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Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 by country

Estimated share of female 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
194
Highest
50.9
Paraguay
Lowest
17.5
Switzerland
Median
38.6
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
5,850

What the numbers show

Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 50.9 in Paraguay; the lowest is 17.5 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.6, and the mean is 36.77.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 35.6%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 26.9%).

Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 50.9 2019 down 1.5% rising
2 Tuvalu 50.8 2019 up 18.1% rising
3 Dominica 49.9 2019 unchanged rising
4 Dominican Republic 49.2 2019 up 2.5% rising
5 Sao Tome and Principe 48 2019 up 0.8% rising
6 Haiti 47.8 2019 up 7.2% rising
6 Jamaica 47.8 2019 up 5.5% rising
8 Iraq 47.7 2019 up 0.4% rising
9 Eswatini 47.3 2019 down 2.5% rising
10 Botswana 47 2019 down 2.5% rising
11 Moldova 46.9 2019 down 3.3% falling
12 Lesotho 46.8 2019 up 1.1% rising
12 Tonga 46.8 2019 up 27.9% rising
14 Belarus 46.6 2019 down 0.6% falling
15 Zimbabwe 46.4 2019 down 2.3% rising
16 Armenia 46.2 2019 up 0.4% rising
17 Brunei 45.6 2019 up 7.3% rising
17 Grenada 45.6 2019 up 3.2% rising
19 Afghanistan 45.3 2019 up 10.5% rising
19 Croatia 45.3 2019 up 2.5% flat
21 Saint Kitts and Nevis 45.1 2019 up 2.7% rising
22 Namibia 44.8 2019 down 3.4% rising
22 Pakistan 44.8 2019 up 6.4% rising
24 Uzbekistan 44.6 2019 up 12.9% rising
25 Indonesia 44.5 2019 up 19.6% rising
26 South Africa 44.3 2019 down 5.5% rising
27 Romania 43.9 2019 up 0.9% falling
28 Kiribati 43.8 2019 up 35.6% rising
29 Bahamas 43.6 2019 up 4.6% rising
30 Sudan 43.5 2019 up 0.5% rising
31 Sierra Leone 43.4 2019 down 2.3% rising
32 Barbados 43.3 2019 up 3.6% rising
32 Suriname 43.3 2019 up 3.8% rising
34 Antigua and Barbuda 43.2 2019 up 3.8% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 43.2 2019 up 3.1% rising
34 Puerto Rico 43.2 2019 up 3.8% rising
37 Bhutan 43 2019 up 4.1% rising
38 Senegal 42.9 2019 up 0.2% rising
39 Central African Republic 42.8 2019 up 2.1% rising
39 Tajikistan 42.8 2019 down 1.8% rising
41 Poland 42.7 2019 up 4.1% falling
42 Niger 42.6 2019 down 2.5% rising
43 Guinea 42.5 2019 down 3.0% rising
43 Kazakhstan 42.5 2019 down 0.2% rising
43 Palau 42.5 2019 up 3.7% rising
46 Georgia 42.3 2019 down 1.2% rising
46 Seychelles 42.3 2019 down 5.6% flat
48 Azerbaijan 42.1 2019 up 1.0% rising
48 Brazil 42.1 2019 down 6.2% rising
48 Serbia 42.1 2019 down 2.5% falling
51 Lithuania 42 2019 down 5.6% falling
52 Mozambique 41.9 2019 down 1.9% rising
53 Guyana 41.8 2019 up 3.2% rising
53 Vanuatu 41.8 2019 up 8.0% rising
55 Cape Verde 41.7 2019 down 6.7% flat
56 Trinidad and Tobago 41.6 2019 up 8.6% rising
56 Ukraine 41.6 2019 down 10.3% falling
58 Congo 41.5 2019 down 0.2% rising
58 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41.5 2019 up 3.0% rising
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.3 2019 down 4.2% falling
60 Liberia 41.3 2019 down 1.7% rising
62 Argentina 41.2 2019 up 5.4% rising
62 Russia 41.2 2019 down 10.2% falling
64 Cook Islands 41.1 2019 up 7.0% rising
65 Malaysia 41 2019 down 2.8% rising
66 Hungary 40.9 2019 down 0.5% falling
67 Angola 40.8 2019 up 1.7% rising
67 Albania 40.8 2019 up 2.3% falling
67 Saint Lucia 40.8 2019 up 3.6% rising
67 Montenegro 40.8 2019 down 0.5% falling
71 Bulgaria 40.7 2019 down 1.0% falling
71 Egypt 40.7 2019 down 1.9% rising
71 North Macedonia 40.7 2019 down 1.0% falling
71 Mongolia 40.7 2019 down 7.7% rising
71 Slovenia 40.7 2019 down 1.0% falling
71 Chad 40.7 2019 down 1.5% rising
77 Fiji 40.5 2019 up 11.3% rising
78 Gambia 40.2 2019 down 1.7% rising
78 Turkmenistan 40.2 2019 down 0.2% rising
80 Myanmar 40 2019 up 8.7% rising
81 Equatorial Guinea 39.9 2019 up 1.5% rising
82 Syria 39.8 2019 down 8.5% falling
83 Guinea-Bissau 39.7 2019 down 1.7% rising
83 Mauritania 39.7 2019 down 1.7% rising
83 Nauru 39.7 2019 up 17.8% rising
83 Niue 39.7 2019 up 14.7% rising
87 Cuba 39.5 2019 up 5.1% rising
88 Costa Rica 39.4 2019 down 3.7% rising
88 Libya 39.4 2019 down 7.3% flat
90 Venezuela 39.1 2019 up 2.1% rising
91 Nigeria 39 2019 up 2.4% rising
92 Latvia 38.9 2019 down 4.4% falling
92 Madagascar 38.9 2019 down 6.5% rising
92 Uruguay 38.9 2019 down 0.3% rising
95 Oman 38.8 2019 down 7.4% flat
96 Gabon 38.7 2019 up 1.8% rising
97 Cameroon 38.6 2019 up 6.6% rising
97 Somalia 38.6 2019 down 2.8% rising
99 Mali 38.3 2019 down 0.5% rising
100 Belize 38 2019 up 9.8% rising
100 Slovakia 38 2019 down 1.3% falling
102 Samoa 37.9 2019 up 15.5% rising
103 Qatar 37.7 2019 down 8.5% falling
104 Cote d'Ivoire 37.6 2019 unchanged rising
105 Togo 37.5 2019 down 1.1% rising
105 Tokelau 37.5 2019 up 17.6% rising
107 Algeria 37.4 2019 down 5.8% falling
107 Palestine 37.4 2019 down 5.8% flat
109 Nicaragua 36.9 2019 down 0.8% rising
110 East Timor 36.7 2019 up 8.3% rising
111 Sri Lanka 36.5 2019 up 9.9% rising
112 Comoros 36.2 2019 down 5.2% rising
113 Ghana 36.1 2019 down 9.1% flat
114 South Sudan 36 2019 down 4.5% rising
116 Democratic Republic of Congo 35.7 2019 up 5.6% rising
116 Jordan 35.7 2019 down 3.3% flat
118 Burundi 35.6 2019 down 5.3% rising
118 Morocco 35.6 2019 down 7.3% falling
120 Maldives 35.4 2019 up 5.0% rising
120 Tanzania 35.4 2019 down 10.8% flat
122 Bahrain 35.3 2019 down 5.6% flat
122 Panama 35.3 2019 up 0.6% rising
124 Kuwait 35.2 2019 down 9.3% falling
125 Tunisia 34.8 2019 down 3.6% falling
126 Kenya 34.7 2019 down 8.2% flat
127 United Arab Emirates 34.5 2019 down 3.1% flat
127 Solomon Islands 34.5 2019 up 22.3% rising
129 Honduras 34.4 2019 up 0.9% rising
129 Turkey 34.4 2019 down 11.3% falling
131 Bangladesh 34.2 2019 up 7.9% flat
131 Estonia 34.2 2019 down 2.6% falling
131 Lebanon 34.2 2019 down 4.7% flat
134 Czechia 34 2019 down 1.7% falling
135 Micronesia (country) 33.9 2019 up 13.8% rising
135 Nepal 33.9 2019 unchanged rising
135 Uganda 33.9 2019 down 4.0% rising
138 Zambia 33.8 2019 down 11.3% flat
139 El Salvador 33.6 2019 up 5.7% rising
140 Chile 33.1 2019 down 10.5% flat
141 Benin 33 2019 down 7.0% flat
142 Marshall Islands 32.9 2019 up 7.2% rising
143 Philippines 32.8 2019 up 3.5% rising
144 Guatemala 32.6 2019 up 6.9% rising
145 Mauritius 32 2019 down 11.4% rising
146 Burkina Faso 31.7 2019 down 4.2% flat
147 Malawi 31.6 2019 down 15.7% flat
148 Laos 31.4 2019 up 5.0% rising
148 Mexico 31.4 2019 down 8.5% rising
150 Rwanda 30.9 2019 down 6.1% flat
151 Colombia 30.8 2019 down 2.2% rising
152 Finland 30.6 2019 down 10.0% falling
153 India 30.5 2019 down 3.5% flat
154 Austria 30.2 2019 down 16.8% falling
154 Saudi Arabia 30.2 2019 down 8.8% falling
156 Ethiopia 30.1 2019 up 5.2% rising
156 Papua New Guinea 30.1 2019 up 24.9% rising
158 Yemen 29.6 2019 down 1.3% falling
159 Thailand 29.2 2019 up 10.6% rising
160 United States 29 2019 down 3.3% flat
161 Denmark 28.6 2019 down 15.9% falling
161 Italy 28.6 2019 down 13.1% falling
163 Portugal 28 2019 down 11.4% falling
164 New Zealand 27.6 2019 down 7.1% falling
165 Bolivia 27.2 2019 down 0.4% rising
166 Singapore 27.1 2019 down 14.8% falling
167 Ireland 26.6 2019 down 8.6% falling
168 Vietnam 26.4 2019 up 6.5% rising
169 Australia 26.3 2019 up 0.8% falling
170 Andorra 26.2 2019 down 11.5% falling
170 Greece 26.2 2019 down 10.9% falling
172 Belgium 26.1 2019 down 11.8% falling
173 Cyprus 26 2019 down 11.6% falling
174 Iran 25.8 2019 down 26.9% falling
175 Norway 25.5 2019 down 14.4% falling
176 Cambodia 25.4 2019 up 11.9% rising
177 Israel 25.3 2019 down 6.6% falling
178 North Korea 25.2 2019 down 1.2% rising
179 Ecuador 25.1 2019 down 2.7% rising
180 Germany 25 2019 down 16.1% falling
181 Malta 24.8 2019 down 13.0% falling
181 Netherlands 24.8 2019 down 20.3% rising
183 Eritrea 24.7 2019 down 0.8% flat
184 Sweden 24.6 2019 down 20.1% falling
185 France 24.4 2019 down 8.6% falling
186 Iceland 24.2 2019 down 15.4% falling
186 Luxembourg 24.2 2019 down 21.9% falling
188 China 24.1 2019 down 12.7% rising
189 United Kingdom 23 2019 down 12.5% falling
190 Japan 22.5 2019 down 11.8% falling
191 South Korea 21.2 2019 down 12.0% falling
192 Spain 20.8 2019 down 23.8% falling
193 Canada 19.9 2019 down 12.3% falling
194 Peru 18.4 2019 down 4.2% falling
195 Switzerland 17.5 2019 down 22.9% falling

About this data

Indicator
Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,850 data points, 1990–2019
Last refreshed

Estimated share of female 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.