Diabetes Trends

2019

• Approximately 463 million adults (20-79 years) were living with diabetes; by 2045 this will rise to 700 million.
• The proportion of people with type 2 diabetes is increasing in most countries.
• 79% of adults with diabetes were living in low- and middle-income countries.
• 1 in 5 of the people who are above 65 years old have diabetes.
• 1 in 2 (232 million) people with diabetes were undiagnosed
• Diabetes caused 4.2 million deaths.
• Diabetes caused at least USD 760 billion dollars in health expenditure in 2019 – 10% of total spending on adults.
• More than 1.1 million children and adolescents are living with type 1 diabetes.
• More than 20 million live births (1 in 6 live births) are affected by diabetes during pregnancy
• 374 million people are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes in the Middle-East and North Africa

2021

• 1 in 6 adults (73 million) are living with diabetes.
• The number of adults with diabetes expected to reach 95 million by 2030 and 136 million by 2045.
• 1 in 3 adults living with diabetes are undiagnosed.
• 796,000 deaths caused by diabetes in 2021.
• 1 in 7 live births affected by hyperglycaemia in pregnancy.

2019

• 1 in 8 adults have diabetes.
• 55 million people have diabetes. If we do not act now, this figure will rise to 108 million by 2045 (96%) - the second highest increase among the IDF Regions, after Africa.
• Almost half of the people with diabetes (45%) have not been diagnosed and are at a higher risk of developing harmful and costly complications.
• Diabetes is expected to cause almost 418,900 deaths in 2019
• 1 in 12 people have impaired glucose tolerance and there will be an increase of 82% by 2045.
• 1 in 9 live births are affected by hyperglycemia in pregnancy.
• USD 25 billion is spent on treating diabetes in 2019, but there will be an increase of 55% by 2045.