Hypertension in Papua New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea, 27.8% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Papua New Guinea, 2019
27.8%
Change from 2018
+0.5percentage points
Position in 2019
178th of 192
Hypertension in Papua New Guinea over time
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Papua New Guinea
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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 | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 27.8% |
| 2018 | 27.3% |
| 2017 | 26.8% |
| 2016 | 26.3% |
| 2015 | 25.8% |
| 2014 | 25.3% |
| 2013 | 24.9% |
| 2012 | 24.5% |
| 2011 | 24.0% |
| 2010 | 23.6% |
| 2009 | 23.2% |
| 2008 | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 22.5% |
| 2006 | 22.2% |
| 2005 | 22.0% |
| 2004 | 21.9% |
| 2003 | 21.8% |
| 2002 | 21.7% |
| 2001 | 21.7% |
| 2000 | 21.7% |
| 1999 | 21.8% |
| 1998 | 21.9% |
| 1997 | 22.1% |
| 1996 | 22.3% |
| 1995 | 22.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 27.3% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 23.2%, the figure has changed by +4.6 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Papua New Guinea has the 178th highest value.
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