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Mean total cholesterol, crude by country

Countries reporting
190
Highest
5.3
Croatia
Lowest
3.6
Lesotho
Median
4.5
Years covered
39
1980–2018
Data points
8,151

What the numbers show

Mean total cholesterol, crude is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 5.3 in Croatia; the lowest is 3.6 in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.5, and the mean is 4.52.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 9.1%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 8.5%).

Mean total cholesterol, crude: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Croatia 5.3 2018 down 1.9% falling
1 Latvia 5.3 2018 down 1.9% falling
3 Bulgaria 5.2 2018 down 1.9% falling
3 Czechia 5.2 2018 down 1.9% falling
3 France 5.2 2018 down 3.7% falling
3 Lithuania 5.2 2018 down 3.7% falling
3 Malta 5.2 2018 down 3.7% falling
3 Russia 5.2 2018 up 2.0% falling
3 Singapore 5.2 2018 up 4.0% flat
3 Serbia 5.2 2018 down 3.7% falling
11 Andorra 5.1 2018 down 3.8% falling
11 Austria 5.1 2018 down 3.8% falling
11 Germany 5.1 2018 down 5.6% falling
11 Estonia 5.1 2018 down 3.8% falling
11 Hungary 5.1 2018 down 3.8% falling
11 Italy 5.1 2018 down 3.8% falling
11 Japan 5.1 2018 unchanged flat
11 North Macedonia 5.1 2018 down 1.9% falling
11 Montenegro 5.1 2018 down 1.9% flat
11 Malaysia 5.1 2018 up 2.0% rising
11 Norway 5.1 2018 down 3.8% falling
11 Portugal 5.1 2018 down 1.9% falling
11 Romania 5.1 2018 unchanged falling
11 Slovakia 5.1 2018 down 1.9% falling
11 Slovenia 5.1 2018 down 1.9% falling
11 Sweden 5.1 2018 down 1.9% falling
11 Thailand 5.1 2018 up 2.0% rising
11 Ukraine 5.1 2018 down 1.9% falling
29 Albania 5 2018 unchanged flat
29 Brunei 5 2018 up 2.0% rising
29 Finland 5 2018 down 2.0% falling
29 Greece 5 2018 down 2.0% falling
29 Lebanon 5 2018 unchanged flat
29 Poland 5 2018 down 3.8% falling
35 Belarus 4.9 2018 down 3.9% falling
35 Switzerland 4.9 2018 down 7.5% falling
35 Cyprus 4.9 2018 down 3.9% falling
35 Spain 4.9 2018 down 3.9% falling
35 United Kingdom 4.9 2018 down 7.5% falling
35 South Korea 4.9 2018 unchanged rising
35 Kuwait 4.9 2018 down 2.0% flat
35 Luxembourg 4.9 2018 down 5.8% falling
35 Netherlands 4.9 2018 down 3.9% falling
35 New Zealand 4.9 2018 down 5.8% falling
35 Philippines 4.9 2018 up 4.3% rising
35 Uruguay 4.9 2018 unchanged flat
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.8 2018 down 2.0% falling
47 Colombia 4.8 2018 unchanged flat
47 Costa Rica 4.8 2018 down 2.0% rising
47 Denmark 4.8 2018 down 7.7% falling
47 Ecuador 4.8 2018 down 2.0% flat
47 Guyana 4.8 2018 up 4.3% rising
47 Indonesia 4.8 2018 up 9.1% rising
47 Israel 4.8 2018 down 4.0% falling
47 Myanmar 4.8 2018 up 6.7% rising
47 Mongolia 4.8 2018 up 4.3% flat
47 Seychelles 4.8 2018 down 4.0% falling
58 Argentina 4.7 2018 down 4.1% falling
58 Australia 4.7 2018 down 6.0% falling
58 Belgium 4.7 2018 down 7.8% falling
58 Bahamas 4.7 2018 unchanged flat
58 Brazil 4.7 2018 down 2.1% flat
58 Canada 4.7 2018 down 6.0% falling
58 Chile 4.7 2018 down 4.1% flat
58 China 4.7 2018 up 4.4% rising
58 Cuba 4.7 2018 up 2.2% flat
58 Dominica 4.7 2018 up 2.2% flat
58 Dominican Republic 4.7 2018 up 2.2% rising
58 Fiji 4.7 2018 down 2.1% flat
58 Honduras 4.7 2018 down 2.1% flat
58 Ireland 4.7 2018 down 6.0% falling
58 Iceland 4.7 2018 down 7.8% falling
58 Jordan 4.7 2018 down 2.1% flat
58 Moldova 4.7 2018 down 4.1% falling
58 Mexico 4.7 2018 down 2.1% flat
58 Mauritius 4.7 2018 down 2.1% falling
58 Panama 4.7 2018 down 2.1% flat
58 North Korea 4.7 2018 unchanged flat
58 Trinidad and Tobago 4.7 2018 up 2.2% flat
58 United States 4.7 2018 down 4.1% falling
58 Uzbekistan 4.7 2018 up 6.8% flat
58 Cook Islands 4.7 2018 down 2.1% falling
83 United Arab Emirates 4.6 2018 down 2.1% falling
83 Iraq 4.6 2018 down 2.1% flat
83 Jamaica 4.6 2018 up 2.2% flat
83 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.6 2018 up 2.2% flat
83 Maldives 4.6 2018 up 4.5% rising
83 Paraguay 4.6 2018 unchanged flat
83 Saudi Arabia 4.6 2018 unchanged flat
83 Tonga 4.6 2018 down 2.1% flat
83 Vietnam 4.6 2018 up 7.0% rising
92 Armenia 4.5 2018 unchanged flat
92 Antigua and Barbuda 4.5 2018 up 2.3% flat
92 Azerbaijan 4.5 2018 up 2.3% flat
92 Bahrain 4.5 2018 down 4.3% falling
92 Belize 4.5 2018 up 2.3% flat
92 Grenada 4.5 2018 up 2.3% flat
92 Haiti 4.5 2018 up 2.3% rising
92 Saint Lucia 4.5 2018 up 2.3% flat
92 Oman 4.5 2018 down 2.2% flat
92 Peru 4.5 2018 down 2.2% flat
92 El Salvador 4.5 2018 down 4.3% flat
92 Syria 4.5 2018 down 2.2% flat
92 Turkmenistan 4.5 2018 unchanged flat
92 Turkey 4.5 2018 down 2.2% flat
106 Bolivia 4.4 2018 unchanged flat
106 Barbados 4.4 2018 unchanged flat
106 Georgia 4.4 2018 up 2.3% flat
106 Guatemala 4.4 2018 unchanged flat
106 Iran 4.4 2018 down 6.4% flat
106 Kazakhstan 4.4 2018 unchanged flat
106 Cambodia 4.4 2018 up 4.8% rising
106 Sri Lanka 4.4 2018 unchanged rising
106 Marshall Islands 4.4 2018 down 4.3% falling
106 Nicaragua 4.4 2018 unchanged flat
106 Papua New Guinea 4.4 2018 down 2.2% flat
106 Solomon Islands 4.4 2018 unchanged flat
106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.4 2018 unchanged flat
106 Venezuela 4.4 2018 down 6.4% flat
106 Vanuatu 4.4 2018 down 2.2% flat
106 Samoa 4.4 2018 down 2.2% flat
106 Yemen 4.4 2018 down 2.2% flat
123 Algeria 4.3 2018 unchanged flat
123 Egypt 4.3 2018 down 4.4% flat
123 Ghana 4.3 2018 up 2.4% rising
123 Kyrgyzstan 4.3 2018 up 2.4% flat
123 Laos 4.3 2018 unchanged rising
123 Libya 4.3 2018 down 2.3% falling
123 Nauru 4.3 2018 down 8.5% falling
123 Palau 4.3 2018 down 4.4% falling
123 Qatar 4.3 2018 down 8.5% falling
123 Tunisia 4.3 2018 down 2.3% flat
123 Tuvalu 4.3 2018 down 4.4% falling
123 Niue 4.3 2018 down 2.3% flat
135 Micronesia (country) 4.2 2018 down 2.3% falling
135 India 4.2 2018 down 4.5% flat
135 Kiribati 4.2 2018 down 2.3% falling
135 Mauritania 4.2 2018 up 2.4% flat
135 Pakistan 4.2 2018 unchanged flat
135 Somalia 4.2 2018 up 5.0% flat
135 East Timor 4.2 2018 unchanged rising
135 Tanzania 4.2 2018 up 2.4% flat
135 South Africa 4.2 2018 down 2.3% flat
144 Afghanistan 4.1 2018 down 2.4% flat
144 Benin 4.1 2018 up 5.1% flat
144 Bangladesh 4.1 2018 down 2.4% flat
144 Bhutan 4.1 2018 down 2.4% flat
144 Djibouti 4.1 2018 unchanged falling
144 Eritrea 4.1 2018 up 2.5% rising
144 Gabon 4.1 2018 down 2.4% flat
144 Gambia 4.1 2018 unchanged flat
144 Equatorial Guinea 4.1 2018 unchanged rising
144 Morocco 4.1 2018 down 4.7% flat
144 Nepal 4.1 2018 unchanged flat
144 Tajikistan 4.1 2018 unchanged flat
156 Angola 4 2018 unchanged flat
156 Central African Republic 4 2018 unchanged flat
156 Cote d'Ivoire 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Cameroon 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Democratic Republic of Congo 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Congo 4 2018 down 2.4% flat
156 Comoros 4 2018 unchanged flat
156 Cape Verde 4 2018 up 2.6% rising
156 Guinea 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Guinea-Bissau 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Liberia 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Madagascar 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Mali 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Mozambique 4 2018 unchanged flat
156 Namibia 4 2018 unchanged flat
156 Sudan 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Senegal 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Sierra Leone 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
156 Togo 4 2018 up 2.6% flat
175 Burundi 3.9 2018 up 2.6% rising
175 Botswana 3.9 2018 down 2.5% rising
175 Ethiopia 3.9 2018 up 2.6% flat
175 Kenya 3.9 2018 up 2.6% flat
175 Niger 3.9 2018 up 2.6% rising
175 Sao Tome and Principe 3.9 2018 unchanged flat
175 Eswatini 3.9 2018 unchanged flat
175 Chad 3.9 2018 up 2.6% flat
175 Uganda 3.9 2018 up 2.6% rising
175 Zambia 3.9 2018 unchanged flat
175 Zimbabwe 3.9 2018 unchanged flat
186 Nigeria 3.8 2018 up 2.7% rising
187 Burkina Faso 3.7 2018 unchanged flat
187 Malawi 3.7 2018 up 5.7% flat
187 Rwanda 3.7 2018 unchanged flat
190 Lesotho 3.6 2018 down 2.7% flat

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 total cholesterol, crude
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
209 places, 8,151 data points, 1980–2018
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