Treatment for hypertension (% of adults ages 30-79 with hypertension) by country
Treatment for hypertension is the percentage of adults ages 30-79 with hypertension who were taking medicine for hypertension. Hypertension is defined as having systolic blood pressure =140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure =90 mmHg, or taking medication for hypertension.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
73.3%
Canada
Lowest
10.6%
Rwanda
Median
42.6%
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
7,050
What the numbers show
Treatment for hypertension (% of adults ages 30-79 with hypertension) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 73.3% in Canada; the lowest is 10.6% in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.6%, and the mean is 41.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 185 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 81.1%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 11.3%).
Treatment for hypertension: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 73.3% | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 71.3% | 2019 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 3 | Korea | 71.1% | 2019 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 70.5% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 70.2% | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 6 | United States of America | 69.5% | 2019 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 66.4% | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 8 | Slovakia | 63.7% | 2019 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 9 | Portugal | 63.4% | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 10 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 63.0% | 2019 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 11 | Czechia | 62.7% | 2019 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 62.6% | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 12 | El Salvador | 62.6% | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 61.9% | 2019 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 61.3% | 2019 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 16 | Cuba | 60.6% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 60.6% | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 16 | Singapore | 60.6% | 2019 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 19 | Barbados | 60.5% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 20 | Greece | 60.3% | 2019 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritius | 60.2% | 2019 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 59.3% | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 23 | Romania | 59.0% | 2019 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 24 | Chile | 58.5% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 58.3% | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 25 | Jordan | 58.3% | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 27 | Serbia | 58.2% | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 28 | Türkiye | 57.9% | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 29 | Brunei Darussalam | 56.7% | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 30 | Switzerland | 56.1% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 56.0% | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 32 | Colombia | 55.3% | 2019 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 33 | Seychelles | 55.2% | 2019 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 34 | Andorra | 55.0% | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 54.9% | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 35 | Mongolia | 54.9% | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 37 | Panama | 54.7% | 2019 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 37 | Uruguay | 54.7% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 39 | Croatia | 54.0% | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 40 | Austria | 53.9% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 40 | Italy | 53.9% | 2019 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 42 | Spain | 53.6% | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 53.4% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 44 | Bahamas | 53.0% | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 45 | Israel | 52.7% | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 52.3% | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 46 | France | 52.3% | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 46 | Saint Lucia | 52.3% | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 49 | Hungary | 52.2% | 2019 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 49 | North Macedonia | 52.2% | 2019 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 49 | Montenegro | 52.2% | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 52 | Slovenia | 52.0% | 2019 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 53 | Jamaica | 51.4% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 54 | Luxembourg | 51.1% | 2019 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 55 | Finland | 50.8% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 56 | Latvia | 50.7% | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 57 | Qatar | 50.6% | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 58 | Russian Federation | 50.0% | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 59 | Mexico | 49.9% | 2019 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 49.7% | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.5% | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 61 | New Zealand | 49.5% | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 61 | Suriname | 49.5% | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 64 | Ecuador | 49.4% | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 65 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.3% | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.1% | 2019 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 66 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49.1% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 68 | Palestine, State of | 48.8% | 2019 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 69 | Ukraine | 48.7% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 70 | Lebanon | 48.6% | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 71 | Australia | 48.0% | 2019 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 72 | Belarus | 47.7% | 2019 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 47.7% | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 72 | Japan | 47.7% | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 75 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 47.6% | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 76 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 47.5% | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 77 | Grenada | 47.2% | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 78 | Guyana | 47.1% | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 79 | Norway | 46.7% | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.7% | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 81 | South Africa | 46.5% | 2019 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 46.4% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 83 | Afghanistan | 45.6% | 2019 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 83 | Dominica | 45.6% | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.4% | 2019 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 86 | Belize | 45.2% | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 87 | Lithuania | 44.7% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 88 | Thailand | 44.4% | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 89 | Syrian Arab Republic | 44.3% | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 90 | Egypt | 44.2% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 91 | Namibia | 44.0% | 2019 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 92 | Iraq | 43.6% | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 92 | Lesotho | 43.6% | 2019 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 43.5% | 2019 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 95 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 43.0% | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 96 | Malaysia | 42.9% | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 97 | Netherlands | 42.4% | 2019 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 98 | Bahrain | 42.1% | 2019 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 41.9% | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.5% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 101 | Botswana | 41.4% | 2019 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 41.2% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 103 | Argentina | 41.0% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 104 | Ireland | 40.7% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 105 | Peru | 40.0% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 106 | Sweden | 39.6% | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 107 | Algeria | 39.3% | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 108 | China | 39.2% | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 109 | Estonia | 38.6% | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 110 | Bangladesh | 38.4% | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 111 | Paraguay | 37.5% | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 37.4% | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 113 | Ghana | 36.9% | 2019 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 113 | Republic of Moldova | 36.9% | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 115 | Cambodia | 36.8% | 2019 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 116 | Tunisia | 36.7% | 2019 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 117 | Yemen | 36.5% | 2019 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 118 | Palau | 36.2% | 2019 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 36.0% | 2019 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 120 | Guatemala | 35.9% | 2019 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 35.8% | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 35.7% | 2019 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 123 | Mali | 35.6% | 2019 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 124 | Philippines | 35.5% | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 125 | Libya | 35.2% | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 126 | Fiji | 34.8% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 126 | Oman | 34.8% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 128 | Pakistan | 34.7% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 129 | Eswatini | 34.5% | 2019 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 130 | Myanmar | 34.4% | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 32.7% | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 132 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 31.9% | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 133 | Albania | 31.5% | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 134 | Maldives | 30.6% | 2019 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 135 | Marshall Islands | 30.3% | 2019 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 136 | India | 29.9% | 2019 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 137 | Viet Nam | 29.6% | 2019 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 138 | Gabon | 29.0% | 2019 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 139 | Morocco | 28.8% | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 140 | Nigeria | 28.6% | 2019 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 140 | Naoero | 28.6% | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.6% | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 143 | Armenia | 28.3% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 144 | Haiti | 28.2% | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 27.9% | 2019 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 146 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 27.8% | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.7% | 2019 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 148 | Somalia | 26.4% | 2019 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 148 | Tonga | 26.4% | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 26.3% | 2019 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 151 | Mauritania | 26.2% | 2019 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.0% | 2019 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 153 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 25.9% | 2019 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 153 | Denmark | 25.9% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 155 | Bhutan | 25.8% | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 156 | Burundi | 25.2% | 2019 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 156 | South Sudan | 25.2% | 2019 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 158 | Benin | 24.9% | 2019 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 159 | Comoros | 24.8% | 2019 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 160 | Angola | 24.7% | 2019 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 161 | Djibouti | 24.6% | 2019 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 162 | Chad | 24.5% | 2019 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 163 | Eritrea | 24.3% | 2019 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 164 | Timor-Leste | 24.2% | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 165 | Malawi | 24.0% | 2019 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 166 | Zambia | 23.9% | 2019 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 167 | Congo | 23.8% | 2019 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 168 | Côte d'Ivoire | 23.3% | 2019 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 169 | Sudan | 22.9% | 2019 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 170 | Guinea | 22.6% | 2019 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 171 | Senegal | 21.2% | 2019 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 172 | Burkina Faso | 20.8% | 2019 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 173 | Togo | 20.4% | 2019 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 20.3% | 2019 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 174 | Samoa | 20.3% | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 176 | Tuvalu | 19.8% | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 177 | Cameroon | 19.3% | 2019 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 19.2% | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 179 | Indonesia | 18.7% | 2019 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 179 | Nepal | 18.7% | 2019 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 181 | Uganda | 18.4% | 2019 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 17.8% | 2019 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 183 | Madagascar | 15.9% | 2019 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 184 | Kenya | 15.8% | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 15.6% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 186 | Mozambique | 15.5% | 2019 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 187 | Kiribati | 15.2% | 2019 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 187 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 15.2% | 2019 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 14.5% | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 190 | Vanuatu | 13.6% | 2019 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 191 | Niger | 13.4% | 2019 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 192 | Rwanda | 10.6% | 2019 | up 60.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 69.8%
- OECD members 58.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 58.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 58.3%
- High income 57.1%
- European Union 55.8%
- Euro area 55.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 55.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 55.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 54.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 52.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 52.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 50.8%
- Caribbean Small States 48.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 44.7%
- Other small states 42.6%
- Small states 42.6%
- Upper middle income 41.5%
- World 41.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 40.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 39.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 39.8%
- Arab World 39.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 37.8%
- Middle income 37.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 37.4%
- Low & middle income 36.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 35.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 35.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 34.2%
- Lower middle income 31.8%
- South Asia 30.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 30.6%
- Least developed countries 26.8%
- Africa Western and Central 26.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 25.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 25.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 25.7%
- Low income 25.5%
- Pacific island small states 25.4%
About this data
Treatment for hypertension is the percentage of adults ages 30-79 with hypertension who were taking medicine for hypertension. Hypertension is defined as having systolic blood pressure =140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure =90 mmHg, or taking medication for hypertension.