Alzheimer’s Disease Prevalence By Country
Neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, is the fastest-growing cause of death on the planet. Alzheimer’s disease alone is taking the lives of 50-100 million people around the world now. Millions will die of the disease this year, while millions more will be diagnosed and misdiagnosed. Millions of additional people will go undiagnosed. Despite poor reporting, the statistics are staggering.
Global Prevalence Of Alzheimer’s disease
Death Rate Per 100,000
| Turkey 57.6 |
| Lebanon 56.1 |
| Libya 53.2 |
| Finland 50.8 |
| Equatorial Guinea 50.1 |
| Tunisia 49.0 |
| Yemen 46.3 |
| Jordan 46.3 |
| Saudi Arabia 45.2 |
| Morocco 44.1 |
| Nigeria 43.1 |
| Qatar 42.7 |
| Iran 41.6 |
| Indonesia 41.6 |
| Syria 41.3 |
| Cambodia 40.5 |
| Kiribati 40.5 |
| Thailand 39.7 |
| Laos 39.2 |
| Timor Leste 38.4 |
| Mali 38.2 |
| Myanmar 37.8 |
| United Kingdom 37.6 |
| Algeria 37.6 |
| Mauritania 37.1 |
| Gabon 36.9 |
| Malaysia 36.4 |
| Gambia 36.3 |
| Egypt 36.1 |
| United Arab Emirates 36.1 |
| Maldives 35.6 |
| Sri Lanka 35.6 |
| China 34.6 |
| Burkina Faso 34.9 |
| Sierra Leone 34.6 |
| Afghanistan 34.5 |
| Namibia 34.2 |
| Sudan 34.0 |
| Comoros 34.0 |
| Togo 33.8 |
| Angola 33.0 |
| Netherlands 32.9 |
| Bahrain 32.5 |
| United States 32.5 |
| Micronesia 32.4 |
| Djibouti 32.3 |
| DR Congo 32.3 |
| Brunei 32.2 |
| Oman 32.1 |
| Senegal 31.2 |
| Congo 31.9 |
| Seychelles 31.7 |
| Guinea 31.4 |
| Cote d’ Ivoire 31.3 |
| Paraguay 30.6 |
| Iraq 30.6 |
| South Africa 30.4 |
| Ghana 30.2 |
| Niger 30.1 |
| Malawi 30.0 |
| El Salvador 29.5 |
| Iceland 29.4 |
| Nicaragua 29.3 |
| Zimbabwe 29.1 |
| Belize 29.0 |
| Rwanda 28.7 |
| Tonga 28.6 |
| Botswana 28.5 |
| Samoa 28.3 |
| Sweden 28.3 |
| Cameroon 28.0 |
| Liberia 27.8 |
| Mozambique 27.6 |
| Vietnam 27.4 |
| Chad 27.4 |
| Benin 27.0 |
| Cape Verde 26.9 |
| Central Africa 26.8 |
| Ireland 26.8 |
| Uganda 26.7 |
| Tanzania 26.6 |
| Georgia 26.5 |
| Solomon Islands 26.5 |
| North Korea 26.4 |
| Peru 26.1 |
| Vanuatu 26.1 |
| Nepal 25.9 |
| Eritrea 25.7 |
| Switzerland 25.5 |
| Suriname 24.7 |
| Denmark 24.6 |
| Ethiopia 24.5 |
| Albania 24.5 |
| Guinea-Bissau 24.4 |
| Norway 24.4 |
| Swaziland 24.3 |
| Canada 24.3 |
| Bosnia/Herzegovina 24.0 |
| Montenegro 23.8 |
| Burundi 23.2 |
| Australia 23.0 |
| Zambia 22.8 |
| South Sudan 22.6 |
| Honduras 22.5 |
| Kazakhstan 22.3 |
| Slovakia 22.3 |
| Somalia 22.0 |
| Belgium 22.0 |
| Tajikistan 21.8 |
| Lesotho 21.6 |
| Spain 21.5 |
| Armenia 20.3 |
| Turkmenistan 20.3 |
| Pakistan 20.1 |
| Sao Tome 19.9 |
| New Zealand 19.8 |
| Cuba 19.7 |
| Kenya 19.6 |
| Haiti 19.6 |
| New Guinea 19.5 |
| Mongolia 19.4 |
| Bolivia 19.4 |
| Azerbaijan 19.4 |
| France 19.3 |
| Dominican Republic 19.1 |
| Belarus 18.7 |
| Madagascar 18.4 |
| Ukraine 18.1 |
| Jamaica 17.8 |
| Barbados 17.7 |
| Bhutan 17.4 |
| Russia 17.1 |
| India 17.0 |
| Luxembourg 16.7 |
| Bahamas 16.6 |
| Uruguay 16.4 |
| Portugal 16.1 |
| Germany 15.9 |
| Cyprus 15.5 |
| Hungary 14.5 |
| Israel 14.2 |
| South Korea 14.0 |
| Italy 13.9 |
| Malta 13.7 |
| Bangladesh 13.9 |
| Chile 12.5 |
| Czech Republic 11.7 |
| Brazil 10.9 |
| Serbia 10.9 |
| Costa Rica 9.45 |
| Austria 9.35 |
| Croatia 8.95 |
| Trinidad/Tobago 8.03 |
| Panama 5.90 |
| Greece 5.66 |
| Japan 5.48 |
| Latvia 5.27 |
| Antigua/Barbados 5.22 |
| Argentina 4.99 |
| Grenada 4.91 |
| Lithuania 4.57 |
| Estonia 4.46 |
| Romania 4.40 |
| Ecuador 4.33 |
| St. Vincent 4.04 |
| Guatemala 3.85 |
| Guyana 3.74 |
| Colombia 3.62 |
| Moldova 3.51 |
| Mexico 3.36 |
| Poland 3.28 |
| Slovenia 2.90 |
| Venezuela 2.80 |
| Mauritius 2.52 |
| St. Lucia 2.30 |
| Uzbekistan 2.10 |
| Philippines 1.98 |
| NO Macedonia 1.90 |
| Kyrgyzstan 1.50 |
| Bulgaria 1.32 |
| Kuwait .62 |
| Fiji .40 |
| Singapore .38 |
Remember, some countries are doing a better job than others diagnosing neurodegenerative disease. Others are doing a better job than others sweeping these statistics under the rug–especially when it comes to declaring a cause of death on a death certificate. Most families don’t fight for Alzheimer’s disease as a cause of death. Therefore, the statistics above are drastically underreported, but rising rapidly. The true size of the pandemic is unknown.
Alzheimer’s disease alone is killing 50-100 million people now. Experts suggest that the prevalence of brain disease will quadruple by 2050, if not sooner. Defending yourself with facts and smart choices is your best hope. Keep reading to find out why:
These regional variations indicate that the death rate from Alzheimer’s disease is not random, but one influenced by environmental and/or dietary factors. Regional spikes also reflect the infective nature of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of prion disease once they have a foothold within a population.
Learn more about Dr. Stanley Prusiner and the Nobel Prize for prion science and prion disease.
Alzheimer’s disease is part of a spectrum disease known as prion disease, which also includes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Parkinson’s disease. The spectrum also is known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE).
Learn more about Dr. Stanley Prusiner and the Nobel Prize for prion science and prion disease.
