Hypertension among adults aged 30 to 79 (age-standardised)
Share of adults aged 30 to 79 with high blood pressure (systolic 140 mmHg or more, diastolic 90 mmHg or more) or taking medication for it, age-standardised. WHO modelled estimate.
Highest in 2019
56.4%
Paraguay
Lowest in 2019
20.7%
Peru
Countries ranked for 2019
192
Updated by the source on 20 August 2021
192 countries have a value for 2019, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | United States | China | India | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31.6% | 27.3% | 31.1% | 29.7% |
| 2018 | 31.6% | 27.5% | 31.2% | 30.2% |
| 2017 | 31.6% | 27.8% | 31.2% | 30.7% |
| 2016 | 31.6% | 28.0% | 31.3% | 31.2% |
| 2015 | 31.6% | 28.3% | 31.4% | 31.7% |
| 2014 | 31.7% | 28.6% | 31.4% | 32.2% |
| 2013 | 31.7% | 28.9% | 31.5% | 32.8% |
| 2012 | 31.8% | 29.2% | 31.6% | 33.4% |
| 2011 | 31.8% | 29.4% | 31.7% | 34.0% |
| 2010 | 31.9% | 29.6% | 31.7% | 34.6% |
| 2009 | 31.9% | 29.6% | 31.7% | 35.2% |
| 2008 | 31.9% | 29.5% | 31.7% | 35.7% |
| 2007 | 31.8% | 29.3% | 31.7% | 36.2% |
| 2006 | 31.8% | 29.0% | 31.7% | 36.8% |
| 2005 | 31.7% | 28.7% | 31.6% | 37.4% |
| 2004 | 31.6% | 28.3% | 31.5% | 37.9% |
| 2003 | 31.5% | 27.9% | 31.4% | 38.5% |
| 2002 | 31.4% | 27.4% | 31.2% | 39.0% |
| 2001 | 31.3% | 27.0% | 31.0% | 39.6% |
| 2000 | 31.1% | 26.5% | 30.7% | 40.2% |
| 1999 | 31.1% | 26.1% | 30.5% | 40.9% |
| 1998 | 31.0% | 25.6% | 30.3% | 41.6% |
| 1997 | 30.9% | 25.1% | 30.0% | 42.3% |
| 1996 | 30.9% | 24.6% | 29.8% | 43.1% |
| 1995 | 30.9% | 24.1% | 29.6% | 44.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 192 countries with a value for 2019, the highest is Paraguay (56.4%) and the lowest Peru (20.7%).
- Half of the countries are above 38.0% and half below.
- From 2018 to 2019 the value rose in 53 countries and fell in 108.
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Source and dates
All countries in 2019 Every value is for 2019, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Paraguay 56.4%
- 2 Tuvalu 50.4%
- 3 Belarus 49.2%
- 4 Poland 49.2%
- 5 Dominican Republic 49.1%
- 6 Croatia 48.4%
- 7 Romania 48.4%
- 8 Hungary 48.3%
- 9 Moldova 48.3%
- 10 Iraq 48.1%
- 11 Lithuania 48.0%
- 12 Dominica 47.7%
- 13 Argentina 47.5%
- 14 Armenia 47.3%
- 15 Tajikistan 46.8%
- 16 Grenada 46.6%
- 17 Brunei 46.4%
- 18 Jamaica 46.3%
- 19 Serbia 46.1%
- 20 Uzbekistan 45.7%
- 21 Oman 45.6%
- 22 Slovenia 45.3%
- 23 Bulgaria 45.2%
- 24 Montenegro 45.1%
- 25 North Macedonia 45.1%
- 26 Saint Kitts and Nevis 45.1%
- 27 São Tomé and Príncipe 45.1%
- 28 Brazil 45.0%
- 29 Bahamas 44.5%
- 30 Georgia 44.5%
- 31 Russia 44.3%
- 32 Seychelles 44.3%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.2%
- 34 Palau 44.2%
- 35 Botswana 44.1%
- 36 Cabo Verde 44.1%
- 37 South Africa 44.1%
- 38 Latvia 43.9%
- 39 Namibia 43.8%
- 40 Bhutan 43.4%
- 41 Tonga 43.3%
- 42 Pakistan 43.2%
- 43 Ukraine 43.1%
- 44 Haiti 42.9%
- 45 Suriname 42.9%
- 46 Mongolia 42.8%
- 47 Libya 42.7%
- 48 Slovakia 42.7%
- 49 Antigua and Barbuda 42.6%
- 50 Puerto Rico (US) 42.6%
- 51 Eswatini 42.5%
- 52 Trinidad and Tobago 42.4%
- 53 Uruguay 42.4%
- 54 Kiribati 42.3%
- 55 Zimbabwe 42.3%
- 56 Kazakhstan 41.9%
- 57 Albania 41.8%
- 58 Barbados 41.8%
- 59 Naoero 41.8%
- 60 Czechia 41.6%
- 61 Niger 41.5%
- 62 United Arab Emirates 41.4%
- 63 Central African Republic 41.3%
- 64 Syria 41.1%
- 65 Azerbaijan 41.0%
- 66 Guinea 40.9%
- 67 Kyrgyzstan 40.9%
- 68 Qatar 40.9%
- 69 Malaysia 40.8%
- 70 Sierra Leone 40.8%
- 71 Sudan 40.8%
- 72 Kuwait 40.5%
- 73 Senegal 40.5%
- 74 Indonesia 40.3%
- 75 Afghanistan 40.2%
- 76 Estonia 40.2%
- 77 Lesotho 40.1%
- 78 Guyana 40.0%
- 79 Cuba 39.9%
- 80 Republic of the Congo 39.8%
- 81 Saint Lucia 39.8%
- 82 Vanuatu 39.5%
- 83 Liberia 39.4%
- 84 Venezuela 39.4%
- 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 39.3%
- 86 West Bank and Gaza 39.1%
- 87 Turkmenistan 39.0%
- 88 Angola 38.7%
- 89 Bahrain 38.7%
- 90 Fiji 38.6%
- 91 Mozambique 38.6%
- 92 Samoa 38.3%
- 93 Egypt 38.2%
- 94 Equatorial Guinea 38.1%
- 95 Lebanon 38.1%
- 96 Belize 38.0%
- 97 Guinea-Bissau 38.0%
- 98 Chad 37.9%
- 99 Mauritania 37.9%
- 100 Costa Rica 37.8%
- 101 Myanmar 37.8%
- 102 Jordan 37.7%
- 103 Gambia 37.6%
- 104 Gabon 37.4%
- 105 Côte d'Ivoire 37.3%
- 106 Madagascar 36.9%
- 107 Cameroon 36.8%
- 108 Algeria 36.2%
- 109 Chile 36.1%
- 110 Nepal 36.1%
- 111 Nigeria 36.1%
- 112 Panama 36.1%
- 113 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 36.1%
- 114 Togo 36.0%
- 115 Denmark 35.9%
- 116 Finland 35.9%
- 117 Nicaragua 35.8%
- 118 Sri Lanka 35.6%
- 119 Morocco 35.3%
- 120 Timor-Leste 35.3%
- 121 Tunisia 34.7%
- 122 Mali 34.6%
- 123 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34.3%
- 124 Burundi 34.2%
- 125 Djibouti 34.2%
- 126 South Sudan 34.2%
- 127 Maldives 34.1%
- 128 Saudi Arabia 34.0%
- 129 Ghana 33.9%
- 130 Honduras 33.9%
- 131 Austria 33.8%
- 132 Italy 33.8%
- 133 Philippines 33.8%
- 134 Comoros 33.2%
- 135 Kenya 33.2%
- 136 Tanzania 33.2%
- 137 Mauritius 33.1%
- 138 Micronesia 32.9%
- 139 Türkiye 32.8%
- 140 El Salvador 32.7%
- 141 Uganda 32.5%
- 142 Ireland 32.3%
- 143 Portugal 32.3%
- 144 Zambia 32.3%
- 145 Guatemala 32.2%
- 146 Mexico 32.1%
- 147 Marshall Islands 31.9%
- 148 United States 31.6%
- 149 Singapore 31.5%
- 150 Japan 31.4%
- 151 Greece 31.3%
- 152 Benin 31.2%
- 153 India 31.1%
- 154 Andorra 31.0%
- 155 Colombia 31.0%
- 156 New Zealand 30.9%
- 157 Cyprus 30.8%
- 158 Burkina Faso 30.5%
- 159 Luxembourg 30.5%
- 160 Netherlands 30.5%
- 161 Norway 30.5%
- 162 Sweden 30.2%
- 163 Belgium 30.0%
- 164 Rwanda 29.8%
- 165 Solomon Islands 29.8%
- 166 Germany 29.7%
- 167 Viet Nam 29.7%
- 168 Malawi 29.5%
- 169 Malta 29.5%
- 170 Australia 29.3%
- 171 Yemen 29.3%
- 172 Thailand 29.2%
- 173 France 29.1%
- 174 Israel 29.1%
- 175 Bangladesh 28.8%
- 176 Laos 28.5%
- 177 Bolivia 28.3%
- 178 Papua New Guinea 27.8%
- 179 Iceland 27.5%
- 180 Ethiopia 27.4%
- 181 China 27.3%
- 182 Ecuador 27.2%
- 183 Spain 27.2%
- 184 South Korea 26.7%
- 185 North Korea 26.5%
- 186 United Kingdom 26.4%
- 187 Iran 26.2%
- 188 Cambodia 25.7%
- 189 Eritrea 23.7%
- 190 Canada 22.1%
- 191 Switzerland 21.9%
- 192 Peru 20.7%
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Grey: no value for 2019. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.