Age-standardised prevalence of diabetes, %

589 million adults (20-79 years) are living with diabetes worldwide – 1 in 9.

The total number of adults with diabetes is predicted to rise to 853 million by 2050 – 1 in 8.

4 in 5 adults with diabetes (81%) live in low and middle-income countries.

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Diabetes estimates (20-79 y) - Age-standardised prevalence of diabetes, %

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Africa 1.2 4.5 5.0 5.9
Europe 4.9 6.7 8.0 9.4
Middle East and North Africa 7.7 11.0 19.9 22.8
North America and Caribbean 7.8 10.7 13.8 15.3
South and Central America 3.7 9.2 10.1 11.5
South-East Asia 5.3 9.2 10.8 13.0
Western Pacific 3.6 8.3 11.1 12.8
Afghanistan - 7.6 11.7 12.7
Albania - 2.8 10.6 12.3
Algeria - 7.0 17.5 19.3
Andorra - 5.4 10.1 11.8
Angola - 2.9 4.9 5.3
Antigua and Barbuda - 12.5 11.6 13.3
Argentina - 5.5 14.0 15.4
Armenia - 8.5 7.7 8.9
Aruba 12.1 12.4 4.6 4.7
Australia 0.0 6.6 7.4 8.7
Austria - 6.6 5.4 6.4
Azerbaijan - 2.8 10.2 11.7
Bahamas - 12.1 8.9 10.0
Bahrain 14.8 19.5 22.1 25.3
Bangladesh - 10.5 13.2 15.4
Barbados 13.2 12.4 13.2 15.2
Belarus - 8.0 5.1 5.8
Belgium - 4.8 5.9 6.8
Belize - 17.0 14.1 14.9
Benin - 2.0 8.1 9.2
Bermuda 12.1 12.0 13.4 14.6
Bhutan - 5.7 12.0 13.8
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - 6.6 3.4 4.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 7.5 10.3 12.0
Botswana - 10.8 4.6 5.4
Brazil - 10.1 10.6 12.3
Brunei Darussalam - 9.4 13.7 14.5
Bulgaria - 6.7 7.4 8.4
Burkina Faso - 3.0 4.5 5.3
Burundi - 2.7 4.3 5.1
Cabo Verde - 5.4 6.8 8.0
Cambodia - 2.9 7.5 8.7
Cameroon 0.0 6.1 6.9 7.9
Canada - 8.4 7.7 9.0
Cayman Islands 12.1 12.0 11.1 13.2
Central African Republic - 3.2 7.6 8.4
Chad - 3.9 7.3 8.0
Chile - 9.5 12.2 13.7
China - 8.8 11.9 13.9
China, Hong Kong SAR 12.1 7.6 8.2 10.1
China, Macao SAR - 7.2 8.1 10.0
Colombia - 9.8 8.4 9.5
Comoros - 8.4 10.8 12.7
Congo - 5.5 8.1 8.7
Costa Rica - 9.6 9.8 11.4
Croatia - 5.2 10.5 12.2
Cuba - 9.4 9.4 10.2
Curaçao - - 13.4 15.4
Cyprus - 9.3 10.0 11.3
Czechia 11.7 5.3 7.6 8.8
Côte d'Ivoire - 4.9 5.0 5.8
Dem. People's Republic of Korea - 8.4 9.9 11.4
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 3.1 7.7 8.4
Denmark - 5.6 6.4 7.4
Djibouti - 6.3 6.5 7.0
Dominica - 8.9 12.9 15.0
Dominican Republic - 8.1 17.6 19.9
Ecuador - 6.6 4.9 5.5
Egypt - 16.6 22.4 25.7
El Salvador - 9.4 12.7 14.8
Equatorial Guinea - 4.2 8.2 8.9
Eritrea - 3.6 4.4 5.4
Estonia - 7.0 6.9 8.0
Eswatini - 3.1 7.9 9.3
Ethiopia - 3.4 4.4 5.3
Faroe Islands - - 5.3 6.4
Fiji - 10.9 16.6 18.7
Finland - 5.8 6.9 8.2
France - 5.4 6.5 7.8
French Polynesia - 8.6 22.8 23.9
Gabon - 10.3 8.5 9.1
Gambia - 2.0 5.5 6.2
Georgia - 2.8 6.7 7.6
Germany - 5.3 7.8 9.1
Ghana - 5.0 2.7 3.4
Global 4.6 8.5 11.1 13.0
Greece - 5.1 8.0 9.5
Greenland - - 4.3 5.2
Grenada 12.1 8.6 11.3 12.6
Guam - 8.6 20.3 22.4
Guatemala - 9.3 13.2 13.8
Guernsey - - 7.6 8.7
Guinea - 4.4 4.6 5.4
Guinea-Bissau - 3.0 4.8 5.5
Guyana - 16.7 16.4 17.9
Haiti - 6.6 8.5 8.8
Honduras - 6.7 5.0 6.1
Hungary - 6.0 8.3 9.5
Iceland - 3.2 6.9 8.2
India - 9.0 10.5 12.8
Indonesia - 5.1 11.3 12.6
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - 11.1 9.0 9.9
Iraq - 9.1 13.4 14.9
Ireland - 5.2 3.6 4.3
Isle of Man - - 7.5 8.6
Israel - 7.4 10.1 12.1
Italy - 5.1 7.7 9.2
Jamaica - 15.7 12.5 14.7
Japan - 7.7 8.1 9.6
Jersey - 4.9 7.6 8.7
Jordan - 12.1 20.5 23.1
Kazakhstan - 7.7 6.8 6.9
Kenya - 5.1 3.1 3.4
Kiribati - 25.3 24.6 28.5
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) - - 10.4 12.1
Kuwait - 20.7 25.6 28.2
Kyrgyzstan - 6.3 7.6 7.6
Lao People's Democratic Republic - 3.3 6.7 7.6
Latvia - 7.8 7.1 8.1
Lebanon - 19.6 12.3 14.5
Lesotho - 3.4 6.2 7.6
Liberia - 3.3 9.2 11.2
Libya - 13.8 15.8 17.3
Liechtenstein - 4.7 7.2 8.4
Lithuania - 7.8 7.5 8.7
Luxembourg - 4.5 5.8 6.6
Madagascar - 4.7 4.6 5.0
Malawi - 5.6 5.7 6.6
Malaysia - 12.1 21.1 23.5
Maldives - 9.2 9.5 10.5
Mali - 1.9 4.8 5.7
Malta - 6.6 10.0 11.5
Marshall Islands - 21.8 25.7 28.7
Mauritania - 4.3 5.2 6.0
Mauritius 15.0 14.8 20.1 23.5
Mayotte - - 4.6 5.0
Mexico 14.2 15.6 16.4 18.0
Micronesia (Fed. States of) - 15.7 19.2 22.1
Monaco - 5.6 6.9 8.1
Mongolia - 7.1 10.3 11.1
Montenegro - 7.7 10.7 12.3
Morocco - 6.8 11.9 13.3
Mozambique - 3.1 3.0 3.6
Myanmar - 7.1 6.7 7.6
Namibia - 7.8 5.3 6.4
Nauru - 20.4 21.8 23.1
Nepal - 3.6 7.7 9.2
Netherlands - 5.3 5.0 5.9
New Caledonia - 8.6 22.0 23.3
New Zealand - 8.6 6.7 7.7
Nicaragua - 11.0 10.4 12.3
Niger - 4.2 4.1 4.4
Nigeria - 4.8 3.0 3.3
Niue - 9.8 18.1 20.4
North Macedonia - 7.7 7.4 7.9
Norway - 4.7 4.8 5.7
Oman - 10.5 17.0 18.7
Pakistan 11.8 7.9 31.4 34.2
Palau - 11.1 19.3 21.2
Panama - 9.4 11.1 12.4
Papua New Guinea 15.5 7.6 14.1 14.5
Paraguay - 6.5 9.4 11.0
Peru - 6.0 6.4 7.2
Philippines - 9.7 7.5 8.8
Poland - 9.0 8.1 9.5
Portugal - 9.6 10.5 12.2
Puerto Rico - 13.0 10.9 12.4
Qatar - 19.8 24.6 27.0
Republic of Korea - 7.5 9.6 11.1
Republic of Moldova - 2.7 6.3 7.0
Romania - 7.7 7.5 8.4
Russian Federation - 9.7 5.9 6.6
Rwanda - 3.1 2.1 2.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.1 8.5 13.8 15.8
Saint Lucia - 8.4 11.4 13.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 8.8 8.6 9.5
Samoa - 7.7 25.4 27.2
San Marino - 5.5 8.6 10.1
Sao Tome and Principe - 5.5 12.1 13.7
Saudi Arabia - 19.6 23.1 25.4
Senegal - 3.2 3.8 4.6
Serbia - 7.7 10.5 12.1
Seychelles - 12.1 9.3 10.1
Sierra Leone - 3.2 4.8 5.6
Singapore - 9.5 11.4 13.0
Slovakia - 5.7 7.1 8.7
Slovenia - 7.5 7.0 8.2
Solomon Islands - 15.3 12.0 13.3
Somalia - 4.3 5.8 6.8
South Africa - 7.0 7.2 8.6
South Sudan - - 4.6 5.5
Spain - 6.3 9.7 11.4
Sri Lanka - 7.5 10.2 11.9
State of Palestine - 9.2 15.5 17.5
Sudan - 8.6 19.0 21.1
Suriname - 8.9 13.8 15.2
Sweden - 4.2 5.8 6.8
Switzerland - 5.9 5.3 6.0
Syrian Arab Republic - 9.9 19.0 21.6
Taiwan, Province of China 9.1 8.3 10.7 13.0
Tajikistan - 6.3 8.0 8.0
Thailand - 7.5 10.2 11.6
Timor-Leste - 7.5 3.2 3.3
Togo - 3.3 4.8 5.6
Tonga 11.5 12.7 19.6 23.1
Trinidad and Tobago 14.1 12.7 12.4 13.9
Tunisia - 9.5 16.0 17.7
Turkmenistan - 2.7 7.1 7.8
Tuvalu - 19.2 19.0 21.3
Türkiye - 7.9 16.5 18.6
Uganda - 2.8 2.2 2.7
Ukraine - 2.9 6.0 6.7
United Arab Emirates - 18.8 20.7 22.7
United Kingdom - 5.2 7.4 8.5
United Republic of Tanzania - 2.8 9.8 11.2
United States Virgin Islands - 12.1 9.1 10.4
United States of America - 9.4 13.7 15.2
Uruguay - 5.7 7.8 8.7
Uzbekistan - 6.4 7.5 7.6
Vanuatu - 16.1 19.7 22.5
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - 10.2 8.6 10.1
Viet Nam - 3.2 3.4 3.5
Western Sahara - - 5.8 6.5
Yemen - 9.6 5.5 5.9
Zambia - 4.8 10.3 12.5
Zimbabwe - 9.8 1.5 1.7
Country or Territory
Africa 1.2
Europe 4.9
Middle East and North Africa 7.7
North America and Caribbean 7.8
South and Central America 3.7
South-East Asia 5.3
Western Pacific 3.6
Afghanistan -
Albania -
Algeria -
Andorra -
Angola -
Antigua and Barbuda -
Argentina -
Armenia -
Aruba 12.1
Australia 0.0
Austria -
Azerbaijan -
Bahamas -
Bahrain 14.8
Bangladesh -
Barbados 13.2
Belarus -
Belgium -
Belize -
Benin -
Bermuda 12.1
Bhutan -
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -
Bosnia and Herzegovina -
Botswana -
Brazil -
Brunei Darussalam -
Bulgaria -
Burkina Faso -
Burundi -
Cabo Verde -
Cambodia -
Cameroon 0.0
Canada -
Cayman Islands 12.1
Central African Republic -
Chad -
Chile -
China -
China, Hong Kong SAR 12.1
China, Macao SAR -
Colombia -
Comoros -
Congo -
Costa Rica -
Croatia -
Cuba -
Curaçao -
Cyprus -
Czechia 11.7
Côte d'Ivoire -
Dem. People's Republic of Korea -
Democratic Republic of the Congo -
Denmark -
Djibouti -
Dominica -
Dominican Republic -
Ecuador -
Egypt -
El Salvador -
Equatorial Guinea -
Eritrea -
Estonia -
Eswatini -
Ethiopia -
Faroe Islands -
Fiji -
Finland -
France -
French Polynesia -
Gabon -
Gambia -
Georgia -
Germany -
Ghana -
Global 4.6
Greece -
Greenland -
Grenada 12.1
Guam -
Guatemala -
Guernsey -
Guinea -
Guinea-Bissau -
Guyana -
Haiti -
Honduras -
Hungary -
Iceland -
India -
Indonesia -
Iran (Islamic Republic of) -
Iraq -
Ireland -
Isle of Man -
Israel -
Italy -
Jamaica -
Japan -
Jersey -
Jordan -
Kazakhstan -
Kenya -
Kiribati -
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -
Kuwait -
Kyrgyzstan -
Lao People's Democratic Republic -
Latvia -
Lebanon -
Lesotho -
Liberia -
Libya -
Liechtenstein -
Lithuania -
Luxembourg -
Madagascar -
Malawi -
Malaysia -
Maldives -
Mali -
Malta -
Marshall Islands -
Mauritania -
Mauritius 15.0
Mayotte -
Mexico 14.2
Micronesia (Fed. States of) -
Monaco -
Mongolia -
Montenegro -
Morocco -
Mozambique -
Myanmar -
Namibia -
Nauru -
Nepal -
Netherlands -
New Caledonia -
New Zealand -
Nicaragua -
Niger -
Nigeria -
Niue -
North Macedonia -
Norway -
Oman -
Pakistan 11.8
Palau -
Panama -
Papua New Guinea 15.5
Paraguay -
Peru -
Philippines -
Poland -
Portugal -
Puerto Rico -
Qatar -
Republic of Korea -
Republic of Moldova -
Romania -
Russian Federation -
Rwanda -
Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.1
Saint Lucia -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -
Samoa -
San Marino -
Sao Tome and Principe -
Saudi Arabia -
Senegal -
Serbia -
Seychelles -
Sierra Leone -
Singapore -
Slovakia -
Slovenia -
Solomon Islands -
Somalia -
South Africa -
South Sudan -
Spain -
Sri Lanka -
State of Palestine -
Sudan -
Suriname -
Sweden -
Switzerland -
Syrian Arab Republic -
Taiwan, Province of China 9.1
Tajikistan -
Thailand -
Timor-Leste -
Togo -
Tonga 11.5
Trinidad and Tobago 14.1
Tunisia -
Turkmenistan -
Tuvalu -
Türkiye -
Uganda -
Ukraine -
United Arab Emirates -
United Kingdom -
United Republic of Tanzania -
United States Virgin Islands -
United States of America -
Uruguay -
Uzbekistan -
Vanuatu -
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -
Viet Nam -
Western Sahara -
Yemen -
Zambia -
Zimbabwe -