Hypertension in Zambia
In Zambia, 32.3% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Zambia, 2019
32.3%
Change from 2018
−0.6percentage points
Position in 2019
144th of 192
Hypertension in Zambia 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 | Zambia |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 32.3% |
| 2018 | 32.9% |
| 2017 | 33.4% |
| 2016 | 34.0% |
| 2015 | 34.6% |
| 2014 | 35.1% |
| 2013 | 35.7% |
| 2012 | 36.2% |
| 2011 | 36.6% |
| 2010 | 37.0% |
| 2009 | 37.2% |
| 2008 | 37.4% |
| 2007 | 37.4% |
| 2006 | 37.4% |
| 2005 | 37.3% |
| 2004 | 37.1% |
| 2003 | 36.9% |
| 2002 | 36.6% |
| 2001 | 36.4% |
| 2000 | 36.2% |
| 1999 | 35.9% |
| 1998 | 35.7% |
| 1997 | 35.5% |
| 1996 | 35.3% |
| 1995 | 35.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 32.9% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 37.2%, the figure has changed by −4.9 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Zambia has the 144th highest value.
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