Table 1. Characteristics of the included studies and their prevalence of hypertension in Ethiopia, 2019.

S. No	Author	Publication year	Region	Sample size	Response rate (%)	Prevalence of hypertension	Quality score
1	Zekewos et al. [42]	2019	SNNPR	425	-	21.80	1
2	Kiber et al. [30]	2019	Amhara	456	95.6	12.50	2
3	Shukuri et al. [25]	2019	Oromia	401	96	41.90	1
4	Abebe et al. [56]	2019	Addis Ababa	487	100	34.70	0
5	Roba et al. [59]	2019	Dire Dawa	872	96.5	24.40	3
6	Belachew et al. [27]	2018	Amhara	308	100	27.30	0
7	Gebreyes et al. [23]	2018	National	9788	95.4	18.05	0
8	Bayray et al. [46]	2018	Tigray	1523	99.7	15.90	0
9	Tesfaye et al. [38]	2018	Oromia	648	97	14.2	0
10	Esaiyas et al. [40]	2018	SNNPR	620	99.6	19.70	0
11	Bekele et al. [51]	2018	Addis Ababa	758	100	15.90	0
12	Asfaw et al. [41]	2018	SNNPR	524	99.8	30.00	0
13	Mara et al. [39]	2018	SNNPR	346	97.4	23.00	0
14	Neba et al. [50]	2017	Somali	548	100	21.90	0
15	Demisse et al. [28]	2017	Amhara	3057	94.8	27.40	0
16	Asresahegn et al. [48]	2017	Somali	487	98.9	28.30	0
17	Birhanu Tolera [57]	2017	Addis Ababa	401	98.5	14.00	1
18	Seifu et al. [49]	2017	Somali	330	100	13.30	1
19	Gebrihet et al. [45]	2017	Tigray	521	96	16.50	0
20	Fikadu et al. [52]	2016	Addis Ababa	1866	100	21.00	0
21	Tadele et al. [22]	2016	SNNPR	306	95.9	27.80	3
22	Abdissa et al. [54]	2015	Addis Ababa	2716	100	24.90	1
23	Anteneh et al. [32]	2015	Amhara	678	99.6	25.10	1
24	Asresahegn et al. [34]	2015	Oromia	830	100	36.40	3
25	Angaw et al. [55]	2015	Addis Ababa	629	96	27.30	0
26	Birlew et al. [24]	2015	Oromia	4055	90.7	7.47	2
27	Abebe et al. [26]	2015	Amhara	2141	97.3	27.90	1
28	Bissa et al. [35]	2014	Oromia	701	96.02	21.30	1
29	Zikru et al. [47]	2014	Tigray	709	99.7	11.00	3
30	Mengistu et al. [44]	2014	Tigray	1183	100	18.10	1
31	Tadesse et al. [31]	2014	Amhara	610	100	7.70	2
32	Helelo et al. [43]	2014	SNNPR	518	96.6	22.40	2
33	Gudina et al.[36]	2014	Oromia	396	93.8	16.92	2
34	Gudina et al. [33]	2013	Oromia	734	100	13.20	0
35	Nshisso et al. [53]	2012	Addis Ababa	2153	100	19.10	1
36	Awoke et al. [29]	2012	Amhara	679	97.6	28.30	0
37	Muluneh et al. [37]	2012	Oromia	3223	-	9.30	2
38	Tesfaye et al. [58]	2009	Addis Ababa	648	93.2	14.20	1