Hypertension Prevalence

Name: Hypertension Prevalence by Country
Creator: WHO Global Health Observatory

Age-standardised prevalence of hypertension among adults aged 30–79, both sexes. WHO Global Health Observatory.

Source: WHO Global Health Observatory Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

Method: WHO Global Health Observatory; latest available year per country (varies); both sexes, modelled estimates.

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Avg (2019)

37.6%

single period

Improving

of 194 tracked

Declining

period over period

Stable

194

±0.5pp band

Age-standardised hypertension (30–79)

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194 entities, 2019. Highest first.
#	Entity	Age-standardised hypertension (30–79)
1	🇵🇾 Paraguay	56.4%
2	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	50.4%
3	🇧🇾 Belarus	49.2%
4	🇵🇱 Poland	49.2%
5	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	49.1%
6	🇷🇴 Romania	48.4%
7	🇭🇷 Croatia	48.4%
8	🇲🇩 Moldova	48.3%
9	🇭🇺 Hungary	48.3%
10	🇮🇶 Iraq	48.1%
11	🇱🇹 Lithuania	48%
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	🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis	45.1%
27	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	45.1%
28	🇧🇷 Brazil	45%
29	🇬🇪 Georgia	44.5%
30	🇧🇸 Bahamas	44.5%
31	🇸🇨 Seychelles	44.3%
32	🇷🇺 Russia	44.3%
33	🇵🇼 Palau	44.2%
34	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.2%
35	🇧🇼 Botswana	44.1%
36	🇿🇦 South Africa	44.1%
37	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	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	🇸🇷 Suriname	42.9%
45	🇭🇹 Haiti	42.9%
46	🇲🇳 Mongolia	42.8%
47	🇸🇰 Slovak Republic	42.7%
48	🇱🇾 Libya	42.7%
49	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	42.6%
50	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	42.6%
51	🇨🇰 Cook Is	42.6%
52	🇸🇿 Eswatini	42.5%
53	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	42.4%
54	🇺🇾 Uruguay	42.4%
55	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	42.3%
56	🇰🇮 Kiribati	42.3%
57	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	41.9%
58	🇧🇧 Barbados	41.8%
59	🇦🇱 Albania	41.8%
60	🇳🇷 Nauru	41.8%
61	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	41.6%
62	🇳🇪 Niger	41.5%
63	🇦🇪 UAE	41.4%
64	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	41.3%
65	🇸🇾 Syria	41.1%
66	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	41%
67	🇶🇦 Qatar	40.9%
68	🇬🇳 Guinea	40.9%
69	🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic	40.9%
70	🇸🇩 Sudan	40.8%
71	🇲🇾 Malaysia	40.8%
72	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	40.8%
73	🇰🇼 Kuwait	40.5%
74	🇸🇳 Senegal	40.5%
75	🇮🇩 Indonesia	40.3%
76	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	40.2%
77	🇪🇪 Estonia	40.2%
78	🇱🇸 Lesotho	40.1%
79	🇬🇾 Guyana	40%
80	🇨🇺 Cuba	39.9%
81	🇨🇬 Congo, Rep.	39.8%
82	🇱🇨 St. Lucia	39.8%
83	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	39.5%
84	🇳🇺 Niue	39.5%
85	🇻🇪 Venezuela	39.4%
86	🇱🇷 Liberia	39.4%
87	🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines	39.3%
88	🇵🇸 Palestine	39.1%
89	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	39%
90	🇧🇭 Bahrain	38.7%
91	🇦🇴 Angola	38.7%
92	🇫🇯 Fiji	38.6%
93	🇲🇿 Mozambique	38.6%
94	🇼🇸 Samoa	38.3%
95	🇪🇬 Egypt	38.2%
96	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	38.1%
97	🇱🇧 Lebanon	38.1%
98	🇧🇿 Belize	38%
99	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	38%
100	🇲🇷 Mauritania	37.9%
101	🇹🇩 Chad	37.9%
102	🇲🇲 Myanmar	37.8%
103	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	37.8%
104	🇯🇴 Jordan	37.7%
105	🇬🇲 Gambia	37.6%
106	🇬🇦 Gabon	37.4%
107	🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire	37.3%
108	🇲🇬 Madagascar	36.9%
109	🇨🇲 Cameroon	36.8%
110	🇩🇿 Algeria	36.2%
111	🇨🇱 Chile	36.1%
112	🇸🇴 Somalia	36.1%
113	🇳🇬 Nigeria	36.1%
114	🇳🇵 Nepal	36.1%
115	🇵🇦 Panama	36.1%
116	🇹🇬 Togo	36%
117	🇫🇮 Finland	35.9%
118	🇩🇰 Denmark	35.9%
119	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	35.8%
120	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	35.6%
121	🇲🇦 Morocco	35.3%
122	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	35.3%
123	🇹🇳 Tunisia	34.7%
124	🇲🇱 Mali	34.6%
125	🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep.	34.3%
126	🇩🇯 Djibouti	34.2%
127	🇧🇮 Burundi	34.2%
128	🇸🇸 South Sudan	34.2%
129	🇲🇻 Maldives	34.1%
130	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	34%
131	🇬🇭 Ghana	33.9%
132	🇭🇳 Honduras	33.9%
133	🇵🇭 Philippines	33.8%
134	🇦🇹 Austria	33.8%
135	🇮🇹 Italy	33.8%
136	🇰🇲 Comoros	33.2%
137	🇹🇿 Tanzania	33.2%
138	🇰🇪 Kenya	33.2%
139	🇲🇺 Mauritius	33.1%
140	🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	32.9%
141	🇹🇷 Turkey	32.8%
142	🇸🇻 El Salvador	32.7%
143	🇺🇬 Uganda	32.5%
144	🇿🇲 Zambia	32.3%
145	🇮🇪 Ireland	32.3%
146	🇵🇹 Portugal	32.3%
147	🇬🇹 Guatemala	32.2%
148	🇲🇽 Mexico	32.1%
149	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	31.9%
150	🇺🇸 USA	31.6%
151	🇸🇬 Singapore	31.5%
152	🇯🇵 Japan	31.4%
153	🇬🇷 Greece	31.3%
154	🇧🇯 Benin	31.2%
155	🇮🇳 India	31.1%
156	🇦🇩 Andorra	31%
157	🇨🇴 Colombia	31%
158	🇳🇿 New Zealand	30.9%
159	🇨🇾 Cyprus	30.8%
160	🇳🇱 Netherlands	30.5%
161	🇳🇴 Norway	30.5%
162	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	30.5%
163	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	30.5%
164	🇸🇪 Sweden	30.2%
165	🇧🇪 Belgium	30%
166	🇷🇼 Rwanda	29.8%
167	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	29.8%
168	🇻🇳 Vietnam	29.7%
169	🇩🇪 Germany	29.7%
170	🇲🇼 Malawi	29.5%
171	🇲🇹 Malta	29.5%
172	🇦🇺 Australia	29.3%
173	🇾🇪 Yemen	29.3%
174	🇹🇭 Thailand	29.2%
175	🇫🇷 France	29.1%
176	🇮🇱 Israel	29.1%
177	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	28.8%
178	🇱🇦 Lao	28.5%
179	🇧🇴 Bolivia	28.3%
180	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	27.8%
181	🇮🇸 Iceland	27.5%
182	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	27.4%
183	🇨🇳 China	27.3%
184	🇪🇸 Spain	27.2%
185	🇪🇨 Ecuador	27.2%
186	🇰🇷 South Korea	26.7%
187	🇰🇵 North Korea	26.5%
188	🇬🇧 UK	26.4%
189	🇮🇷 Iran	26.2%
190	🇰🇭 Cambodia	25.7%
191	🇪🇷 Eritrea	23.7%
192	🇨🇦 Canada	22.1%
193	🇨🇭 Switzerland	21.9%
194	🇵🇪 Peru	20.7%