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Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) (crude estimate) by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
47.96
Belarus
Lowest
10.38
Canada
Median
29.99
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
6,180

What the numbers show

Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) (crude estimate) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 47.96 in Belarus; the lowest is 10.38 in Canada.

The median across all reporting countries is 29.99, and the mean is 30.05.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 143 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 30.3%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 31.1%).

Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus 47.96 2019 down 3.8% falling
2 Paraguay 47.83 2019 down 4.0% rising
3 Lithuania 47.49 2019 down 7.5% falling
4 Tuvalu 46.9 2019 up 12.9% rising
5 Moldova 45.54 2019 down 7.7% falling
6 Armenia 44.81 2019 down 0.2% rising
7 Croatia 44.41 2019 down 3.2% falling
8 Albania 42.77 2019 up 2.4% rising
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.12 2019 down 4.7% falling
10 Argentina 41.37 2019 up 8.1% rising
11 Hungary 41.3 2019 down 8.2% falling
12 Latvia 41.21 2019 down 9.4% falling
13 Ukraine 40.52 2019 down 15.1% falling
14 Dominica 40.51 2019 down 5.2% flat
15 Georgia 40.29 2019 down 2.6% flat
16 Palau 39.62 2019 up 7.3% rising
17 Bulgaria 39.53 2019 down 8.3% falling
18 Slovenia 39.33 2019 down 6.6% falling
19 Russia 39.3 2019 down 14.6% falling
20 Tajikistan 39.21 2019 up 4.8% rising
21 Tonga 38.96 2019 up 22.3% rising
22 Serbia 38.8 2019 down 11.6% falling
23 Cook Islands 38.58 2019 up 8.3% rising
24 Grenada 38.38 2019 down 3.9% flat
25 Denmark 38.29 2019 down 9.4% flat
26 Montenegro 38.11 2019 down 8.4% falling
27 Dominican Republic 38.1 2019 up 0.1% rising
28 Romania 38.09 2019 down 9.8% falling
29 Kiribati 37.98 2019 up 30.3% rising
30 Iraq 37.82 2019 down 0.5% falling
31 Jamaica 37.8 2019 up 4.9% rising
32 French Polynesia 37.78 2019 up 11.5% rising
33 Estonia 37.74 2019 down 8.9% falling
34 Bhutan 37.55 2019 up 4.4% rising
35 Indonesia 37.51 2019 up 20.4% rising
36 North Macedonia 37.45 2019 down 7.9% falling
37 Sao Tome and Principe 37.39 2019 down 7.3% falling
38 Puerto Rico 37.21 2019 up 3.3% flat
39 Haiti 36.98 2019 up 4.2% rising
40 Pakistan 36.71 2019 up 4.3% rising
41 Niger 36.52 2019 down 9.0% flat
42 Uzbekistan 35.72 2019 up 22.0% rising
43 Sudan 35.64 2019 down 5.8% rising
44 Poland 35.53 2019 down 12.7% falling
45 Central African Republic 35.1 2019 down 4.0% flat
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 34.95 2019 up 0.9% falling
47 Bahamas 34.94 2019 up 3.9% rising
48 Cape Verde 34.82 2019 down 13.7% falling
49 Guinea 34.6 2019 down 11.4% flat
50 Vanuatu 34.57 2019 up 4.8% rising
51 Azerbaijan 34.57 2019 up 6.5% rising
52 Trinidad and Tobago 34.45 2019 up 0.9% rising
53 Kyrgyzstan 34.06 2019 up 5.4% flat
54 Samoa 34.06 2019 up 13.8% rising
55 Sierra Leone 33.93 2019 down 10.8% falling
56 Libya 33.83 2019 down 3.4% falling
57 Eswatini 33.65 2019 down 12.3% flat
58 Antigua and Barbuda 33.63 2019 up 3.8% flat
59 Naoero 33.56 2019 up 10.4% rising
60 Botswana 33.55 2019 down 7.6% flat
61 Niue 33.45 2019 up 5.0% rising
62 Oman 33.44 2019 down 9.1% falling
63 Senegal 33.1 2019 down 8.6% flat
64 Nepal 32.98 2019 down 2.4% rising
65 Fiji 32.92 2019 up 10.9% rising
66 Liberia 32.79 2019 down 9.3% falling
67 Seychelles 32.79 2019 down 15.1% falling
68 Mozambique 32.62 2019 down 10.4% flat
69 Congo 32.44 2019 down 4.7% falling
70 Guyana 32.4 2019 up 6.7% rising
71 Namibia 32.37 2019 down 13.2% falling
72 Uruguay 32.37 2019 down 9.1% falling
73 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.31 2019 up 1.4% flat
74 South Africa 32.23 2019 down 11.6% rising
75 Turkmenistan 31.89 2019 up 4.3% flat
76 Zimbabwe 31.86 2019 down 9.4% flat
77 Madagascar 31.83 2019 down 11.9% flat
78 Sri Lanka 31.81 2019 up 8.7% rising
79 Malaysia 31.79 2019 down 8.3% rising
80 Saint Lucia 31.77 2019 up 2.4% flat
81 Morocco 31.58 2019 down 3.6% flat
82 Myanmar 31.54 2019 up 5.6% rising
83 Afghanistan 31.5 2019 up 1.8% flat
84 Brunei Darussalam 31.28 2019 up 1.4% rising
85 Finland 30.9 2019 down 10.3% falling
86 Côte d'Ivoire 30.71 2019 down 10.3% flat
87 Barbados 30.69 2019 down 1.8% falling
88 Somalia 30.51 2019 down 10.2% flat
89 Mauritania 30.47 2019 down 10.4% falling
90 Timor-Leste 30.46 2019 up 1.1% rising
91 Slovakia 30.35 2019 down 12.5% falling
92 Angola 30.24 2019 down 8.0% falling
93 Gambia 30.23 2019 down 10.2% flat
94 Chad 30.23 2019 down 11.6% falling
95 Lesotho 30.17 2019 down 12.3% falling
96 Brazil 30.08 2019 down 14.8% falling
97 Guinea-Bissau 30.04 2019 down 12.2% falling
98 Czechia 29.95 2019 down 11.7% falling
99 Italy 29.79 2019 down 16.9% falling
100 Tunisia 29.65 2019 down 2.6% falling
101 Cameroon 29.61 2019 down 3.2% flat
102 Syria 29.55 2019 down 10.4% falling
103 Togo 29.4 2019 down 8.9% falling
104 Netherlands 29.37 2019 down 16.8% rising
105 Cuba 29.34 2019 up 2.3% falling
106 Sweden 29.32 2019 down 20.9% falling
107 Mongolia 29.3 2019 down 12.3% falling
108 Egypt 29.21 2019 down 4.4% falling
109 Nigeria 28.88 2019 down 7.8% falling
110 Kazakhstan 28.87 2019 down 10.8% falling
111 Austria 28.81 2019 down 18.1% falling
112 Gabon 28.7 2019 down 11.5% falling
113 Algeria 28.48 2019 down 6.8% falling
114 Djibouti 27.99 2019 down 12.4% flat
115 Belize 27.89 2019 up 5.3% flat
116 Palestine, State of 27.88 2019 down 10.8% falling
117 South Sudan 27.85 2019 down 14.1% falling
118 Equatorial Guinea 27.73 2019 down 13.0% falling
119 Japan 27.61 2019 down 12.3% falling
120 Lebanon 27.6 2019 down 10.4% falling
121 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 27.53 2019 down 4.7% flat
122 Tanzania, United Republic of 27.45 2019 down 15.5% falling
123 Micronesia (country) 27.18 2019 up 7.2% rising
124 United Arab Emirates 27.15 2019 up 11.4% rising
125 Philippines 27.11 2019 down 0.8% rising
126 Kenya 27.08 2019 down 12.6% falling
127 Uganda 26.99 2019 down 10.5% falling
128 Venezuela 26.54 2019 down 10.7% falling
129 Ireland 26.45 2019 down 10.3% falling
130 Burundi 26.37 2019 down 17.3% falling
131 Comoros 26.36 2019 down 14.6% falling
132 Mali 26.01 2019 down 10.6% falling
133 France 25.92 2019 down 10.6% falling
134 India 25.75 2019 down 7.2% flat
135 Panama 25.71 2019 down 8.6% flat
136 Kuwait 25.68 2019 down 4.4% falling
137 Bahrain 25.68 2019 down 6.8% falling
138 Marshall Islands 25.65 2019 up 5.3% rising
139 Norway 25.62 2019 down 17.6% falling
140 Benin 25.4 2019 down 16.2% falling
141 Chile 25.35 2019 down 17.1% falling
142 Ghana 25.3 2019 down 20.2% falling
143 Viet Nam 25.19 2019 up 2.4% rising
144 New Zealand 25.19 2019 down 2.6% falling
145 Qatar 25.08 2019 down 11.0% falling
146 Rwanda 25.03 2019 down 13.0% flat
147 Solomon Islands 24.86 2019 up 23.4% rising
148 Zambia 24.8 2019 down 19.1% falling
149 Burkina Faso 24.62 2019 down 12.1% falling
150 Greece 24.56 2019 down 14.9% falling
151 China 24.42 2019 down 5.4% rising
152 Australia 24.15 2019 up 8.9% falling
153 Ethiopia 23.75 2019 down 6.9% flat
154 Mauritius 23.72 2019 down 23.9% flat
155 Guatemala 23.57 2019 down 5.7% flat
156 Luxembourg 23.47 2019 down 31.1% falling
157 Thailand 23.36 2019 up 6.7% rising
158 Andorra 23.29 2019 down 11.9% falling
159 Jordan 23.28 2019 down 10.5% falling
160 Bangladesh 23.24 2019 up 3.1% falling
161 Saudi Arabia 23.04 2019 down 5.4% falling
162 Israel 22.89 2019 down 9.9% falling
163 Mexico 22.81 2019 down 16.9% falling
164 Papua New Guinea 22.75 2019 up 19.2% rising
165 Maldives 22.69 2019 down 13.3% falling
166 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22.34 2019 down 3.3% flat
167 Cyprus 22.34 2019 down 17.2% falling
168 Malawi 22.25 2019 down 29.3% falling
169 Türkiye 22.22 2019 down 13.0% falling
170 Spain 22.08 2019 down 21.6% falling
171 Belgium 21.85 2019 down 17.9% falling
172 North Korea 21.75 2019 down 1.6% flat
173 Nicaragua 21.71 2019 down 12.7% falling
174 Singapore 21.46 2019 down 16.9% falling
175 United Kingdom 21.32 2019 down 14.1% falling
176 Portugal 21.31 2019 down 27.4% falling
177 Yemen 20.98 2019 down 8.6% falling
178 Colombia 20.93 2019 down 16.5% falling
179 Honduras 20.56 2019 down 11.2% falling
180 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 20.31 2019 down 2.8% falling
181 El Salvador 19.94 2019 down 9.2% falling
182 Germany 19.76 2019 down 26.0% falling
183 Malta 19.45 2019 down 24.9% falling
184 Costa Rica 19.21 2019 down 28.6% falling
185 Ecuador 18.96 2019 up 3.2% flat
186 Eritrea 18.93 2019 down 16.3% falling
187 United States 18.8 2019 up 11.4% falling
188 Cambodia 18.51 2019 down 2.5% falling
189 Iran 17.75 2019 down 28.9% falling
190 Switzerland 17.14 2019 down 25.4% falling
191 Peru 15.95 2019 up 5.8% falling
192 Iceland 15.66 2019 down 23.8% falling
193 Republic of Korea 13.83 2019 down 22.6% falling
194 Canada 10.38 2019 down 15.3% falling

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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About this data

Indicator
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) (crude estimate)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
206 places, 6,180 data points, 1990–2019
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