Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 by country
Estimated share of male population with hypertension, based on population representative surveys and statistical modeling. Hypertension is a risk factor for chronic complications, including cardiovascular disease, and premature death.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
61.6
Paraguay
Lowest
22.5
Eritrea
Median
37.4
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
5,850
What the numbers show
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 61.6 in Paraguay; the lowest is 22.5 in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.4, and the mean is 38.25.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 24.5%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 25.8%).
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 61.6 | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 2 | Hungary | 55.9 | 2019 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 3 | Poland | 55.5 | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 54 | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 4 | Lithuania | 54 | 2019 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 6 | Romania | 52.6 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 7 | Belarus | 51.6 | 2019 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 8 | Croatia | 51.4 | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 50.9 | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 10 | Serbia | 49.9 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | Slovenia | 49.6 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Montenegro | 49.5 | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 49.4 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 49.4 | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Moldova | 49.3 | 2019 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 16 | Tuvalu | 49.2 | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 17 | Czechia | 49.1 | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 49 | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 19 | Latvia | 48.9 | 2019 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 20 | Armenia | 48.5 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 21 | Iraq | 48.4 | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 22 | Oman | 48.3 | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 47.9 | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 24 | Grenada | 47.6 | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 25 | Slovakia | 47.4 | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 26 | Russia | 47.3 | 2019 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 27 | Brunei | 47 | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.9 | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 46.7 | 2019 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 30 | Georgia | 46.5 | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 31 | Uruguay | 46 | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 32 | Estonia | 45.9 | 2019 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 32 | Libya | 45.9 | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 34 | Seychelles | 45.8 | 2019 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 45.7 | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 36 | Bahamas | 45.5 | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Dominica | 45.5 | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.1 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Palau | 45.1 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Mongolia | 45 | 2019 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 41 | Cook Islands | 44.6 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 42 | Jamaica | 44.5 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 42 | Ukraine | 44.5 | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 43.9 | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 43.8 | 2019 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 46 | Nauru | 43.7 | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 47 | Bhutan | 43.6 | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 48 | Kuwait | 43.5 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 49 | Denmark | 43.3 | 2019 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.2 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 51 | Albania | 42.6 | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 51 | Namibia | 42.6 | 2019 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 53 | Suriname | 42.4 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 53 | Syria | 42.4 | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 55 | Lebanon | 42.1 | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 56 | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.9 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe | 41.9 | 2019 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 58 | Puerto Rico | 41.8 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 59 | Pakistan | 41.6 | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 59 | Qatar | 41.6 | 2019 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 61 | Tokelau | 41.3 | 2019 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 41 | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 40.9 | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 64 | Palestine | 40.7 | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 65 | Malaysia | 40.5 | 2019 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 66 | Kiribati | 40.4 | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 66 | Niger | 40.4 | 2019 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 68 | Botswana | 40.3 | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 40.3 | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 68 | Japan | 40.3 | 2019 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 71 | Bahrain | 40.1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Barbados | 40 | 2019 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 73 | Venezuela | 39.7 | 2019 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 39.6 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 39.6 | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 74 | Nepal | 39.6 | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 74 | Tonga | 39.6 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 78 | Central African Republic | 39.5 | 2019 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 79 | Italy | 39.1 | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 79 | Niue | 39.1 | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 39 | 2019 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 38.8 | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 83 | Samoa | 38.6 | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 84 | Guinea | 38.3 | 2019 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 85 | Guyana | 38.2 | 2019 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 85 | Ireland | 38.2 | 2019 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.1 | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 88 | Belize | 38 | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 88 | Congo | 38 | 2019 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 88 | Sudan | 38 | 2019 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 38 | 2019 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 92 | Haiti | 37.6 | 2019 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 37.6 | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 94 | Austria | 37.5 | 2019 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 95 | Liberia | 37.4 | 2019 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 95 | Eswatini | 37.4 | 2019 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 37.4 | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 98 | Senegal | 37.3 | 2019 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 37.2 | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 37 | 2019 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 101 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.9 | 2019 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 36.9 | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 104 | Equatorial Guinea | 36.6 | 2019 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 36.6 | 2019 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 106 | Angola | 36.5 | 2019 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 106 | Fiji | 36.5 | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 106 | Greece | 36.5 | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 36.3 | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 110 | Netherlands | 36.2 | 2019 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 36 | 2019 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 111 | Gabon | 36 | 2019 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 36 | 2019 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 114 | Indonesia | 35.9 | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 114 | Mauritania | 35.9 | 2019 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 116 | Andorra | 35.7 | 2019 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 116 | Cyprus | 35.7 | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 118 | Egypt | 35.6 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 118 | Sweden | 35.6 | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 121 | Afghanistan | 35.3 | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 121 | Norway | 35.3 | 2019 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 123 | Myanmar | 35.2 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 124 | Chad | 35.1 | 2019 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 125 | Algeria | 35 | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 125 | Morocco | 35 | 2019 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 127 | Cameroon | 34.8 | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 128 | Gambia | 34.7 | 2019 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 128 | Madagascar | 34.7 | 2019 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 128 | Philippines | 34.7 | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 34.5 | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 131 | Tunisia | 34.5 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 133 | Germany | 34.4 | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 34.4 | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 133 | New Zealand | 34.4 | 2019 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 136 | Mozambique | 34.3 | 2019 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 136 | Togo | 34.3 | 2019 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 138 | Mauritius | 34.2 | 2019 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 139 | France | 34.1 | 2019 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 139 | Malta | 34.1 | 2019 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 139 | United States | 34.1 | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 142 | Belgium | 33.8 | 2019 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 33.8 | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 144 | Spain | 33.5 | 2019 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 145 | Somalia | 33.4 | 2019 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 146 | Honduras | 33.2 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Israel | 33 | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 147 | Nigeria | 33 | 2019 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 149 | Vietnam | 32.9 | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 151 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 32.7 | 2019 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 153 | Maldives | 32.6 | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 154 | Burundi | 32.5 | 2019 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 155 | Australia | 32.3 | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 155 | South Sudan | 32.3 | 2019 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 157 | Lesotho | 32.1 | 2019 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 158 | South Korea | 32 | 2019 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 159 | Micronesia (country) | 31.7 | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 160 | India | 31.6 | 2019 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 161 | Guatemala | 31.5 | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 162 | Ghana | 31.4 | 2019 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 162 | Kenya | 31.4 | 2019 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 162 | El Salvador | 31.4 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | Colombia | 31.1 | 2019 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 166 | Iceland | 30.9 | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 166 | Tanzania | 30.9 | 2019 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 166 | Uganda | 30.9 | 2019 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 30.8 | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 169 | Turkey | 30.8 | 2019 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 171 | Mali | 30.5 | 2019 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 172 | Zambia | 30.3 | 2019 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 173 | China | 30.2 | 2019 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 174 | Comoros | 30 | 2019 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 175 | United Kingdom | 29.9 | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 176 | Bolivia | 29.4 | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 177 | Ecuador | 29.2 | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 178 | Burkina Faso | 29.1 | 2019 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 178 | Thailand | 29.1 | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 178 | Yemen | 29.1 | 2019 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 181 | Benin | 28.9 | 2019 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 182 | Rwanda | 28.5 | 2019 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 183 | North Korea | 28.1 | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 184 | Malawi | 26.8 | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 185 | Iran | 26.6 | 2019 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 186 | Switzerland | 26.4 | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 187 | Cambodia | 25.8 | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 188 | Laos | 25.6 | 2019 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 25.4 | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 24.9 | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 191 | Ethiopia | 24.5 | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 192 | Canada | 24.3 | 2019 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 193 | Bangladesh | 23.5 | 2019 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 194 | Peru | 22.8 | 2019 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 195 | Eritrea | 22.5 | 2019 | down 10.7% | falling |
About this data
Estimated share of male population with hypertension, based on population representative surveys and statistical modeling. Hypertension is a risk factor for chronic complications, including cardiovascular disease, and premature death.