Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Tanzania
Tanzania: Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized was 4.3 in 2018. ▲ Rising
Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Tanzania, 1980–2018
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Tanzania is 4.3, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Tanzania peaked at 4.3 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4, in 1980.
Tanzania ranks 125th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.09 | 4 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.13 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.27 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 125 Qatar 4.3 compare
- 125 Algeria 4.3 compare
- 125 East Timor 4.3 compare
- 125 Tuvalu 4.3 compare
- 125 Kyrgyzstan 4.3 compare
- 125 Palau 4.3 compare
- 125 Georgia 4.3 compare
- 125 Niue 4.3 compare
- 125 Tunisia 4.3 compare
- 125 Libya 4.3 compare
- 125 South Africa 4.3 compare
- 125 Micronesia (country) 4.3 compare
- 125 Nauru 4.3 compare
More health data for Tanzania
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths 32,514 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 593,624 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 593,004 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 612,788 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 612,341 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 632,568 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 632,033 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Tanzania?
- Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized in Tanzania was 4.3 in 2018, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest mean total cholesterol, age-standardized recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.3 in 2013.
- What is the lowest mean total cholesterol, age-standardized recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 1980.
- How does Tanzania rank for mean total cholesterol, age-standardized?
- Tanzania ranks 125th out of 190 countries with data for 2018.
- Is mean total cholesterol, age-standardized rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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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