Table 1.

Number of people of all ages (mean [95% UI]) with blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60) or MSVI (presenting visual acuity <6/18, ≥3/60) due to Cataract, the age-standardized prevalence (%) in people aged ≥50 years (mean [95% UI]), and the percentage of all blindness or MSVI attributed to Cataract in people aged ≥50 years (95% UI) in world regions in 2020.

		Blindness due to Cataract in 2020			MSVI due to Cataract in 2020
World Region	2020, total population (‘000 s)	Number of people (‘000 s) with blindness in 2020 (all ages)	Age-standardized prevalence of Cataract blindness in 2020 (aged ≥50 years)	Percentage of all Cataract blindness in 2020 (≥50 years)	Number of people (‘000 s) with MSVI in 2020 (all ages)	Age-standardized prevalence of Cataract MSVI in people ≥50 years aged in 2020	Percentage of Cataract MSVI in 2020 (≥50 years)
Global	7,890,000	17,005 (14,395–19,926)	0.84 (0.70–0.99)	39.55 (33.48–46.34)	83,475(71,758–95,983)	4.34 (3.71–5.02)	28.30 (24.32–32.54)
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania	2,192,710	6305 (5322–7445)	0.97 (0.81–1.15)	41.82 (35.30–49.38)	28,238 (24,354–32,390)	4.71 (4.04–5.41)	34.00 (29.32–39.00)
Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia	417,291	291 (234–356)	0.19 (0.15–0.23)	20.53 (16.50–25.15)	3172(2620–3733)	2.13 (1.75–2.52)	17.64 (14.57–20.76)
High-income	1,087,856	505(410–619)	0.09 (0.07–0.11)	16.82 (13.66–20.60)	8214 (6955–9574)	1.46 (1.22–1.71)	26.44 (22.39–30.82)
Latin America and Caribbean	601,551	1101 (910–1320)	0.78 (0.64–0.95)	30.11 (24.90–36.10)	4658 (3935–5391)	3.39 (2.85–3.96)	19.03 (16.07–22.02)
North Africa and Middle East	631,727	844 (676–1037)	0.91 (0.71–1.14)	27.31 (21.88–33.57)	5399 (4573–6303)	5.81 (4.92–6.80)	24.73 (20.94–28.87)
South Asia	1,841,435	6352 (5373–74169)	2.23 (1.89–2.61)	53.20 (45.00–62.11)	28,744 (24,674–33,511)	9.46 (8.11–10.93)	29.87 (25.64–34.83)
Sub-Saharan Africa	1,114,806	1604 (1358–1857)	1.49 (1.24–1.78)	31.56 (26.71–36.53)	5047 (4342–5781)	5.14 (4.40–5.93)	24.69 (21.24–28.28)