Prevalence of hypertension, female (% of female adults ages 30-79) by country
Prevalence of hypertension, female, is the percentage of female adults ages 30-79 with hypertension (defined as having systolic blood pressure =140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure =90 mmHg, or taking medication for hypertension). The data is age-standardized.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
50.9%
Paraguay
Lowest
17.5%
Switzerland
Median
38.5%
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
7,050
What the numbers show
Prevalence of hypertension, female (% of female adults ages 30-79) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 50.9% in Paraguay; the lowest is 17.5% in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.5%, and the mean is 36.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 35.6%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 26.9%).
Prevalence of hypertension, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 50.9% | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 50.8% | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 3 | Dominica | 49.9% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 49.2% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 48.0% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 6 | Haiti | 47.8% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 6 | Jamaica | 47.8% | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 8 | Iraq | 47.7% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Eswatini | 47.3% | 2019 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | Botswana | 47.0% | 2019 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 11 | Moldova | 46.9% | 2019 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 12 | Lesotho | 46.8% | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 12 | Tonga | 46.8% | 2019 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 46.6% | 2019 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 46.4% | 2019 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 46.2% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Brunei | 45.6% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 17 | Grenada | 45.6% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 45.3% | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 45.3% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.1% | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 22 | Namibia | 44.8% | 2019 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | Pakistan | 44.8% | 2019 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 44.6% | 2019 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 44.5% | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 44.3% | 2019 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 43.9% | 2019 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 28 | Kiribati | 43.8% | 2019 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 29 | Bahamas | 43.6% | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 30 | Sudan | 43.5% | 2019 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 43.4% | 2019 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 32 | Barbados | 43.3% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 32 | Suriname | 43.3% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 34 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.2% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.2% | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 43.2% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 37 | Bhutan | 43.0% | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 38 | Senegal | 42.9% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 39 | Central African Republic | 42.8% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 39 | Tajikistan | 42.8% | 2019 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 42.7% | 2019 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 42 | Niger | 42.6% | 2019 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 43 | Guinea | 42.5% | 2019 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 42.5% | 2019 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 43 | Palau | 42.5% | 2019 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 46 | Georgia | 42.3% | 2019 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 46 | Seychelles | 42.3% | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 42.1% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 48 | Brazil | 42.1% | 2019 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 48 | Serbia | 42.1% | 2019 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 51 | Lithuania | 42.0% | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 52 | Mozambique | 41.9% | 2019 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 53 | Guyana | 41.8% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 53 | Vanuatu | 41.8% | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 55 | Cape Verde | 41.7% | 2019 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.6% | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 41.6% | 2019 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 58 | Congo | 41.5% | 2019 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.5% | 2019 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.3% | 2019 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 60 | Liberia | 41.3% | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 41.2% | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 62 | Russia | 41.2% | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 64 | Malaysia | 41.0% | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 40.9% | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 66 | Angola | 40.8% | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 40.8% | 2019 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 40.8% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 66 | Montenegro | 40.8% | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 40.7% | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 70 | Egypt | 40.7% | 2019 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 40.7% | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 70 | Mongolia | 40.7% | 2019 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 70 | Slovenia | 40.7% | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 70 | Chad | 40.7% | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 76 | Fiji | 40.5% | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 77 | Gambia | 40.2% | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 40.2% | 2019 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 79 | Myanmar | 40.0% | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 80 | Equatorial Guinea | 39.9% | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 81 | Syria | 39.8% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.7% | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | Mauritania | 39.7% | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | Nauru | 39.7% | 2019 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 85 | Cuba | 39.5% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 39.4% | 2019 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 86 | Libya | 39.4% | 2019 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 88 | Venezuela | 39.1% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 89 | Nigeria | 39.0% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 90 | Latvia | 38.9% | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 90 | Madagascar | 38.9% | 2019 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 90 | Uruguay | 38.9% | 2019 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 93 | Oman | 38.8% | 2019 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 94 | Gabon | 38.7% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 95 | Cameroon | 38.6% | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 95 | Somalia | 38.6% | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 97 | Mali | 38.3% | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 98 | Belize | 38.0% | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 98 | Slovakia | 38.0% | 2019 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 100 | Samoa | 37.9% | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 101 | Qatar | 37.7% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 37.6% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Togo | 37.5% | 2019 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 104 | Algeria | 37.4% | 2019 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 104 | Palestine | 37.4% | 2019 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 36.9% | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 107 | East Timor | 36.7% | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 36.5% | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 109 | Comoros | 36.2% | 2019 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 110 | Ghana | 36.1% | 2019 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 111 | South Sudan | 36.0% | 2019 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 112 | Djibouti | 35.8% | 2019 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 113 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.7% | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 113 | Jordan | 35.7% | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 115 | Burundi | 35.6% | 2019 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 115 | Morocco | 35.6% | 2019 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 117 | Maldives | 35.4% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 117 | Tanzania | 35.4% | 2019 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 119 | Bahrain | 35.3% | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 119 | Panama | 35.3% | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 121 | Kuwait | 35.2% | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 122 | Tunisia | 34.8% | 2019 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 123 | Kenya | 34.7% | 2019 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 34.5% | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 34.5% | 2019 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 126 | Honduras | 34.4% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 126 | Turkey | 34.4% | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 34.2% | 2019 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 128 | Estonia | 34.2% | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 128 | Lebanon | 34.2% | 2019 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 131 | Czechia | 34.0% | 2019 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 132 | Micronesia (country) | 33.9% | 2019 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 132 | Nepal | 33.9% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Uganda | 33.9% | 2019 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 135 | Zambia | 33.8% | 2019 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 136 | El Salvador | 33.6% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 137 | Chile | 33.1% | 2019 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 138 | Benin | 33.0% | 2019 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 139 | Marshall Islands | 32.9% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 140 | Philippines | 32.8% | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 141 | Guatemala | 32.6% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 142 | Mauritius | 32.0% | 2019 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 31.7% | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 144 | Malawi | 31.6% | 2019 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 145 | Laos | 31.4% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 145 | Mexico | 31.4% | 2019 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 147 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2019 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 148 | Colombia | 30.8% | 2019 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 149 | Finland | 30.6% | 2019 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 150 | India | 30.5% | 2019 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 151 | Austria | 30.2% | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 30.2% | 2019 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 30.1% | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 30.1% | 2019 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 155 | Yemen | 29.6% | 2019 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 156 | Thailand | 29.2% | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 157 | United States | 29.0% | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 158 | Denmark | 28.6% | 2019 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 158 | Italy | 28.6% | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 160 | Portugal | 28.0% | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 161 | New Zealand | 27.6% | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 162 | Bolivia | 27.2% | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 163 | Singapore | 27.1% | 2019 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 164 | Ireland | 26.6% | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 165 | Vietnam | 26.4% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 166 | Australia | 26.3% | 2019 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 167 | Andorra | 26.2% | 2019 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 167 | Greece | 26.2% | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 169 | Belgium | 26.1% | 2019 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 170 | Cyprus | 26.0% | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 171 | Iran | 25.8% | 2019 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 172 | Norway | 25.5% | 2019 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 173 | Cambodia | 25.4% | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 174 | Israel | 25.3% | 2019 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 175 | North Korea | 25.2% | 2019 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 176 | Ecuador | 25.1% | 2019 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 177 | Germany | 25.0% | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 178 | Malta | 24.8% | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 178 | Netherlands | 24.8% | 2019 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 180 | Eritrea | 24.7% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 181 | Sweden | 24.6% | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 182 | France | 24.4% | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 183 | Iceland | 24.2% | 2019 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 183 | Luxembourg | 24.2% | 2019 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 185 | China | 24.1% | 2019 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 186 | United Kingdom | 23.0% | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 187 | Japan | 22.5% | 2019 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 188 | South Korea | 21.2% | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 189 | Spain | 20.8% | 2019 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 190 | Canada | 19.9% | 2019 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 191 | Peru | 18.4% | 2019 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 192 | Switzerland | 17.5% | 2019 | down 22.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean Small States 42.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 41.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 41.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 40.2%
- Pacific island small states 39.1%
- Africa Western and Central 38.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 38.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 38.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 38.5%
- Arab World 38.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 37.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 37.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 37.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 37.7%
- Small states 37.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 37.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 36.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 36.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 36.7%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.6%
- Least developed countries 36.0%
- Low income 35.4%
- Other small states 35.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 34.3%
- Lower middle income 34.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 33.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 32.6%
- Low & middle income 32.1%
- Middle income 31.9%
- World 31.5%
- South Asia 31.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 31.0%
- Upper middle income 30.4%
- European Union 29.1%
- High income 29.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 29.1%
- North America 28.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 27.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 27.7%
- OECD members 27.6%
About this data
Prevalence of hypertension, female, is the percentage of female adults ages 30-79 with hypertension (defined as having systolic blood pressure =140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure =90 mmHg, or taking medication for hypertension). The data is age-standardized.