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Mapped: Diabetes Rates by Country in 2021

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Mapping diabetes rates by country in 2021

Mapping Diabetes Rates by Country in 2021

Despite advancements in healthcare lengthening life expectancy across the world, there are still many diseases that are hard to beat. One of these growing and costly diseases is diabetes, but each country is being hit differently.

One of the leading causes of death and disability globally, over half a billion people are living with diabetes today. The World Bank’s IDF Diabetes Atlas reveals that diabetes was responsible for 6.7 million deaths in 2021 alone.

In this graphic, Alberto Rojo Moro uses this World Bank Atlas to map diabetes rates by country, highlighting the countries with the highest rates of the disease.

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes (also known as diabetes mellitusis) a long-lasting condition that affects how the body turns food into energy.

Normally, our bodies break down the food we consume into glucose (a sugar) and release it into our blood. When our level of blood sugar rises, insulin produced by our pancreas signals the body to use excess glucose as energy or store it for later consumption.

Diabetes restricts the pancreas from producing this life-saving insulin properly, thus causing high blood sugar levels. These high glucose levels can eventually impact the heart, kidney, and vision. There are two main types of diabetes:

  • Type 1 Diabetes: The immune system attacks and destroys the cells in your pancreas that make insulin. Causes are believed to be genetic and environmental.
  • Type 2 Diabetes: The body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn’t produce enough insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. It is caused by a mix of lifestyle factors (including obesity, physical inactivity, poor diet, and smoking) and genetics.

Type 2 diabetes is by far the most common form of the disease, making up between 90-95% of global cases.

Diabetes Rates by Country

With close to 33 million (31%) of its adult population suffering from diabetes, Pakistan was the country with the highest prevalence of diabetes.

RankCountry% of Diabetic Population Aged 20-79
1🇵🇰 Pakistan30.8
2🇵🇫 French Polynesia25.2
3🇰🇼 Kuwait24.9
4🇳🇷 Nauru23.4
5🇳🇨 New Caledonia23.4
6🇲🇭 Marshall Islands23.0
7🇲🇺 Mauritius22.6
8🇰🇮 Kiribati22.1
9🇪🇬 Egypt20.9
10🇦🇸 American Samoa20.3
11🇹🇻 Tuvalu20.3
12🇸🇧 Solomon Islands19.8
13🇶🇦 Qatar19.5
14🇬🇺 Guam19.1
15🇲🇾 Malaysia19.0
16🇸🇩 Sudan18.9
17🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia18.7
18🇫🇯 Fiji17.7
19🇵🇼 Palau17.0
20🇲🇽 Mexico16.9
21🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea16.7
22🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates16.4
23🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis16.1
24🇫🇲 Micronesia15.6
25🇻🇺 Vanuatu15.6
26🇯🇴 Jordan15.4
27🇹🇴 Tonga15.0
28🇸🇾 Syria14.9
29🇧🇿 Belize14.5
30🇹🇷 Turkey14.5
31🇧🇩 Bangladesh14.2
32🇧🇧 Barbados14.0
33🇴🇲 Oman13.8
34🇵🇷 Puerto Rico13.3
35🇬🇹 Guatemala13.1
36🇧🇲 Bermuda13.0
37🇰🇾 Cayman Islands13.0
38🇸🇷 Suriname12.7
39🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago12.7
40🇬🇩 Grenada12.6
41🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands12.4
42🇹🇿 Tanzania12.3
43🇿🇲 Zambia11.9
44🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda11.7
45🇰🇲 Comoros11.7
46🇨🇼 Curacao11.7
47🇩🇲 Dominica11.7
48🇬🇾 Guyana11.7
49🇱🇨 Saint Lucia11.7
50🇸🇬 Singapore11.6
51🇧🇭 Bahrain11.3
52🇱🇰 Sri Lanka11.3
53🇧🇳 Brunei11.1
54🇯🇲 Jamaica11.1
55🇦🇫 Afghanistan10.9
56🇨🇱 Chile10.8
57🇿🇦 South Africa10.8
58🇮🇶 Iraq10.7
59🇺🇸 United States10.7
60🇨🇳 China10.6
61🇮🇩 Indonesia10.6
62🇩🇴 Dominican Republic10.5
63🇧🇹 Bhutan10.4
64🇪🇸 Spain10.3
65🇦🇱 Albania10.2
66🇦🇩 Andorra9.7
67🇹🇭 Thailand9.7
68🇹🇳 Tunisia9.6
69🇻🇪 Venezuela9.6
70🇳🇮 Nicaragua9.3
71🇲🇻 Maldives9.2
72🇵🇸 Palestine9.2
73🇼🇸 Samoa9.2
74🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina9.1
75🇮🇷 Iran9.1
76🇲🇪 Montenegro9.1
77🇲🇦 Morocco9.1
78🇵🇹 Portugal9.1
79🇷🇸 Serbia9.1
80🇺🇾 Uruguay9.0
81🇭🇹 Haiti8.9
82🇧🇸 Bahamas8.8
83🇧🇷 Brazil8.8
84🇨🇷 Costa Rica8.8
85🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands8.7
86🇱🇾 Libya8.7
87🇳🇵 Nepal8.7
88🇨🇾 Cyprus8.6
89🇰🇵 North Korea8.6
90🇹🇱 Timor8.6
91🇮🇱 Israel8.5
92🇸🇨 Seychelles8.5
93🇨🇴 Colombia8.3
94🇵🇦 Panama8.2
95🇱🇧 Lebanon8.0
96🇲🇹 Malta8.0
97🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8.0
98🇭🇰 Hong Kong7.8
99🇲🇴 Macao7.8
100🇨🇦 Canada7.7
101🇨🇺 Cuba7.6
102🇵🇾 Paraguay7.5
103🇧🇬 Bulgaria7.4
104🇩🇯 Djibouti7.4
105🇸🇲 San Marino7.4
106🇰🇭 Cambodia7.3
107🇲🇼 Malawi7.3
108🇩🇿 Algeria7.1
109🇨🇿 Czechia7.1
110🇲🇲 Myanmar7.1
111🇵🇭 Philippines7.1
112🇭🇺 Hungary7.0
113🇺🇿 Uzbekistan7.0
114🇩🇪 Germany6.9
115🇲🇳 Mongolia6.9
116🇵🇱 Poland6.8
117🇰🇷 South Korea6.8
118🇳🇦 Namibia6.7
119🇹🇲 Turkmenistan6.7
120🇯🇵 Japan6.6
121🇰🇿 Kazakhstan6.6
122🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan6.6
123🇹🇯 Tajikistan6.6
124🇧🇮 Burundi6.5
125🇪🇷 Eritrea6.5
126🇪🇪 Estonia6.5
127🇷🇴 Romania6.5
128🇷🇼 Rwanda6.5
129🇸🇴 Somalia6.5
130🇸🇸 South Sudan6.5
131🇦🇺 Australia6.4
132🇬🇷 Greece6.4
133🇮🇹 Italy6.4
134🇸🇻 El Salvador6.3
135🇮🇲 Isle of Man6.3
136🇬🇧 United Kingdom6.3
137🇱🇦 Laos6.2
138🇲🇨 Monaco6.2
139🇳🇿 New Zealand6.2
140🇫🇮 Finland6.1
141🇱🇮 Liechtenstein6.1
142🇲🇰 North Macedonia6.1
143🇻🇳 Vietnam6.1
144🇱🇻 Latvia5.9
145🇱🇺 Luxembourg5.9
146🇨🇫 Central African Republic5.8
147🇹🇩 Chad5.8
148🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo5.8
149🇱🇹 Lithuania5.8
150🇸🇰 Slovakia5.8
151🇬🇪 Georgia5.7
152🇦🇲 Armenia5.6
153🇦🇿 Azerbaijan5.6
154🇧🇾 Belarus5.6
155🇲🇩 Moldova5.6
156🇷🇺 Russia5.6
157🇺🇦 Ukraine5.6
158🇧🇴 Bolivia5.5
159🇨🇲 Cameroon5.5
160🇨🇬 Congo5.5
161🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea5.5
162🇬🇦 Gabon5.5
163🇮🇸 Iceland5.5
164🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe5.5
165🇦🇷 Argentina5.4
166🇾🇪 Yemen5.4
167🇩🇰 Denmark5.3
168🇫🇷 France5.3
169🇧🇼 Botswana5.3
170🇳🇪 Niger5.2
171🇭🇳 Honduras5.1
172🇪🇹 Ethiopia5.0
173🇸🇪 Sweden5.0
174🇭🇷 Croatia4.8
175🇵🇪 Peru4.8
176🇦🇴 Angola4.6
177🇦🇹 Austria4.6
178🇸🇿 Eswatini4.6
179🇱🇸 Lesotho4.6
180🇲🇬 Madagascar4.6
181🇨🇭 Switzerland4.6
182🇺🇬 Uganda4.6
183🇳🇱 Netherlands4.5
184🇪🇨 Ecuador4.4
185🇦🇼 Aruba4.3
186🇰🇪 Kenya4.0
187🇫🇴 Faroe Islands3.8
188🇧🇪 Belgium3.6
189🇳🇬 Nigeria3.6
190🇳🇴 Norway3.6
191🇬🇱 Greenland3.3
192🇲🇿 Mozambique3.3
193🇸🇳 Senegal3.1
194🇮🇪 Ireland3.0
195🇬🇭 Ghana2.6
196🇧🇫 Burkina Faso2.1
197🇨🇻 Cape Verde2.1
198🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire2.1
199🇬🇳 Guinea2.1
200🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau2.1
201🇱🇷 Liberia2.1
202🇲🇱 Mali2.1
203🇲🇷 Mauritania2.1
204🇸🇱 Sierra Leone2.1
205🇹🇬 Togo2.1
206🇿🇼 Zimbabwe2.1
207🇬🇲 Gambia1.9
208🇧🇯 Benin1.1

The situation in Pakistan is currently not expected to improve in the near future. By 2045, the country is estimated to have 62 million people suffering from diabetes due to numerous reasons including malnutrition.

This chronic disease has also reached alarming levels in many Oceanic island countries and territories, including French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and American Samoa. Each has a diabetic prevalence above 20%, with reasons ranging from malnutrition to obesity.

Meanwhile, African nations like Benin and The Gambia recorded the lowest prevalence of diabetes in the world. In 2021, African countries had a combined total of 23.6 million adults with diabetes, less than 2% of the continent’s population. However, this number is predicted to double to 55 million by 2045.

Most Diabetic Countries in Absolute Terms

In China, diabetes was prevalent in 10.6% of the nation’s adult population in 2021. While this only puts the country in 60th place in terms of prevalence rate, this is equivalent to roughly 140 million adults with diabetes because of the country’s large population.

Similarly, India’s 9.6% prevalence of diabetes equaled 77 million adults suffering from the disease in the country, more than double the number of Pakistan’s diabetic citizens.

A similar story follows in the Americas, where Mexico has the highest adult prevalence of diabetes at 16.9% or 14.1 million people. Though the U.S. has a lower rate at 10.7%, its higher population gives it an estimated 32.2 million adults with diabetes.

Breaking down diabetes rates by country highlights that this a global health challenge. To address the growing burden of diabetes, we need to focus on prevention, early detection, and management of diabetes.

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Mapped: The Deadliest Terrorist Attacks in 2024

Terrorism remains a pressing issue globally, with the number of countries recording a terrorist incident increasing from 58 to 66 last year.

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A map showing the locations and number of deaths of the 20 most deadly terrorist attacks in 2024.

Deadliest Terrorist Attacks in 2024

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Terrorism remains a pressing issue globally, with the number of countries recording a terrorist incident increasing from 58 to 66 last year.

This map visualizes the locations and number of deaths of the 20 most deadly terrorist attacks in 2024.

The data comes from the Institute for Economics & Peace.

Defining Terrorism

The Institute for Economics & Peace follows the Global Terrorism Database’s definition of terrorism, which is “the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a state and non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation.”

The Global Terrorism Database’s definition also includes the following criteria:

  1. The violent act was aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal;
  2. The violent act included evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) other than the immediate victims; and
  3. The violent act was outside the precepts of International Humanitarian Law.

Defining terrorism is a complex and contested issue, with governments and scholars often disagreeing on specific elements, such as whether victims must be non-combatants or if a political motive is required

Where Were the Deadliest Terrorist Attacks in 2024?

Below, we show the location, number of deaths, and details of the 20 most deadly terrorist attacks in 2024.

RankCountryProvince/RegionGroupDeathsDescription
1🇳🇪 NigerTahouaJihadist (Undetermined)237Over 300 assailants killed 237 soldiers near Tandakaden town, Tahoua region.
2🇧🇫 Burkina FasoCentre-NordJNIM200At least 200 civilians killed in Barsalogho. JNIM claimed responsibility.
3🇧🇫 Burkina FasoSahelJNIM170110 soldiers and 60 civilians killed in Mansila, Yagha. JNIM claimed responsibility.
4🇷🇺 RussiaMoscow CityIslamic State - Khorasan Province144144 killed, 551 wounded at a concert hall. IS-K claimed responsibility.
5🇳🇪 NigerTillabériJihadist (Undetermined)13891 soldiers and 47 civilians killed in Chatouname, Tera department.
6🇧🇫 Burkina FasoEstJihadist (Undetermined)100At least 100 killed in Kpadiari, Nadiagou, and Tiangoumbi.
7🇳🇬 NigeriaYobeBoko Haram100150 gunmen attacked a market in Tamvau, killing 100–150.
8🇮🇷 IranKermanIslamic State - Khorasan Province95Twin blasts near Soleimani’s memorial killed 95. IS-K claimed responsibility.
9🇳🇬 NigeriaBornoIslamic State West Africa (ISWA)85ISWA attacked Boko Haram in Lake Chad area; 85 dead.
10🇧🇫 Burkina FasoNordJNIM7070 civilians killed in Goubre commune by 150 assailants.
11🇧🇫 Burkina FasoEstJihadist (Undetermined)70Several hundred gunmen attacked a security camp in Partiaga.
12🇲🇱 MaliBamakoJNIM6060 soldiers killed in attack on a Gendarmerie school.
13🇸🇾 SyriaHomsIslamic State (IS)5454 regime soldiers killed near Kaziyia in Al-Sukhna area.
14🇧🇫 Burkina FasoEstJihadist (Undetermined)5050 civilians killed and others kidnapped in Galgondini village.
15🇳🇪 NigerTillabériJNIM4747 soldiers killed and 18 wounded in Gotheye. JNIM claimed responsibility.
16🇧🇫 Burkina FasoCentre-EstJNIM4646 killed, including security and VDP, in Kogo village.
17🇧🇫 Burkina FasoCentre-EstJNIM4545 police officers killed in Yourkouduguen. JNIM claimed responsibility.
18🇧🇫 Burkina FasoBoucle du MouhounJNIM (suspected)4545 civilians killed in Boanékuy village. JNIM possibly responsible.
19🇨🇩 DRCNord-KivuIslamic State (IS)4242 civilians killed in Mayikengo village. IS claimed responsibility.
20🇨🇩 DRCNord-KivuIslamic State (IS)4141 civilians killed in multiple villages. IS claimed responsibility.

The Sahel, a region stretching from Senegal to Eritrea across north-central Africa, is now the world’s most terrorism-affected area. Since 2019, terrorism-related deaths in the region have increased tenfold.

In 2024 alone, the Sahel was responsible for more than half of all terrorism-related fatalities worldwide. Burkina Faso remained the hardest-hit country, accounting for one in five terrorism deaths globally.

According to the Institute for Economics & Peace, this dramatic rise is driven by a mix of factors: political instability, weak governance, ethnic conflicts, porous borders, environmental degradation, the spread of transnational jihadist networks, and increasing geopolitical rivalry.

The four deadliest terrorist groups in 2024 were the Islamic State (IS), Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen (JNIM), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and al-Shabaab.

JNIM remains the most active group in Burkina Faso, responsible for nearly half of all attacks there last year. Its presence has grown significantly, with both the number of attacks and related deaths rising by over 50% compared to the previous year.

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