Hypertension in Iceland
In Iceland, 27.5% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Iceland, 2019
27.5%
Change from 2018
−0.5percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
31.5%
Position in 2019
179th of 192
Hypertension in Iceland over time
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% of adults aged 30 to 79. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 27.5% |
| 2018 | 28.0% |
| 2017 | 28.4% |
| 2016 | 28.9% |
| 2015 | 29.4% |
| 2014 | 29.8% |
| 2013 | 30.4% |
| 2012 | 30.9% |
| 2011 | 31.3% |
| 2010 | 31.8% |
| 2009 | 32.1% |
| 2008 | 32.4% |
| 2007 | 32.7% |
| 2006 | 33.0% |
| 2005 | 33.2% |
| 2004 | 33.4% |
| 2003 | 33.5% |
| 2002 | 33.6% |
| 2001 | 33.7% |
| 2000 | 33.7% |
| 1999 | 33.8% |
| 1998 | 33.9% |
| 1997 | 33.9% |
| 1996 | 34.0% |
| 1995 | 34.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 28.0% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 32.1%, the figure has changed by −4.6 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Iceland has the 179th highest value.
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