Diabetes prevalence in Euro area

An estimated 7.6% of people aged 20 to 79 in the euro area had diabetes in 2024.

Measure: Diabetes prevalence, ages 20 to 79 Unit: % of population aged 20 to 79 Data: 2011 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024 7.6% % of population aged 20 to 79
Change from 2011 +1.9percentage points 2011: 5.7%
World, 2024 10.8% Official aggregate

Diabetes prevalence in Euro area over time

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% of population aged 20 to 79. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Diabetes prevalence, ages 20 to 79 (% of population aged 20 to 79), 2011 to 2024
Period Euro areaWorld
2024 7.6% 10.8%
2011 5.7% 8.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 5.7% in 2011, a change of +1.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Atlas
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.DIAB.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2011 to 2024 for Euro area
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Atlas