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Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized by country

Countries reporting
198
Highest
33.04
Micronesia, Federated States of
Lowest
2.33
Denmark
Median
12.41
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
6,930

What the numbers show

Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 33.04 in Micronesia, Federated States of; the lowest is 2.33 in Denmark.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.41, and the mean is 13.97.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.

Over the past decade 166 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 121.9%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 40.0%).

Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Micronesia, Federated States of 33.04 2022 up 3.7% rising
2 Tokelau 31.01 2022 down 5.1% rising
3 Pakistan 30.89 2022 up 52.0% rising
4 Marshall Islands 29.58 2022 down 12.8% rising
5 American Samoa 28.89 2022 down 13.1% rising
6 Trinidad and Tobago 28.08 2022 up 17.3% rising
7 Libya 28 2022 up 16.1% rising
8 Cook Islands 27.85 2022 down 6.7% rising
9 Egypt 27.78 2022 up 34.6% rising
10 Kuwait 26.77 2022 up 6.1% rising
11 Malaysia 26.67 2022 up 58.9% rising
12 United Arab Emirates 26.09 2022 down 4.8% rising
13 Qatar 25.84 2022 up 9.9% rising
14 Iraq 25.47 2022 up 23.7% rising
15 Afghanistan 25.31 2022 up 38.0% rising
16 Naoero 25.3 2022 down 9.0% falling
17 Sri Lanka 25.06 2022 up 61.2% rising
18 Jamaica 24.5 2022 up 36.1% rising
19 Mauritius 24.44 2022 up 8.5% rising
20 Haiti 23.67 2022 up 25.4% rising
21 Niue 23.48 2022 down 5.4% rising
22 Fiji 23.42 2022 up 12.1% rising
23 Tonga 23.42 2022 up 3.7% rising
24 Oman 23.37 2022 up 15.8% rising
25 Costa Rica 23.18 2022 up 41.0% rising
26 Dominica 22.73 2022 up 12.6% rising
27 India 22.56 2022 up 31.3% rising
28 Barbados 22.37 2022 up 12.2% rising
29 Vanuatu 22.34 2022 up 37.1% rising
30 Puerto Rico 22.25 2022 up 13.5% rising
31 Guyana 22.14 2022 up 22.6% rising
32 Syrian Arab Republic 21.7 2022 up 10.5% rising
33 Bahrain 21.39 2022 up 11.2% rising
34 Papua New Guinea 21.22 2022 up 2.5% rising
35 Saudi Arabia 20.81 2022 down 13.8% flat
36 Antigua and Barbuda 20.36 2022 up 20.2% rising
37 Bermuda 20.34 2022 up 20.7% rising
38 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.25 2022 up 20.4% rising
39 Grenada 20.21 2022 up 20.5% rising
40 Saint Lucia 19.72 2022 up 25.1% rising
41 Palestine, State of 19.72 2022 up 1.9% rising
42 Kiribati 19.62 2022 down 16.2% rising
43 Brunei Darussalam 19.54 2022 up 33.6% rising
44 Lebanon 19.4 2022 up 17.7% rising
45 Guatemala 19.33 2022 up 7.4% rising
46 Uzbekistan 19.23 2022 up 72.9% rising
47 Belize 18.98 2022 up 25.0% rising
48 Central African Republic 18.93 2022 up 11.7% rising
49 Bahamas 18.86 2022 up 15.7% rising
50 Morocco 18.75 2022 up 13.7% rising
51 Algeria 18.66 2022 up 19.5% rising
52 Jordan 18.41 2022 down 4.6% rising
53 Angola 18.36 2022 up 19.3% rising
54 Yemen 18.32 2022 up 25.2% rising
55 Bangladesh 17.9 2022 up 15.1% rising
56 Cameroon 17.65 2022 up 83.0% rising
57 Dominican Republic 17.52 2022 up 36.3% rising
58 Peru 17.51 2022 up 121.9% volatile
59 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 17.28 2022 up 38.5% rising
60 Samoa 16.74 2022 down 2.5% rising
61 French Polynesia 16.72 2022 up 4.2% rising
62 Türkiye 16.61 2022 up 29.3% rising
63 Sao Tome and Principe 15.92 2022 up 43.9% rising
64 Tunisia 15.87 2022 up 23.9% rising
65 Palau 15.86 2022 down 22.0% flat
66 Nepal 15.79 2022 up 33.8% rising
67 Bhutan 15.53 2022 up 11.4% rising
68 Turkmenistan 15.41 2022 down 11.6% rising
69 Mongolia 15.01 2022 up 54.8% rising
70 Maldives 14.72 2022 up 65.8% rising
71 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14.71 2022 up 20.4% rising
72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.38 2022 up 16.3% rising
73 Nicaragua 14.38 2022 up 13.0% rising
74 Paraguay 14.34 2022 up 27.8% rising
75 Mexico 14.27 2022 down 24.8% rising
76 Uruguay 14.18 2022 up 23.1% rising
77 Tajikistan 14.1 2022 up 22.7% rising
78 Chile 13.98 2022 up 28.0% rising
79 Seychelles 13.95 2022 down 18.7% rising
80 South Africa 13.86 2022 down 7.9% rising
81 Myanmar 13.77 2022 up 50.8% rising
82 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 13.65 2022 up 55.0% rising
83 Tuvalu 13.6 2022 down 15.8% flat
84 Azerbaijan 13.56 2022 up 21.8% rising
85 Gabon 13.49 2022 up 17.2% rising
86 Equatorial Guinea 13.35 2022 up 16.2% rising
87 Honduras 13.31 2022 up 22.2% rising
88 Gambia 13.29 2022 up 36.4% rising
89 Romania 13.26 2022 up 90.4% volatile
90 Philippines 13.21 2022 up 76.7% rising
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.21 2022 up 34.2% rising
92 Singapore 13.12 2022 up 18.0% falling
93 Brazil 12.93 2022 up 37.6% rising
94 Congo 12.89 2022 up 13.4% rising
95 El Salvador 12.84 2022 up 9.5% rising
96 Indonesia 12.78 2022 up 80.7% rising
97 Ecuador 12.66 2022 up 38.8% rising
98 Zambia 12.64 2022 up 60.4% rising
99 United States 12.48 2022 up 26.5% rising
100 Thailand 12.34 2022 up 35.1% rising
101 Colombia 12.28 2022 up 16.4% rising
102 Burkina Faso 12.27 2022 up 83.6% rising
103 Benin 12.11 2022 up 69.0% rising
104 Eswatini 12 2022 up 19.1% rising
105 Kyrgyzstan 12 2022 up 25.5% rising
106 Cuba 11.77 2022 up 3.9% rising
107 Armenia 11.73 2022 up 19.3% rising
108 Mauritania 11.61 2022 up 36.6% rising
109 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.5 2022 up 59.5% rising
110 Zimbabwe 11.41 2022 up 3.5% rising
111 Sierra Leone 11.37 2022 up 31.1% rising
112 Guinea-Bissau 11.35 2022 up 31.1% rising
113 Côte d'Ivoire 11.29 2022 up 31.2% rising
114 Chad 11.28 2022 up 30.6% rising
115 Hungary 11.24 2022 up 30.3% rising
116 Lithuania 11.24 2022 up 26.6% rising
117 China (People’s Republic of) 11.22 2022 up 43.1% rising
118 North Macedonia 10.93 2022 up 37.3% rising
119 Viet Nam 10.92 2022 up 89.0% rising
120 Nigeria 10.92 2022 up 31.5% rising
121 Namibia 10.85 2022 up 16.6% rising
122 Slovenia 10.83 2022 up 36.6% rising
123 Poland 10.81 2022 up 50.3% rising
124 Albania 10.79 2022 up 36.3% rising
125 Serbia 10.78 2022 up 37.0% rising
126 Bulgaria 10.75 2022 up 37.0% rising
127 Montenegro 10.72 2022 up 36.3% rising
128 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10.68 2022 down 6.5% rising
129 Cambodia 10.66 2022 up 87.0% rising
130 Sudan 10.66 2022 down 14.0% flat
131 Argentina 10.58 2022 up 13.5% rising
132 Ghana 10.39 2022 up 54.0% rising
133 Korea 10.36 2022 up 17.9% rising
134 Guinea 10.31 2022 up 34.9% rising
135 Kazakhstan 10.2 2022 up 15.8% rising
136 Somalia 9.98 2022 up 17.7% rising
137 Malta 9.59 2022 up 5.0% rising
138 Togo 9.5 2022 up 39.5% rising
139 Liberia 9.38 2022 down 22.3% rising
140 Georgia 9.35 2022 down 3.6% rising
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9.33 2022 up 12.9% rising
142 Latvia 9.3 2022 up 35.8% rising
143 Republic of Moldova 9.2 2022 up 28.3% rising
144 Croatia 9.1 2022 up 30.5% rising
145 New Zealand 8.99 2022 up 25.9% rising
146 Botswana 8.97 2022 up 11.8% rising
147 Slovak Republic 8.85 2022 up 36.9% rising
148 Ukraine 8.82 2022 up 24.7% rising
149 Estonia 8.78 2022 up 40.0% rising
150 United Kingdom 8.77 2022 up 34.8% rising
151 Burundi 8.76 2022 up 17.4% rising
152 Djibouti 8.71 2022 up 17.1% rising
153 South Sudan 8.71 2022 up 16.6% rising
154 Madagascar 8.71 2022 up 17.3% rising
155 Panama 8.66 2022 up 1.7% rising
156 Eritrea 8.58 2022 up 22.1% rising
157 Cape Verde 8.56 2022 down 10.6% rising
158 Mali 8.43 2022 up 29.5% rising
159 Senegal 8.16 2022 up 1.1% rising
160 Russia 8.13 2022 up 22.2% rising
161 Australia 8.1 2022 up 36.3% rising
162 Israel 7.94 2022 down 11.4% rising
163 Ireland 7.82 2022 up 42.6% rising
164 Lesotho 7.76 2022 up 19.7% rising
165 Czechia 7.72 2022 up 17.5% rising
166 Belarus 7.72 2022 up 36.4% rising
167 Mozambique 7.65 2022 up 13.6% rising
168 Finland 7.37 2022 up 30.1% rising
169 Portugal 7.35 2022 up 13.8% rising
170 Andorra 7.28 2022 up 0.4% rising
171 Timor-Leste 7.28 2022 up 63.8% rising
172 Cyprus 7.27 2022 up 0.4% rising
173 Greece 7.24 2022 up 0.7% rising
174 Italy 7.2 2022 up 18.8% rising
175 Canada 6.83 2022 up 9.8% falling
176 Ethiopia 6.79 2022 up 12.4% rising
177 Belgium 6.73 2022 up 46.2% rising
178 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.62 2022 down 2.6% rising
179 Germany 6.59 2022 down 2.3% rising
180 Solomon Islands 6.53 2022 down 17.5% flat
181 Japan 6.39 2022 up 14.4% falling
182 Netherlands 6.36 2022 up 17.8% rising
183 Greenland 6.35 2022 down 1.1% rising
184 Niger 6.23 2022 down 2.2% rising
185 Comoros 6.19 2022 up 23.5% rising
186 Luxembourg 5.91 2022 up 6.1% rising
187 Norway 5.62 2022 up 7.6% rising
188 Kenya 5.6 2022 up 8.6% rising
189 Rwanda 5.57 2022 up 31.2% rising
190 Iceland 5.39 2022 up 21.7% rising
191 Malawi 5.25 2022 down 8.9% falling
192 Austria 5.18 2022 up 3.4% rising
193 Uganda 5.16 2022 up 17.2% rising
194 Sweden 5.1 2022 up 17.8% rising
195 Switzerland 4.29 2022 up 12.3% rising
196 Spain 3.61 2022 down 40.0% falling
197 France 2.69 2022 down 35.4% falling
198 Denmark 2.33 2022 down 13.7% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
210 places, 6,930 data points, 1990–2022
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