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Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate) by country

Countries reporting
189
Highest
29.2
Naoero
Lowest
4
Switzerland
Median
8.1
Years covered
35
1980–2014
Data points
7,070

What the numbers show

Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 29.2 in Naoero; the lowest is 4 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.1, and the mean is 9.78.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 171 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Lucia (up 52.6%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 6.5%).

Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Naoero 29.2 2014 down 2.0% rising
2 Cook Islands 27.5 2014 up 11.3% rising
3 Niue 27.1 2014 up 21.5% rising
4 Samoa 24.6 2014 up 28.1% rising
5 Tonga 24.2 2014 up 23.5% rising
6 Tuvalu 23.8 2014 up 16.7% rising
7 Palau 23.2 2014 up 9.4% rising
8 Kiribati 22.3 2014 up 18.0% rising
9 Micronesia, Federated States of 22 2014 up 27.2% rising
10 Marshall Islands 21.1 2014 up 10.5% rising
11 Kuwait 19.6 2014 up 19.5% rising
12 Qatar 18.9 2014 up 24.3% rising
13 Egypt 17.9 2014 up 32.6% rising
14 Fiji 17.4 2014 up 26.1% rising
14 Iraq 17.4 2014 up 31.8% rising
14 Saudi Arabia 17.4 2014 up 23.4% rising
17 Jordan 16.8 2014 up 19.1% rising
18 Libya 15.9 2014 up 26.2% rising
18 Vanuatu 15.9 2014 up 29.3% rising
20 United Arab Emirates 15.1 2014 up 12.7% rising
21 Papua New Guinea 14.8 2014 up 29.8% rising
22 Syrian Arab Republic 14.6 2014 up 28.1% rising
23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.5 2014 up 30.6% rising
23 Saint Lucia 14.5 2014 up 52.6% rising
25 Solomon Islands 13.9 2014 up 23.0% rising
26 Morocco 13.7 2014 up 33.0% rising
27 Türkiye 13.6 2014 up 29.5% rising
28 Oman 13.5 2014 up 22.7% rising
29 Lebanon 13.4 2014 up 39.6% rising
30 Mauritius 13 2014 up 9.2% rising
31 Belize 12.7 2014 up 22.1% rising
32 Georgia 12.6 2014 up 41.6% rising
33 Bahamas 12.5 2014 up 12.6% rising
33 Tunisia 12.5 2014 up 25.0% rising
35 Algeria 12.4 2014 up 25.3% rising
35 Pakistan 12.4 2014 up 24.0% rising
37 Azerbaijan 12.3 2014 up 36.7% rising
38 Barbados 12.2 2014 up 23.2% rising
38 Turkmenistan 12.2 2014 up 47.0% rising
40 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.1 2014 up 34.4% rising
41 Afghanistan 11.9 2014 up 28.0% rising
41 Jamaica 11.9 2014 up 32.2% rising
43 Bhutan 11.8 2014 up 18.0% rising
43 Kazakhstan 11.8 2014 up 21.6% rising
45 Mongolia 11.7 2014 up 33.0% rising
45 Trinidad and Tobago 11.7 2014 up 42.7% rising
47 Armenia 11.5 2014 up 23.7% rising
47 Antigua and Barbuda 11.5 2014 up 33.7% rising
47 Bahrain 11.5 2014 up 8.5% rising
50 Yemen 11.3 2014 up 41.2% rising
50 South Africa 11.3 2014 up 20.2% rising
52 Mexico 11.2 2014 up 12.0% rising
53 Dominica 11.1 2014 up 22.0% rising
53 Grenada 11.1 2014 up 30.6% rising
53 Malaysia 11.1 2014 up 14.4% rising
56 Guyana 10.9 2014 up 32.9% rising
56 Maldives 10.9 2014 up 14.7% rising
58 Nepal 10.6 2014 up 24.7% rising
58 Uzbekistan 10.6 2014 up 41.3% rising
58 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.6 2014 up 17.8% rising
61 Chile 10.5 2014 up 15.4% rising
62 Kyrgyzstan 10.4 2014 up 35.1% rising
62 Seychelles 10.4 2014 up 15.6% rising
64 Dominican Republic 10.1 2014 up 21.7% rising
64 Nicaragua 10.1 2014 up 17.4% rising
64 El Salvador 10.1 2014 up 13.5% rising
64 Tajikistan 10.1 2014 up 44.3% rising
68 Gabon 10 2014 up 20.5% rising
69 Bangladesh 9.8 2014 up 24.1% rising
70 Argentina 9.7 2014 up 14.1% rising
70 Guatemala 9.7 2014 up 19.8% rising
70 Eswatini 9.7 2014 up 24.4% rising
73 Uruguay 9.5 2014 up 13.1% rising
73 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9.5 2014 up 5.6% rising
75 Brunei Darussalam 9.4 2014 down 1.1% rising
75 Equatorial Guinea 9.4 2014 up 38.2% rising
77 Honduras 9.3 2014 up 29.2% rising
77 Panama 9.3 2014 up 19.2% rising
79 Mauritania 9 2014 up 20.0% rising
80 Costa Rica 8.9 2014 up 17.1% rising
81 China 8.8 2014 up 27.5% rising
81 Lesotho 8.8 2014 up 25.7% rising
83 Gambia 8.7 2014 up 31.8% rising
83 Haiti 8.7 2014 up 31.8% rising
83 India 8.7 2014 up 10.1% rising
86 Botswana 8.6 2014 up 21.1% rising
87 Colombia 8.5 2014 up 11.8% rising
87 Cape Verde 8.5 2014 up 18.1% rising
87 Thailand 8.5 2014 up 16.4% rising
90 Cuba 8.4 2014 up 12.0% rising
91 Brazil 8.3 2014 up 15.3% rising
92 Angola 8.2 2014 up 36.7% rising
93 Djibouti 8.1 2014 up 2.5% rising
93 Republic of Moldova 8.1 2014 up 20.9% rising
93 Paraguay 8.1 2014 up 22.7% rising
96 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8 2014 up 19.4% rising
96 Comoros 8 2014 up 27.0% rising
96 Ecuador 8 2014 up 21.2% rising
96 Republic of Korea 8 2014 up 9.6% rising
96 Sao Tome and Principe 8 2014 up 11.1% rising
101 Lithuania 7.9 2014 up 11.3% rising
101 Singapore 7.9 2014 down 4.8% flat
103 Belarus 7.8 2014 up 11.4% rising
103 Central African Republic 7.8 2014 up 39.3% rising
105 Congo 7.7 2014 up 24.2% rising
105 Hungary 7.7 2014 up 13.2% rising
105 Indonesia 7.7 2014 up 11.6% rising
105 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.7 2014 up 20.3% rising
105 Liberia 7.7 2014 up 30.5% rising
105 Malta 7.7 2014 unchanged rising
105 Peru 7.7 2014 up 13.2% rising
105 Poland 7.7 2014 up 14.9% rising
105 Russian Federation 7.7 2014 up 8.5% rising
114 Bulgaria 7.6 2014 up 16.9% rising
115 Czechia 7.5 2014 up 7.1% rising
116 Albania 7.4 2014 up 13.8% rising
116 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.4 2014 up 4.2% rising
116 Sri Lanka 7.4 2014 up 25.4% rising
116 Myanmar 7.4 2014 up 23.3% rising
116 Namibia 7.4 2014 up 23.3% rising
116 Senegal 7.4 2014 up 17.5% rising
122 Croatia 7.3 2014 up 19.7% rising
122 Mali 7.3 2014 up 32.7% rising
122 Ukraine 7.3 2014 up 9.0% rising
122 United States of America 7.3 2014 up 9.0% rising
126 Benin 7.2 2014 up 22.0% rising
126 Latvia 7.2 2014 up 9.1% rising
126 North Macedonia 7.2 2014 up 10.8% rising
126 Philippines 7.2 2014 up 12.5% rising
126 Slovakia 7.2 2014 up 16.1% rising
131 Spain 7.1 2014 unchanged rising
131 Estonia 7.1 2014 up 7.6% rising
131 Guinea-Bissau 7.1 2014 up 24.6% rising
131 Cambodia 7.1 2014 up 22.4% rising
131 Montenegro 7.1 2014 up 7.6% rising
131 Slovenia 7.1 2014 up 12.7% rising
131 Togo 7.1 2014 up 24.6% rising
131 Zimbabwe 7.1 2014 up 10.9% rising
139 Cyprus 7 2014 up 7.7% rising
139 Chad 7 2014 up 32.1% rising
141 Andorra 6.9 2014 down 2.8% flat
141 Côte d'Ivoire 6.9 2014 up 21.1% rising
141 New Zealand 6.9 2014 up 3.0% rising
141 Sierra Leone 6.9 2014 up 25.5% rising
141 Serbia 6.9 2014 up 11.3% rising
146 Portugal 6.8 2014 up 11.5% rising
146 Romania 6.8 2014 up 17.2% rising
146 Somalia 6.8 2014 up 19.3% rising
149 Cameroon 6.7 2014 up 24.1% rising
149 Japan 6.7 2014 up 1.5% rising
151 Greece 6.6 2014 up 4.8% rising
151 Zambia 6.6 2014 up 20.0% rising
153 Ghana 6.5 2014 up 16.1% rising
154 Guinea 6.4 2014 up 28.0% rising
154 Israel 6.4 2014 unchanged rising
154 Mozambique 6.4 2014 up 20.8% rising
157 Burkina Faso 6.3 2014 up 28.6% rising
157 Malawi 6.3 2014 up 26.0% rising
159 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.2 2014 up 34.8% rising
159 Ireland 6.2 2014 up 6.9% rising
159 Nigeria 6.2 2014 up 21.6% rising
162 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.1 2014 up 19.6% rising
163 Kenya 6 2014 up 25.0% rising
164 Australia 5.9 2014 unchanged rising
164 France 5.9 2014 up 5.4% rising
164 Iceland 5.9 2014 down 6.3% falling
164 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 5.9 2014 up 7.3% flat
168 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.8 2014 up 5.5% rising
168 Italy 5.8 2014 up 5.5% rising
170 Niger 5.6 2014 up 21.7% rising
171 Canada 5.5 2014 unchanged rising
171 Eritrea 5.5 2014 up 25.0% rising
171 Madagascar 5.5 2014 up 19.6% rising
171 Timor-Leste 5.5 2014 up 10.0% rising
175 Ethiopia 5.4 2014 up 22.7% rising
175 Luxembourg 5.4 2014 unchanged rising
177 Finland 5.3 2014 down 5.4% rising
177 Viet Nam 5.3 2014 up 10.4% rising
179 Norway 5.1 2014 down 1.9% rising
180 Germany 5 2014 up 2.0% rising
181 Sweden 4.9 2014 unchanged rising
182 Belgium 4.6 2014 down 6.1% falling
182 Uganda 4.6 2014 up 39.4% rising
184 Rwanda 4.4 2014 up 29.4% rising
185 Austria 4.3 2014 down 2.3% rising
185 Denmark 4.3 2014 down 6.5% falling
185 Netherlands 4.3 2014 down 4.4% rising
188 Burundi 4.2 2014 up 35.5% rising
189 Switzerland 4 2014 up 2.6% rising

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
Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
202 places, 7,070 data points, 1980–2014
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