Table 3.
Projected top 50 highest hypertension prevalence countries/territories for 2040 (Both sexes) and their income groups
| Income group* | Overall rank | Country | 2015 | 2040 | ∆%b | Lc | Uc | Income group | Overall rank | Country | 2015 | 2040 | ∆%b | Lc | Uc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low-income | Lower-middle-income | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Chad | 32.9 | 34.9 | 6.2 | 32.6 | 37.2 | 1 | 6 | Pakistan | 30.5 | 32.9 | 7.7 | 31.8 | 33.9 |
| 2 | 2 | Burundi | 29.2 | 34.9 | 19.6 | 33.6 | 36.1 | 2 | 10 | Nepal | 29.4 | 32.2 | 9.4 | 30.8 | 33.4 |
| 3 | 3 | Niger | 33.4 | 34 | 1.8 | 32.4 | 35.5 | 3 | 18 | Papua New Guinea | 25.6 | 30.6 | 19.6 | 29.6 | 31.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Mali | 32.6 | 33.2 | 1.7 | 31.4 | 34.8 | 4 | 20 | Comoros | 27.9 | 30.5 | 9.2 | 29 | 31.9 |
| 5 | 5 | Malawi | 28.9 | 32.9 | 13.7 | 31.6 | 34.1 | 5 | 24 | Eswatini | 29.8 | 29.4 | -1.3 | 25.6 | 33.1 |
| 6 | 7 | Uganda | 27.3 | 32.8 | 20.1 | 31.9 | 33.6 | 6 | 25 | Lesotho | 29 | 29.4 | 1.3 | 28.1 | 30.8 |
| 7 | 8 | Burkina Faso | 32.6 | 32.7 | 0.3 | 30.2 | 35.1 | 7 | 26 | Tanzania | 27.3 | 29 | 6.2 | 28.1 | 29.9 |
| 8 | 9 | Afghanistan | 30.6 | 32.4 | 5.8 | 31.1 | 33.7 | 8 | 27 | Timor-Leste | 27.6 | 28.8 | 4.4 | 27.2 | 30.5 |
| 9 | 11 | Somalia | 32.9 | 31.9 | -3.1 | 29.5 | 34.3 | 9 | 28 | Micronesia | 25 | 28.8 | 15.3 | 27.3 | 30.3 |
| 10 | 12 | Eritrea | 29.1 | 31.6 | 8.7 | 33 | 50 | 10 | 30 | Cambodia | 26.1 | 28.7 | 9.8 | 26.1 | 31 |
| 11 | 13 | Yemen | 30.7 | 31.6 | 2.9 | 28.3 | 34.9 | 11 | 31 | Bhutan | 28.1 | 28.6 | 1.9 | 27.2 | 30 |
| 12 | 16 | Sudan | 30.2 | 31.1 | 3 | 29.1 | 33 | 12 | 32 | Tajikistan | 26.1 | 28.5 | 9.1 | 26.4 | 30.6 |
| 13 | 17 | Central African Republic | 31.2 | 30.7 | -1.6 | 29.1 | 32.3 | 13 | 33 | Kenya | 26.7 | 28.4 | 6.4 | 27 | 29.8 |
| 14 | 21 | Guinea | 30.3 | 30.3 | 0.1 | 28.7 | 32 | 14 | 41 | Angola | 29.7 | 27 | -9.1 | 24.9 | 29.2 |
| 15 | 22 | Mozambique | 29.1 | 30 | 3 | 28 | 31.9 | 15 | 43 | India | 25.8 | 26.8 | 4 | 26 | 27.6 |
| 16 | 34 | Rwanda | 26.7 | 28.2 | 5.6 | 25.2 | 30.9 | 16 | 44 | Senegal | 30.2 | 26.7 | -11.5 | 24.4 | 29.1 |
| 17 | 35 | Madagascar | 28.1 | 28.1 | 0.1 | 26.9 | 29.5 | 17 | 45 | Vanuatu | 24.2 | 26.7 | 10.3 | 25.1 | 28.4 |
| 18 | 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.3 | 27.7 | -8.7 | 25.6 | 29.7 | 18 | 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.7 | 26.7 | 0 | 25.4 | 28 |
| 19 | 40 | Congo, the Dem. Rep | 28.5 | 27.4 | -3.8 | 25.8 | 29.2 | 19 | 50 | Zimbabwe | 28.2 | 26 | -7.6 | 24.3 | 28 |
| 20 | 48 | Togo | 28.9 | 26.2 | -9.4 | 24 | 28.3 | Upper-middle-income | |||||||
| 21 | 49 | Sierra Leone | 30.3 | 26.1 | -13.9 | 23.1 | 29.1 | 1 | 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.8 | 31.3 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 35.8 |
| High-income | 2 | 23 | Saint Lucia | 27.1 | 29.6 | 9.1 | 27.3 | 31.6 | |||||||
| 1 | 14 | Croatia | 32.4 | 31.5 | -2.7 | 28.1 | 35.5 | 3 | 29 | Moldova | 29.8 | 28.7 | -3.8 | 25.6 | 32 |
| 2 | 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.8 | 30.5 | 18.1 | 29.1 | 31.8 | 4 | 36 | Tonga | 23.7 | 28.1 | 18.5 | 26.1 | 30 |
| 3 | 38 | Romania | 30 | 27.5 | -8.3 | 24.7 | 30.1 | 5 | 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.4 | 27.4 | -3.4 | 24.7 | 30.3 |
| 4 | 47 | Slovenia | 30.5 | 26.3 | -13.8 | 23.1 | 29.8 | 6 | 42 | Georgia | 26.3 | 26.9 | 2.1 | 24.6 | 29.4 |
aRaised BP (SBP > = 140 OR DBP > = 90) (%, age-standardised estimate), 18 + years
bPercentage change in hypertension prevalence from 2015 to 2040
cLower and upper confidence intervals (95%) for the 2040 forecast
*2022–2023 World Bank country classifications by income level