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Prevalence of diabetes, crude by country

Countries reporting
198
Highest
32.19
Cook Islands
Lowest
3.46
Denmark
Median
13.22
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
6,930

What the numbers show

Prevalence of diabetes, crude is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 32.19 in Cook Islands; the lowest is 3.46 in Denmark.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.22, and the mean is 14.16.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 175 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 133.5%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 28.8%).

Prevalence of diabetes, crude: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cook Islands 32.19 2022 up 2.2% rising
2 Tokelau 31.54 2022 down 8.9% rising
3 Micronesia, Federated States of 30.67 2022 up 7.0% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 30.26 2022 up 27.2% rising
5 American Samoa 30.25 2022 down 5.2% rising
6 Puerto Rico 29.73 2022 up 24.5% rising
7 Niue 28.93 2022 down 2.5% rising
8 Barbados 27.92 2022 up 20.1% rising
9 Mauritius 27.89 2022 up 19.3% rising
10 Marshall Islands 27.53 2022 down 3.8% rising
11 Sri Lanka 27.21 2022 up 70.2% rising
12 Bermuda 26.69 2022 up 28.4% rising
13 Pakistan 26.38 2022 up 62.6% rising
14 Libya 26.05 2022 up 30.3% rising
15 Egypt 25.59 2022 up 44.7% rising
16 Dominica 25.53 2022 up 19.7% rising
17 Malaysia 25.42 2022 up 70.8% rising
18 Costa Rica 24.64 2022 up 52.7% volatile
19 Jamaica 23.99 2022 up 48.0% rising
20 Fiji 22.76 2022 up 20.2% rising
21 Tonga 22.6 2022 up 10.3% rising
22 Antigua and Barbuda 22.38 2022 up 32.1% rising
23 Kuwait 22.21 2022 up 20.9% rising
24 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.96 2022 up 32.5% rising
25 Grenada 21.59 2022 up 26.8% rising
26 India 21.51 2022 up 39.9% rising
27 Naoero 21.35 2022 down 3.0% falling
28 Haiti 21.26 2022 up 33.0% rising
29 Guyana 21.06 2022 up 27.9% rising
30 Iraq 20.82 2022 up 31.9% rising
31 Lebanon 20.8 2022 up 35.1% rising
32 Bahamas 20.61 2022 up 23.5% rising
33 Afghanistan 20.49 2022 up 44.4% rising
34 Saint Lucia 20.36 2022 up 34.0% rising
35 Vanuatu 20.32 2022 up 47.3% rising
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.68 2022 up 49.4% rising
37 United Arab Emirates 19.14 2022 down 7.1% rising
38 Papua New Guinea 18.76 2022 up 6.5% rising
39 Morocco 18.71 2022 up 27.5% rising
40 Brunei Darussalam 18.69 2022 up 53.5% rising
41 Qatar 18.68 2022 up 21.8% rising
42 Palau 18.66 2022 down 12.7% rising
43 Syrian Arab Republic 18.21 2022 up 21.9% rising
44 French Polynesia 18.17 2022 up 16.5% rising
45 Algeria 17.99 2022 up 38.9% rising
46 Uzbekistan 17.83 2022 up 93.3% rising
47 Oman 17.67 2022 up 30.4% rising
48 Türkiye 17.65 2022 up 44.0% rising
49 Peru 17.43 2022 up 133.5% volatile
50 Romania 17.39 2022 up 96.1% volatile
51 Bahrain 17.11 2022 up 24.4% rising
52 Dominican Republic 17.05 2022 up 50.2% rising
53 Kiribati 17.02 2022 down 13.5% rising
54 Uruguay 17.01 2022 up 25.3% rising
55 Tunisia 16.96 2022 up 41.7% rising
56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.59 2022 up 30.9% rising
57 Belize 16.55 2022 up 33.4% rising
58 Bangladesh 16.41 2022 up 21.5% rising
59 Samoa 16.18 2022 up 6.6% rising
60 Central African Republic 16.04 2022 up 12.5% rising
61 Chile 16.02 2022 up 36.6% rising
62 Guatemala 15.98 2022 up 11.1% rising
63 Angola 15.97 2022 up 23.4% rising
64 Hungary 15.96 2022 up 35.7% rising
65 Serbia 15.86 2022 up 43.0% rising
66 United States of America 15.81 2022 up 32.6% rising
67 Bulgaria 15.8 2022 up 43.1% rising
68 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 15.77 2022 up 43.3% rising
69 Slovenia 15.7 2022 up 46.6% rising
70 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 15.69 2022 up 67.4% rising
71 Cameroon 15.51 2022 up 99.3% volatile
72 Saudi Arabia 15.47 2022 down 5.8% falling
73 Jordan 15.01 2022 down 1.2% rising
74 Poland 14.99 2022 up 64.5% rising
75 Thailand 14.84 2022 up 52.4% rising
76 Lithuania 14.76 2022 up 31.1% rising
77 North Macedonia 14.73 2022 up 54.4% rising
78 Palestine, State of 14.72 2022 up 8.4% rising
79 Cuba 14.61 2022 up 12.7% rising
80 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14.54 2022 up 46.2% rising
81 Republic of Korea 14.53 2022 up 42.6% rising
82 Montenegro 14.47 2022 up 47.4% rising
83 Nepal 14.37 2022 up 38.7% rising
84 Sao Tome and Principe 14.36 2022 up 57.3% rising
85 Seychelles 14.32 2022 down 11.2% rising
86 Mongolia 14.18 2022 up 77.6% rising
87 Singapore 14.1 2022 up 34.5% rising
88 Mexico 14.04 2022 down 19.7% rising
89 Croatia 14 2022 up 39.3% rising
90 Brazil 13.96 2022 up 56.9% rising
91 Azerbaijan 13.94 2022 up 37.9% rising
92 Bhutan 13.93 2022 up 20.8% rising
93 Turkmenistan 13.77 2022 down 6.1% rising
94 Armenia 13.75 2022 up 30.5% rising
95 Albania 13.73 2022 up 49.7% rising
96 Yemen 13.59 2022 up 34.3% rising
97 Myanmar 13.48 2022 up 64.6% rising
98 Tuvalu 13.38 2022 down 13.8% flat
99 Malta 13.32 2022 up 7.1% rising
100 Paraguay 13.12 2022 up 38.0% rising
101 China 13.03 2022 up 59.2% rising
102 Latvia 12.88 2022 up 44.3% rising
103 Indonesia 12.71 2022 up 98.1% rising
104 South Africa 12.55 2022 up 2.5% rising
105 Colombia 12.5 2022 up 25.8% rising
106 Nicaragua 12.5 2022 up 23.5% rising
107 Greece 12.46 2022 up 14.7% rising
108 Slovakia 12.29 2022 up 55.0% rising
109 Estonia 12.18 2022 up 46.8% rising
110 Ecuador 12.16 2022 up 49.1% rising
111 Portugal 12.1 2022 up 28.0% rising
112 Georgia 12.04 2022 up 4.8% rising
113 Gabon 12 2022 up 23.9% rising
114 El Salvador 11.96 2022 up 13.0% rising
115 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.95 2022 up 39.8% rising
116 Equatorial Guinea 11.93 2022 up 22.9% rising
117 Italy 11.89 2022 up 28.4% rising
118 Republic of Moldova 11.87 2022 up 48.2% rising
119 Philippines 11.72 2022 up 92.4% rising
120 Tajikistan 11.68 2022 up 33.9% rising
121 Argentina 11.58 2022 up 17.2% rising
122 Czechia 11.56 2022 up 30.4% rising
123 Finland 11.56 2022 up 38.1% rising
124 Ukraine 11.51 2022 up 35.6% rising
125 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.49 2022 up 10.4% rising
126 Maldives 11.43 2022 up 86.9% rising
127 New Zealand 11.4 2022 up 29.5% rising
128 Viet Nam 11.3 2022 up 118.3% rising
129 Gambia 11.27 2022 up 45.3% rising
130 Congo 11.26 2022 up 21.2% rising
131 Japan 11.24 2022 up 26.1% rising
132 Kyrgyzstan 11.14 2022 up 35.3% rising
133 Honduras 11.05 2022 up 31.9% rising
134 Germany 10.98 2022 up 6.1% rising
135 Kazakhstan 10.68 2022 up 28.1% rising
136 Russian Federation 10.67 2022 up 34.7% rising
137 Burkina Faso 10.61 2022 up 99.9% rising
138 Australia 10.52 2022 up 42.5% rising
139 Belarus 10.46 2022 up 51.4% rising
140 Benin 10.41 2022 up 81.4% rising
141 Mauritania 10.14 2022 up 41.5% rising
142 Belgium 10.06 2022 up 50.9% rising
143 Ireland 9.97 2022 up 56.2% rising
144 Eswatini 9.96 2022 up 28.7% rising
145 Andorra 9.77 2022 up 12.9% rising
146 Cambodia 9.67 2022 up 115.0% rising
147 Zimbabwe 9.62 2022 up 10.7% rising
148 Zambia 9.61 2022 up 76.5% rising
149 Sierra Leone 9.6 2022 up 36.2% rising
150 Canada 9.58 2022 up 19.7% rising
151 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.55 2022 up 73.0% rising
152 Guinea-Bissau 9.48 2022 up 39.5% rising
153 Côte d'Ivoire 9.4 2022 up 45.3% rising
154 Israel 9.39 2022 down 6.0% rising
155 Netherlands 9.28 2022 up 24.7% rising
156 Namibia 9.26 2022 up 24.0% rising
157 Chad 9.12 2022 up 37.9% rising
158 Nigeria 8.97 2022 up 37.5% rising
159 Panama 8.88 2022 up 11.0% rising
160 Cyprus 8.86 2022 up 11.9% rising
161 Ghana 8.85 2022 up 69.4% rising
162 Sudan 8.54 2022 down 14.7% rising
163 Guinea 8.42 2022 up 37.3% rising
164 Togo 7.97 2022 up 49.7% rising
165 Liberia 7.96 2022 down 20.8% rising
166 Cape Verde 7.88 2022 up 2.7% rising
167 Austria 7.84 2022 up 10.6% rising
168 Djibouti 7.77 2022 up 24.2% rising
169 Luxembourg 7.7 2022 up 8.8% rising
170 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.66 2022 up 12.9% rising
171 Somalia 7.63 2022 up 15.8% rising
172 Norway 7.61 2022 up 13.0% rising
173 Eritrea 7.5 2022 up 25.7% rising
174 Sweden 7.48 2022 up 21.0% rising
175 South Sudan 7.48 2022 up 28.0% rising
176 Greenland 7.39 2022 up 12.2% rising
177 Madagascar 7.19 2022 up 20.8% rising
178 Botswana 7.09 2022 up 15.4% rising
179 Burundi 6.93 2022 up 26.8% rising
180 Iceland 6.73 2022 up 24.9% rising
181 Senegal 6.49 2022 up 3.2% rising
182 Mali 6.48 2022 up 34.9% rising
183 Switzerland 6.42 2022 up 20.2% rising
184 Lesotho 6.13 2022 up 23.0% rising
185 Timor-Leste 6.05 2022 up 61.1% rising
186 Mozambique 6.04 2022 up 13.0% rising
187 Spain 5.99 2022 down 28.8% falling
188 Solomon Islands 5.5 2022 down 14.1% rising
189 Ethiopia 5.45 2022 up 14.3% rising
190 Comoros 5.34 2022 up 30.4% rising
191 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.15 2022 down 3.3% rising
192 Niger 5.14 2022 up 0.2% rising
193 Rwanda 4.69 2022 up 41.7% rising
194 France 4.46 2022 down 25.7% falling
195 Kenya 4.29 2022 up 18.9% rising
196 Malawi 3.69 2022 down 12.0% falling
197 Uganda 3.63 2022 up 17.4% rising
198 Denmark 3.46 2022 down 8.6% 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
Prevalence of diabetes, crude
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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