Table 1.

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

		Blindness due to glaucoma in 2020			MSVI due to glaucoma in 2020
Global/GBD Super-region	Total population in 2020 ('000s)	Number of people (‘000 s) (all ages)	Age-standardized prevalence (%) ( ≥ 50 years)	Percentage contribution by glaucoma to all cases of blindness ( ≥ 50 years)	Number of people (‘000 s) (all ages)	Age-standardized prevalence (%) ( ≥ 50 years)	Percentage contribution by glaucoma to all MSVI cases ( ≥ 50 years)
Global	7,890,000	3,608 (2812, 4423)	0.20 (0.16–0.25)	8.39 (6.54–10.29)	4145 (3243, 5176)	0.23 (0.18–0.29)	1.41 (1.10–1.75)
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania	2,192,710	757 (577, 961)	0.13 (0.10–0.17)	5.02 (3.83–6.37)	1163 (917, 1452)	0.20 (0.16–0.25)	1.40 (1.10–1.75)
Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia	417,291	178 (139, 220)	0.12 (0.10–0.15)	12.59 (9.80–15.49)	213 (167, 270)	0.15 (0.12–0.19)	1.19 (0.93–1.50)
High-income	1,087,856	786 (623, 965)	0.14 (0.11–0.17)	26.12 (20.72–32.09)	596 (468, 763)	0.11 (0.09–0.14)	1.92 (1.51–2.46)
Latin America and Caribbean	601,551	335 (257, 412)	0.26 (0.20–0.32)	9.15 (7.01–11.25)	499 (391, 623)	0.39 (0.30–0.48)	2.04 (1.60–2.55)
North Africa and Middle East	631,727	463 (355, 579)	0.57 (0.44–0.71)	14.98 (11.47–18.72)	326 (252, 420)	0.38 (0.29–0.48)	1.49 (1.15–1.92)
South Asia	1,841,435	579 (441, 729)	0.23 (0.17–0.28)	4.85 (3.69–6.10)	955 (747, 1200)	0.34 (0.27–0.42)	0.99 (0.78–1.25)
Sub-Saharan Africa	1,114,806	511 (400, 629)	0.66 (0.52–0.81)	10.05 (7.86–12.37)	392 (308, 494)	0.46 (0.36–0.57)	1.92 (1.51–2.42)