Hypertension in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, 35.6% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sri Lanka, 2019
35.6%
Change from 2018
+0.3percentage points
Position in 2019
118th of 192
Hypertension in Sri Lanka over time
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Sri Lanka
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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 | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 35.6% |
| 2018 | 35.3% |
| 2017 | 35.0% |
| 2016 | 34.8% |
| 2015 | 34.5% |
| 2014 | 34.3% |
| 2013 | 34.1% |
| 2012 | 33.8% |
| 2011 | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 33.4% |
| 2009 | 33.2% |
| 2008 | 32.9% |
| 2007 | 32.7% |
| 2006 | 32.5% |
| 2005 | 32.4% |
| 2004 | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 32.1% |
| 2002 | 32.0% |
| 2001 | 31.9% |
| 2000 | 31.8% |
| 1999 | 31.7% |
| 1998 | 31.7% |
| 1997 | 31.7% |
| 1996 | 31.7% |
| 1995 | 31.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 35.3% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 33.2%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Sri Lanka has the 118th highest value.
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