Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Mozambique
Mozambique: Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized was 4.1 in 2018. ▲ Rising
Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Mozambique, 1980–2018
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 4.1 for mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in 2018. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Mozambique peaked at 4.1 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3.9, in 1980.
Mozambique ranks 151st of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.09 | 4 | 4.1 | 9 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 151 Guinea 4.1 compare
- 151 Comoros 4.1 compare
- 151 Senegal 4.1 compare
- 151 Cape Verde 4.1 compare
- 151 Morocco 4.1 compare
- 151 Liberia 4.1 compare
- 151 Congo 4.1 compare
- 151 Sudan 4.1 compare
- 151 Angola 4.1 compare
- 151 Cote d'Ivoire 4.1 compare
- 151 Bhutan 4.1 compare
- 151 Afghanistan 4.1 compare
- 151 Equatorial Guinea 4.1 compare
- 151 Benin 4.1 compare
- 151 Cameroon 4.1 compare
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths 18,288 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 64 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 64 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 298,508 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 306,876 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 308,295 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 315,683 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 317,076 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 323,329 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Mozambique?
- Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Mozambique was 4.1 in 2018, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest mean total cholesterol, age-standardized recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1 in 2011.
- What is the lowest mean total cholesterol, age-standardized recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9 in 1980.
- How does Mozambique rank for mean total cholesterol, age-standardized?
- Mozambique ranks 151st out of 190 countries with data for 2018.
- Is mean total cholesterol, age-standardized rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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