Prevalence of hypertension (% of adults ages 30-79) by country
Prevalence of hypertension is the percentage of 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
56.4%
Paraguay
Lowest
20.7%
Peru
Median
38.0%
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
7,050
What the numbers show
Prevalence of hypertension (% of adults ages 30-79) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 56.4% in Paraguay; the lowest is 20.7% in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.0%, and the mean is 37.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 25.5%), and the largest decrease in Iran, Islamic Republic of (down 20.4%).
Prevalence of hypertension: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 56.4% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 50.4% | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 49.2% | 2019 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 3 | Poland | 49.2% | 2019 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 49.1% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 6 | Croatia | 48.4% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 6 | Romania | 48.4% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 8 | Hungary | 48.3% | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 48.3% | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 10 | Iraq | 48.1% | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | Lithuania | 48.0% | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 12 | Dominica | 47.7% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 47.5% | 2019 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 14 | Armenia | 47.3% | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Tajikistan | 46.8% | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 16 | Grenada | 46.6% | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 17 | Brunei Darussalam | 46.4% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 18 | Jamaica | 46.3% | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 19 | Serbia | 46.1% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 45.7% | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 21 | Oman | 45.6% | 2019 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 22 | Slovenia | 45.3% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 45.2% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.1% | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 45.1% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Montenegro | 45.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 45.1% | 2019 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 45.0% | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 29 | Bahamas | 44.5% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 44.5% | 2019 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 44.3% | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 31 | Seychelles | 44.3% | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.2% | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 33 | Palau | 44.2% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | Botswana | 44.1% | 2019 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 44.1% | 2019 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 44.1% | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 43.9% | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 39 | Namibia | 43.8% | 2019 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 40 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 41 | Tonga | 43.3% | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 42 | Pakistan | 43.2% | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 43.1% | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 44 | Haiti | 42.9% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 44 | Suriname | 42.9% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 46 | Mongolia | 42.8% | 2019 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 47 | Libya | 42.7% | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 47 | Slovakia | 42.7% | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42.6% | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | 42.6% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 51 | Eswatini | 42.5% | 2019 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.4% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 42.4% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 54 | Kiribati | 42.3% | 2019 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 42.3% | 2019 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 41.9% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 57 | Albania | 41.8% | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 57 | Barbados | 41.8% | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 57 | Naoero | 41.8% | 2019 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 60 | Czechia | 41.6% | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 61 | Niger | 41.5% | 2019 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 41.4% | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 41.3% | 2019 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 64 | Syrian Arab Republic | 41.1% | 2019 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 41.0% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea | 40.9% | 2019 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.9% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 66 | Qatar | 40.9% | 2019 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 69 | Malaysia | 40.8% | 2019 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 69 | Sudan | 40.8% | 2019 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 40.8% | 2019 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 72 | Kuwait | 40.5% | 2019 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 72 | Senegal | 40.5% | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 74 | Indonesia | 40.3% | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 75 | Afghanistan | 40.2% | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 75 | Estonia | 40.2% | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 77 | Lesotho | 40.1% | 2019 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 78 | Guyana | 40.0% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 39.9% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 80 | Congo | 39.8% | 2019 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 39.8% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 82 | Vanuatu | 39.5% | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 83 | Liberia | 39.4% | 2019 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 83 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 39.4% | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 39.3% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 86 | Palestine, State of | 39.1% | 2019 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 39.0% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 88 | Angola | 38.7% | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 88 | Bahrain | 38.7% | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 90 | Fiji | 38.6% | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 90 | Mozambique | 38.6% | 2019 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 92 | Samoa | 38.3% | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 93 | Egypt | 38.2% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.1% | 2019 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 94 | Lebanon | 38.1% | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 96 | Belize | 38.0% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.0% | 2019 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 98 | Mauritania | 37.9% | 2019 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 98 | Chad | 37.9% | 2019 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 37.8% | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 100 | Myanmar | 37.8% | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 102 | Jordan | 37.7% | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 103 | Gambia | 37.6% | 2019 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 104 | Gabon | 37.4% | 2019 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 105 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.3% | 2019 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 106 | Madagascar | 36.9% | 2019 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 107 | Cameroon | 36.8% | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 108 | Algeria | 36.2% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 109 | Chile | 36.1% | 2019 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 109 | Nigeria | 36.1% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 109 | Nepal | 36.1% | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 109 | Panama | 36.1% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Somalia | 36.1% | 2019 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 114 | Togo | 36.0% | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 115 | Denmark | 35.9% | 2019 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 115 | Finland | 35.9% | 2019 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 35.8% | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 35.6% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 119 | Morocco | 35.3% | 2019 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 119 | Timor-Leste | 35.3% | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 121 | Tunisia | 34.7% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 122 | Mali | 34.6% | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 123 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 34.3% | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 124 | Burundi | 34.2% | 2019 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 124 | Djibouti | 34.2% | 2019 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 124 | South Sudan | 34.2% | 2019 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 127 | Maldives | 34.1% | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 34.0% | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 129 | Ghana | 33.9% | 2019 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 129 | Honduras | 33.9% | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 131 | Austria | 33.8% | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 131 | Italy | 33.8% | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 131 | Philippines | 33.8% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 134 | Comoros | 33.2% | 2019 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 134 | Kenya | 33.2% | 2019 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 134 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 33.2% | 2019 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 137 | Mauritius | 33.1% | 2019 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 138 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 32.9% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 139 | Türkiye | 32.8% | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 140 | El Salvador | 32.7% | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 141 | Uganda | 32.5% | 2019 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 142 | Ireland | 32.3% | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 142 | Portugal | 32.3% | 2019 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 142 | Zambia | 32.3% | 2019 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 145 | Guatemala | 32.2% | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 146 | Mexico | 32.1% | 2019 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 31.9% | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 148 | United States of America | 31.6% | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 149 | Singapore | 31.5% | 2019 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 150 | Japan | 31.4% | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 151 | Greece | 31.3% | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 152 | Benin | 31.2% | 2019 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 153 | India | 31.1% | 2019 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 154 | Andorra | 31.0% | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 154 | Colombia | 31.0% | 2019 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 156 | New Zealand | 30.9% | 2019 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 157 | Cyprus | 30.8% | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 30.5% | 2019 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 158 | Luxembourg | 30.5% | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 158 | Netherlands | 30.5% | 2019 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 158 | Norway | 30.5% | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 162 | Sweden | 30.2% | 2019 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 163 | Belgium | 30.0% | 2019 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 164 | Rwanda | 29.8% | 2019 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 29.8% | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 166 | Germany | 29.7% | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 166 | Viet Nam | 29.7% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 168 | Malta | 29.5% | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 168 | Malawi | 29.5% | 2019 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 170 | Australia | 29.3% | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 170 | Yemen | 29.3% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 172 | Thailand | 29.2% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 173 | France | 29.1% | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 173 | Israel | 29.1% | 2019 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 28.8% | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 176 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 28.5% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 177 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 28.3% | 2019 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 27.8% | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 179 | Iceland | 27.5% | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 180 | Ethiopia | 27.4% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 181 | China | 27.3% | 2019 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 182 | Ecuador | 27.2% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 182 | Spain | 27.2% | 2019 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 184 | Korea | 26.7% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 185 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 26.5% | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 186 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 26.4% | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 187 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 26.2% | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 188 | Cambodia | 25.7% | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 189 | Eritrea | 23.7% | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 190 | Canada | 22.1% | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 191 | Switzerland | 21.9% | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 192 | Peru | 20.7% | 2019 | up 4.5% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 47.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 43.1%
- Caribbean Small States 42.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 40.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 38.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 38.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 38.5%
- Small states 38.1%
- Arab World 38.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 37.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 37.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 37.4%
- Other small states 36.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 36.7%
- Pacific island small states 36.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 36.6%
- Africa Western and Central 36.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 35.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 35.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 35.6%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 35.1%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 34.6%
- European Union 34.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 33.8%
- Low income 33.5%
- Lower middle income 33.5%
- High income 33.5%
- Least developed countries 33.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 33.3%
- World 32.9%
- Low & middle income 32.7%
- Middle income 32.7%
- Upper middle income 32.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 31.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 31.5%
- OECD members 31.5%
- Euro area 31.5%
- South Asia 31.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 31.0%
- North America 30.6%
About this data
Prevalence of hypertension is the percentage of 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.