Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized by country
Countries reporting
190
Highest
5.2
Lithuania
Lowest
3.8
Rwanda
Median
4.55
Years covered
39
1980–2018
Data points
7,878
What the numbers show
Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 5.2 in Lithuania; the lowest is 3.8 in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.55, and the mean is 4.51.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 6.8%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 10.4%).
Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 5.2 | 2018 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 1 | Malaysia | 5.2 | 2018 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 3 | France | 5.1 | 2018 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 3 | Croatia | 5.1 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 3 | Latvia | 5.1 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 3 | Malta | 5.1 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 5.1 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 3 | Singapore | 5.1 | 2018 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 3 | Serbia | 5.1 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | Andorra | 5 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | Brunei Darussalam | 5 | 2018 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 10 | Czechia | 5 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | Estonia | 5 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 10 | Hungary | 5 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | Japan | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Lebanon | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | North Macedonia | 5 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 10 | Montenegro | 5 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | Philippines | 5 | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 10 | Slovak Republic | 5 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 10 | Slovenia | 5 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 10 | Thailand | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 5 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 25 | Albania | 4.9 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 25 | Austria | 4.9 | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 25 | Cyprus | 4.9 | 2018 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 25 | Germany | 4.9 | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 25 | Finland | 4.9 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 25 | Greece | 4.9 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 25 | Guyana | 4.9 | 2018 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 25 | Italy | 4.9 | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 25 | Norway | 4.9 | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 25 | Poland | 4.9 | 2018 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 4.9 | 2018 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 25 | Romania | 4.9 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 25 | Sweden | 4.9 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 38 | Belarus | 4.8 | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 38 | Switzerland | 4.8 | 2018 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 4.8 | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 4.8 | 2018 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 4.8 | 2018 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 38 | Ecuador | 4.8 | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 38 | Spain | 4.8 | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 4.8 | 2018 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 38 | Indonesia | 4.8 | 2018 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 38 | Israel | 4.8 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 38 | Jordan | 4.8 | 2018 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 38 | Korea, Rep. | 4.8 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Kuwait | 4.8 | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 4.8 | 2018 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 38 | Mexico | 4.8 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Myanmar | 4.8 | 2018 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 4.8 | 2018 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 38 | New Zealand | 4.8 | 2018 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 38 | Uruguay | 4.8 | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 57 | Australia | 4.7 | 2018 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 57 | Bahamas, The | 4.7 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.7 | 2018 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 57 | Brazil | 4.7 | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | Dominica | 4.7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Denmark | 4.7 | 2018 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 57 | Fiji | 4.7 | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | Honduras | 4.7 | 2018 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 57 | Iraq | 4.7 | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | Iceland | 4.7 | 2018 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 57 | Maldives | 4.7 | 2018 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 57 | Mauritius | 4.7 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | Netherlands | 4.7 | 2018 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 57 | Panama | 4.7 | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 4.7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Seychelles | 4.7 | 2018 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 4.7 | 2018 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 57 | Cook Islands | 4.7 | 2018 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 4.6 | 2018 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 75 | Argentina | 4.6 | 2018 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 75 | Belgium | 4.6 | 2018 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 75 | Canada | 4.6 | 2018 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 4.6 | 2018 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 75 | China | 4.6 | 2018 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 75 | Cuba | 4.6 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Grenada | 4.6 | 2018 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 75 | Haiti | 4.6 | 2018 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 75 | Ireland | 4.6 | 2018 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 75 | Jamaica | 4.6 | 2018 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 75 | Moldova | 4.6 | 2018 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 75 | Oman | 4.6 | 2018 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 75 | Peru | 4.6 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Paraguay | 4.6 | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 4.6 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | El Salvador | 4.6 | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 75 | Tonga | 4.6 | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.6 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | United States | 4.6 | 2018 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 75 | Viet Nam | 4.6 | 2018 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.5 | 2018 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Bahrain | 4.5 | 2018 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 96 | Belize | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Bolivia | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Guatemala | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | St. Lucia | 4.5 | 2018 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Solomon Islands | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.5 | 2018 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Turkiye | 4.5 | 2018 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 96 | Vanuatu | 4.5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Samoa | 4.5 | 2018 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 96 | Yemen, Rep. | 4.5 | 2018 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 113 | Armenia | 4.4 | 2018 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 113 | Barbados | 4.4 | 2018 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 113 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 4.4 | 2018 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 113 | Ghana | 4.4 | 2018 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 113 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 4.4 | 2018 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 4.4 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 113 | Cambodia | 4.4 | 2018 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 113 | Lao PDR | 4.4 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 4.4 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 113 | Marshall Islands | 4.4 | 2018 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 113 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Venezuela, RB | 4.4 | 2018 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 125 | Algeria | 4.3 | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 125 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 4.3 | 2018 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 125 | Georgia | 4.3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Libya | 4.3 | 2018 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 125 | Naoero | 4.3 | 2018 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 125 | Palau | 4.3 | 2018 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 125 | Qatar | 4.3 | 2018 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 125 | Timor-Leste | 4.3 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Tunisia | 4.3 | 2018 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 125 | Tuvalu | 4.3 | 2018 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 125 | Tanzania | 4.3 | 2018 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 125 | South Africa | 4.3 | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 125 | Niue | 4.3 | 2018 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 4.2 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Djibouti | 4.2 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 139 | Eritrea | 4.2 | 2018 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 139 | Gabon | 4.2 | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 139 | Gambia, The | 4.2 | 2018 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 139 | India | 4.2 | 2018 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 139 | Kiribati | 4.2 | 2018 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 139 | Mauritania | 4.2 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Nepal | 4.2 | 2018 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 139 | Pakistan | 4.2 | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 139 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 4.2 | 2018 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 4.2 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Afghanistan | 4.1 | 2018 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 151 | Angola | 4.1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Benin | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 151 | Bhutan | 4.1 | 2018 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 151 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 151 | Cameroon | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 151 | Congo, Rep. | 4.1 | 2018 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 151 | Comoros | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 151 | Cabo Verde | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 151 | Guinea | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Liberia | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 151 | Morocco | 4.1 | 2018 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 151 | Mozambique | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 151 | Sudan | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 151 | Senegal | 4.1 | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 167 | Burundi | 4 | 2018 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 167 | Botswana | 4 | 2018 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 167 | Central African Republic | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 4 | 2018 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 167 | Kenya | 4 | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 167 | Madagascar | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Mali | 4 | 2018 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 167 | Namibia | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Eswatini | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Chad | 4 | 2018 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 167 | Togo | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Uganda | 4 | 2018 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 167 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 2018 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 184 | Niger | 3.9 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Zambia | 3.9 | 2018 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 186 | Burkina Faso | 3.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Lesotho | 3.8 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Malawi | 3.8 | 2018 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 186 | Nigeria | 3.8 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Rwanda | 3.8 | 2018 | up 2.7% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe (WHO region) 4.9
- High income (World Bank) 4.8
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 4.7
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 4.7
- Americas (WHO region) 4.6
- World 4.5
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 4.3
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 4.3
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 4.3
- Low income (World Bank) 4.1
- Africa (WHO region) 4