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Diabetes prevalence
What this indicator measures
Share of people aged 20 to 79 with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, adjusted for the age of the population to allow comparison between countries.
How to read this?
A value of 8% means 8 out of 100 people aged 20 to 79 have diabetes.
Ranking : ranked from lowest to highest
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207countries with data
31.4 %maximum · Pakistan
8.5 %median
1.5 %minimum · Zimbabwe
2024data year(s)
In brief
The "Diabetes prevalence" ranking covers 207 countries and territories. Lowest value: Zimbabwe (1.5 %). Highest value: Pakistan (31.4 %). Median: 8.5 % (data: 2024). The top 10% of countries exceed 19.1 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 4.6 %. By continent, the median is highest in Oceania (19.6 %) and lowest in Africa (5.7 %).
Median by continent
- Oceania 19.6 % (17)
- North America 11.4 % (30)
- Asia 10.2 % (48)
- South America 9 % (12)
- Europe 7.3 % (46)
- Africa 5.7 % (51)
Why this indicator matters
Diabetes is a chronic disease that is rising sharply worldwide. Its frequency sheds light on needs for screening, care and prevention.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on diet, physical activity, overweight, age, genetic factors and the quality of screening.
Reading precautions
Estimates from the International Diabetes Federation for 20-79 year olds, partly modeled. Many cases are undiagnosed, especially where screening is limited.
Full ranking
ranked from lowest to highest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 1.5 % | 2024 |
| 2e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 2.1 % | 2024 |
| 3e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 2.2 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 2.7 % | 2024 |
| 5e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 3 % | 2024 |
| 5e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 3 % | 2024 |
| 7e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 3.1 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 3.2 % | 2024 |
| 9e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 3.4 % | 2024 |
| 9e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 3.4 % | 2024 |
| 11e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 3.6 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 3.8 % | 2024 |
| 13e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 4.1 % | 2024 |
| 14e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 4.3 % | 2024 |
| 14e | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 4.3 % | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 4.4 % | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 4.4 % | 2024 |
| 18e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 4.5 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 4.6 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 4.6 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 4.6 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 4.6 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 4.8 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 4.8 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 4.8 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 4.8 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 4.8 % | 2024 |
| 28e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 4.9 % | 2024 |
| 28e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 4.9 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 5 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 5 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 5 % | 2024 |
| 33e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 5.1 % | 2024 |
| 34e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 5.2 % | 2024 |
| 35e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 5.3 % | 2024 |
| 35e | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | 5.3 % | 2024 |
| 35e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 5.3 % | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 5.4 % | 2024 |
| 39e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 5.5 % | 2024 |
| 39e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 5.5 % | 2024 |
| 41e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 5.7 % | 2024 |
| 42e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 5.8 % | 2024 |
| 42e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 5.8 % | 2024 |
| 42e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 5.8 % | 2024 |
| 45e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 5.9 % | 2024 |
| 45e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 5.9 % | 2024 |
| 47e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 6 % | 2024 |
| 48e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 6.2 % | 2024 |
| 49e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 6.3 % | 2024 |
| 50e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 6.4 % | 2024 |
| 50e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 6.4 % | 2024 |
| 52e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 6.5 % | 2024 |
| 52e | 🇫🇷 France | 6.5 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 6.7 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 6.7 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 6.7 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 6.7 % | 2024 |
| 58e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 6.8 % | 2024 |
| 58e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 6.8 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 6.9 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 6.9 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 6.9 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 6.9 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 6.9 % | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 7 % | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 7.1 % | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 7.1 % | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 7.1 % | 2024 |
| 69e | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 7.2 % | 2024 |
| 69e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 7.2 % | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 7.3 % | 2024 |
| 72e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 72e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 72e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 72e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 7.5 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 7.5 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 7.5 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 7.5 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 7.5 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 7.5 % | 2024 |
| 82e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 7.6 % | 2024 |
| 82e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 7.6 % | 2024 |
| 82e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 7.6 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 7.7 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 7.7 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 7.7 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 7.7 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 7.7 % | 2024 |
| 90e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 7.8 % | 2024 |
| 90e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 7.8 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 7.9 % | 2024 |
| 93e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 8 % | 2024 |
| 93e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 8 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 8.1 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 8.1 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 8.1 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | 8.1 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 8.1 % | 2024 |
| 100e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 8.2 % | 2024 |
| 100e | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | 8.2 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 8.3 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 8.4 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 8.5 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 8.5 % | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 8.6 % | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 8.6 % | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 8.6 % | 2024 |
| 109e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 8.9 % | 2024 |
| 110e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 9 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands | 9.1 % | 2024 |
| 112e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 9.2 % | 2024 |
| 113e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 9.3 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 9.4 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 9.4 % | 2024 |
| 116e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 9.5 % | 2024 |
| 117e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 9.6 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 9.7 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 9.8 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 9.8 % | 2024 |
| 121e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 9.9 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 10 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 10 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 10.1 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 10.1 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 10.2 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 10.2 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 10.2 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 10.3 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 10.3 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 10.3 % | 2024 |
| 132e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 10.4 % | 2024 |
| 132e | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 10.4 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 10.5 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇮🇳 India | 10.5 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 10.5 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 10.5 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 10.6 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 10.6 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 10.7 % | 2024 |
| 141e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 10.8 % | 2024 |
| 142e | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 10.9 % | 2024 |
| 143e | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 11.1 % | 2024 |
| 143e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 11.1 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 11.3 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 11.3 % | 2024 |
| 147e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 11.4 % | 2024 |
| 147e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 11.4 % | 2024 |
| 149e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 11.6 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 11.7 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇨🇳 China | 11.9 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 11.9 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 12 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 12 % | 2024 |
| 155e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 12.1 % | 2024 |
| 156e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 12.2 % | 2024 |
| 157e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 12.3 % | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 12.4 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 12.5 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 12.7 % | 2024 |
| 161e | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 12.9 % | 2024 |
| 162e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 13.2 % | 2024 |
| 162e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 13.2 % | 2024 |
| 162e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 13.2 % | 2024 |
| 165e | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 13.4 % | 2024 |
| 165e | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 13.4 % | 2024 |
| 165e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 13.4 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 13.7 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇺🇸 United States | 13.7 % | 2024 |
| 170e | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | 13.8 % | 2024 |
| 170e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 13.8 % | 2024 |
| 172e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 14 % | 2024 |
| 173e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 14.1 % | 2024 |
| 173e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 14.1 % | 2024 |
| 175e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 15.8 % | 2024 |
| 176e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 16 % | 2024 |
| 177e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 16.4 % | 2024 |
| 177e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 16.4 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 16.5 % | 2024 |
| 180e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 16.6 % | 2024 |
| 181e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 17 % | 2024 |
| 182e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 17.5 % | 2024 |
| 183e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 17.6 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 19 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 19 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 19 % | 2024 |
| 187e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 19.2 % | 2024 |
| 188e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 19.3 % | 2024 |
| 189e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 19.6 % | 2024 |
| 190e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 19.7 % | 2024 |
| 191e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 20.1 % | 2024 |
| 192e | 🇬🇺 Guam | 20.3 % | 2024 |
| 193e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 20.5 % | 2024 |
| 194e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 20.7 % | 2024 |
| 195e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 21.1 % | 2024 |
| 196e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 21.8 % | 2024 |
| 197e | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 22 % | 2024 |
| 198e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 22.1 % | 2024 |
| 199e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 22.4 % | 2024 |
| 200e | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 22.8 % | 2024 |
| 201e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 23.1 % | 2024 |
| 202e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 24.6 % | 2024 |
| 202e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 24.6 % | 2024 |
| 204e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 25.4 % | 2024 |
| 205e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 25.6 % | 2024 |
| 206e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 25.7 % | 2024 |
| 207e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 31.4 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Diabetes prevalence"?
The highest value is in Pakistan, at 31.4 % (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "Diabetes prevalence"?
The lowest value is in Zimbabwe, at 1.5 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "Diabetes prevalence"?
The world median is 8.5 %, calculated across 207 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Diabetes prevalence" for France?
France scores 6.5 % (2024), ranking 52 out of 207 countries (ranked from lowest to highest).
Where does the "Diabetes prevalence" data come from?
It comes from Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après Fédération internationale du diabète – Diabetes Atlas. Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
Which types of diabetes are counted?
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes among people aged 20 to 79.
Why are the figures uncertain?
Because many people do not know they are ill and some countries have few surveys.
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après Fédération internationale du diabète – Diabetes Atlas. Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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