Hypertension in Japan
In Japan, 31.4% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Japan, 2019
31.4%
Change from 2018
−0.2percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
31.5%
Position in 2019
150th of 192
Hypertension in Japan 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 | Japan |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 31.4% |
| 2018 | 31.6% |
| 2017 | 31.7% |
| 2016 | 31.8% |
| 2015 | 31.9% |
| 2014 | 32.0% |
| 2013 | 32.2% |
| 2012 | 32.4% |
| 2011 | 32.5% |
| 2010 | 32.6% |
| 2009 | 32.7% |
| 2008 | 32.8% |
| 2007 | 32.9% |
| 2006 | 33.0% |
| 2005 | 33.1% |
| 2004 | 33.1% |
| 2003 | 33.2% |
| 2002 | 33.4% |
| 2001 | 33.5% |
| 2000 | 33.8% |
| 1999 | 34.1% |
| 1998 | 34.6% |
| 1997 | 35.1% |
| 1996 | 35.7% |
| 1995 | 36.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 31.6% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 32.7%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Japan has the 150th highest value.
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