Burundi 130.2 2009 up 2.0% rising
30 Mauritius 130.2 2009 up 1.1% flat
30 Portugal 130.2 2009 down 2.3% falling
33 Cape Verde 130.1 2009 up 0.3% flat
33 Libya 130.1 2009 up 0.7% flat
33 Rwanda 130.1 2009 up 2.0% flat
36 Albania 130 2009 up 0.8% flat
36 Finland 130 2009 down 2.0% falling
38 Uganda 129.9 2009 up 1.9% rising
39 Lesotho 129.6 2009 up 1.2% flat
40 Vanuatu 129.5 2009 up 2.1% rising
41 Botswana 129.3 2009 up 0.7% flat
42 Guinea 129.2 2009 up 1.2% flat
42 Equatorial Guinea 129.2 2009 up 0.2% flat
42 South Africa 129.2 2009 up 1.5% flat
45 Zimbabwe 129 2009 up 0.8% flat
46 Norway 128.9 2009 down 2.2% falling
47 Côte d'Ivoire 128.8 2009 up 0.6% flat
48 Eswatini 128.7 2009 up 1.3% flat
49 Tanzania, United Republic of 128.5 2009 up 2.5% rising
50 Czechia 128.4 2009 down 1.8% falling
51 Germany 128.3 2009 down 3.2% falling
51 Zambia 128.3 2009 up 2.6% flat
53 Comoros 128.2 2009 up 2.0% flat
53 Cuba 128.2 2009 up 2.1% flat
53 Kazakhstan 128.2 2009 down 0.4% flat
56 Congo 128.1 2009 down 0.2% flat
56 Italy 128.1 2009 down 1.8% falling
56 Senegal 128.1 2009 up 0.8% flat
59 Central African Republic 128 2009 up 0.9% flat
59 Guinea-Bissau 128 2009 up 1.0% flat
59 Kyrgyzstan 128 2009 up 1.1% flat
62 Gambia 127.9 2009 up 1.3% flat
62 Togo 127.9 2009 up 1.3% flat
64 Azerbaijan 127.8 2009 up 0.7% flat
64 Somalia 127.8 2009 up 1.9% flat
66 Gabon 127.7 2009 down 2.2% falling
66 Seychelles 127.7 2009 down 0.2% flat
68 Barbados 127.6 2009 up 1.5% flat
68 Tajikistan 127.6 2009 up 1.9% flat
70 Liberia 127.3 2009 up 1.1% flat
71 Algeria 127.2 2009 down 0.9% flat
71 Sudan 127.2 2009 up 1.8% flat
73 Mauritania 127.1 2009 up 0.9% flat
74 Burkina Faso 127 2009 up 1.0% flat
75 Sweden 126.8 2009 down 2.5% falling
75 Turkmenistan 126.8 2009 up 0.5% flat
77 Benin 126.7 2009 up 0.8% flat
77 Mongolia 126.7 2009 up 1.1% flat
79 Austria 126.6 2009 down 1.9% falling
80 Kenya 126.5 2009 up 2.3% flat
80 Uruguay 126.5 2009 down 0.4% flat
82 Malta 126.4 2009 down 2.8% falling
82 Tunisia 126.4 2009 down 1.3% flat
84 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 126.3 2009 up 1.1% flat
84 Greece 126.3 2009 down 1.7% falling
84 Guyana 126.3 2009 up 4.1% flat
84 Myanmar 126.3 2009 up 3.2% rising
88 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 126.2 2009 down 4.5% falling
88 Jamaica 126.2 2009 up 1.4% flat
90 Angola 126.1 2009 up 0.1% flat
91 Djibouti 126 2009 up 0.7% flat
91 Fiji 126 2009 up 1.4% flat
93 Bahrain 125.9 2009 down 1.6% flat
94 Chile 125.8 2009 up 0.1% flat
95 Grenada 125.4 2009 up 0.5% flat
95 Japan 125.4 2009 down 1.9% flat
95 Sri Lanka 125.4 2009 up 2.0% flat
95 Tonga 125.4 2009 up 1.7% rising
99 Ireland 125.3 2009 down 2.3% falling
100 Samoa 125.2 2009 up 2.9% rising
101 Dominican Republic 125.1 2009 up 0.7% flat
102 Mali 125 2009 up 0.3% flat
103 Indonesia 124.9 2009 up 0.8% flat
104 Ghana 124.8 2009 down 0.7% flat
104 Saint Lucia 124.8 2009 up 0.6% flat
106 Pakistan 124.7 2009 up 0.5% flat
106 Chad 124.7 2009 up 0.9% flat
108 China 124.6 2009 up 2.6% flat
109 Spain 124.5 2009 down 2.1% falling
109 Netherlands 124.5 2009 down 1.8% falling
109 Trinidad and Tobago 124.5 2009 up 1.5% flat
112 Cameroon 124.4 2009 up 1.2% flat
112 Ethiopia 124.4 2009 up 3.1% rising
114 Belgium 124.1 2009 down 3.9% falling
114 Cyprus 124.1 2009 down 2.4% falling
114 Lebanon 124.1 2009 down 3.0% flat
114 Nepal 124.1 2009 up 1.2% rising
114 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 124.1 2009 up 0.7% flat
119 Brazil 123.9 2009 down 0.7% falling
119 Micronesia, Federated States of 123.9 2009 up 2.1% flat
119 Haiti 123.9 2009 up 1.2% flat
122 Luxembourg 123.7 2009 down 3.5% falling
123 Bahamas 123.5 2009 down 0.2% falling
124 Bangladesh 123.4 2009 up 1.2% flat
125 Egypt 123.3 2009 down 0.5% flat
125 Oman 123.3 2009 down 1.4% flat
127 Bhutan 123.2 2009 down 0.5% rising
127 France 123.2 2009 down 3.4% falling
127 Iraq 123.2 2009 down 0.2% flat
127 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 123.2 2009 up 1.7% flat
127 Yemen 123.2 2009 unchanged flat
132 Syrian Arab Republic 123.1 2009 down 1.2% flat
133 Colombia 122.7 2009 up 1.8% flat
133 Singapore 122.7 2009 up 0.2% flat
135 Afghanistan 122.5 2009 up 1.0% flat
135 Denmark 122.5 2009 down 2.8% falling
135 Malaysia 122.5 2009 up 0.2% flat
138 Saudi Arabia 122.2 2009 down 0.5% falling
139 Switzerland 122.1 2009 down 2.2% falling
139 Ecuador 122.1 2009 down 0.1% flat
139 Paraguay 122.1 2009 down 0.1% flat
142 Türkiye 122 2009 down 2.2% flat
142 Uzbekistan 122 2009 up 1.1% flat
142 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 122 2009 down 1.0% falling
145 India 121.9 2009 down 1.1% flat
146 Iran, Islamic Republic of 121.8 2009 down 1.3% flat
147 Nicaragua 121.6 2009 up 0.9% flat
147 Panama 121.6 2009 up 0.1% flat
149 Israel 121.5 2009 down 3.4% falling
149 Lao People's Democratic Republic 121.5 2009 up 1.5% flat
151 Eritrea 121.4 2009 up 0.8% flat
151 Qatar 121.4 2009 down 2.5% falling
153 Mexico 121.2 2009 down 0.3% flat
153 Timor-Leste 121.2 2009 up 1.7% rising
155 Thailand 121 2009 up 1.4% flat
156 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 120.9 2009 down 0.3% flat
157 Honduras 120.7 2009 up 1.0% flat
157 Solomon Islands 120.7 2009 up 1.7% flat
159 New Zealand 120.6 2009 down 2.3% falling
160 Maldives 120.5 2009 down 0.1% flat
161 Philippines 120.4 2009 up 0.7% flat
161 Viet Nam 120.4 2009 up 1.2% flat
163 United States of America 120.3 2009 down 1.1% flat
164 Costa Rica 120.1 2009 up 0.3% flat
165 Iceland 120 2009 down 2.3% falling
166 Canada 119.6 2009 down 2.4% flat
167 Australia 119.3 2009 down 3.4% falling
168 Guatemala 119.1 2009 up 0.5% flat
169 Argentina 119 2009 down 1.4% flat
170 Kuwait 118.5 2009 down 2.5% falling
171 Jordan 118.4 2009 down 2.2% falling
172 Belize 118.3 2009 up 0.5% flat
172 Peru 118.3 2009 down 0.9% flat
172 Papua New Guinea 118.3 2009 up 2.6% rising
172 El Salvador 118.3 2009 up 0.1% flat
176 Brunei Darussalam 117.8 2009 down 2.0% falling
177 Republic of Korea 117 2009 down 2.6% flat
178 Cambodia 115.9 2009 up 0.3% rising
179 United Arab Emirates 115.8 2009 down 2.4% 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 (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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