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Reading no. 2025/318

SocietyObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Diabetes Day

Diabetes prevalence among people aged 20 to 79, Pacific

25.3% of people aged 20 to 79

Pacific

KiribatiMarshall IslandsNauruTuvaluVanuatuMicronesiaSolomon IslandsTonga

Share of inhabitants aged 20 to 79 with diabetes, latest known year of each territory up to 2023: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. Kiribati25.3
  2. Marshall Islands21.8
  3. Nauru20.4
  4. Tuvalu19.2
  5. Vanuatu16.1
  6. Micronesia15.7
  7. Solomon Islands15.3
  8. Tonga12.7
  9. Palau11.1
  10. Fiji10.9

In the first territory of the ranking, Kiribati, 25.3% of people aged 20 to 79 have diabetes.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator SH.STA.DIAB.ZS, read for seventeen territories of the Pacific from 2011 to 2023. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2025/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils per teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific2024/069 · 9 Mar40.5% of adultsShare of smokers among adults, Pacific2025/043 · 12 Feb96.1%Share of the population using the internet in the Pacific2026/251 · 8 Sep87.0%Adult literacy rate in the Pacific

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