According to statistics by Our World In Data, Pakistan topped the list for the number of people from 20 to 79 years old with diabetes, with about 31% of the population suffering from the disease, followed by French Polynesia, a cluster of islands in the South Pacific (25.2%) and Kuwait (24.9%).

The countries and territories with the lowest number of diabetes cases are Benin (1.1%) and Gambia (1.9%).

Vietnam stands at 141st (6.1%), the same rank with Finland; less than the US (10.7%), Japan (6.6%), and the UK (6.3%).

According to the International Diabetes Federation - IDF, by 2021, 537 million adults worldwide had diabetes. This rate was 16% up compared to 2019. The total number of cases is predicted to reach 643 million by 2030 and 783 million by 2045.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes was the single largest cause of death in 2019, claiming the lives of 1.5 million people.

Globally, more than 90% of people with diabetes are type 2, mainly due to obesity, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle and family history.

An Yen