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Blind Population by Country 2024

Data Year - 2020

Country
% of People with Blindness
# of People With Blindness
% Mild Blindness
# Mild Blindness
% Moderate to Severe Blindness
# Moderate to Severe Blindness
# of People With Near Blindness
# of People with Near Blindness
% of People With Loss of Vision
# of People With Loss of Vision
South Sudan2%90.8K3.4%283.2K5.1%273.4K9.3%411.3K19.9%1.1M
Indonesia1.8%3.7M4.8%11.5M4.8%10.8M4.1%8.9M15.5%34.9M
Mali1.8%167.5K4.6%778.6K3.5%383.1K9%869.2K18.7%2.2M
Ethiopia1.6%780.3K3.2%2.7M4.1%2.3M6.9%3M15.8%8.8M
Pakistan1.5%1.8M3.7%6M6%8.5M7.8%10.1M19%26.3M
Afghanistan1.5%183.9K3.1%787.8K5%970.7K4%436.8K13.6%2.4M
Equatorial Guinea1.3%8.2K3.4%36.1K3.1%22.3K7.2%39.4K15%106K
Nigeria1.2%1.3M4.5%7.8M4.6%5.3M10%9.9M20.3%24.3M
Kenya1.2%286.9K2.9%1.2M2.9%811.2K7%1.6M14%3.9M
Saudi Arabia1.2%228.9K2.5%655.2K5.7%1.4M3.1%620.5K12.4%2.9M
Niger1.2%106.3K4.8%858.9K3.6%388K13.2%1.3M22.8%2.7M
Chad1.2%75.8K4.6%582.8K3.6%272.1K9%576.7K18.3%1.5M
Timor Leste1.2%10.4K5%59.1K5.5%53.4K5.8%48.5K17.5%171.4K
Tanzania1.1%293.4K4.5%2.1M3.2%1M16.3%4.8M25.1%8.2M
Myanmar1.1%477.5K4.9%2.5M4.9%2.3M5.7%2.7M16.6%7.9M
Sudan1.1%209.9K2.8%931.4K4.1%1.1M3.6%704.3K11.7%3M
Somalia1.1%82.1K3.9%543.1K3.1%266.3K10.9%776.7K19.1%1.7M
Senegal1.1%84.6K4.3%542.8K3.3%296.3K8.4%701.1K17.1%1.6M
Guinea1.1%64.6K4.5%440.4K3.5%238.7K8.7%524.7K17.8%1.3M
Lesotho1.1%13K3.7%60.7K2.6%36.4K15.1%197.3K22.4%307.5K
Guinea Bissau1.1%8.2K4.4%65.2K3.6%34.2K8.6%72.5K17.8%180.1K
Ivory Coast1%109.4K4.2%858.6K3.5%475.2K8.2%1.1M16.9%2.5M
Burkina Faso1%95.7K4.6%808.7K3.4%392.9K9%938.2K18%2.2M
Cambodia1%112.5K5.1%737.1K5.6%713.3K5.9%711.8K17.6%2.3M
Benin1%51.7K4.4%414.2K3.5%218.4K8.5%474.1K17.3%1.2M
Central African Republic1%21.6K4%146.8K3.2%84.7K8.8%196.8K17%449.9K
Liberia1%21.3K4.3%166.1K3.5%90.7K8.4%204.3K17.2%482.4K
Eritrea1%26.6K3.4%156.9K3.1%94.1K9.2%251.9K16.7%529.6K
Botswana1%14.8K3.5%68K2.4%42.6K14.1%240.7K21%366.1K
Eswatini1%5.7K3.6%32.8K2.5%19.2K14.6%96.8K21.7%154.5K
India0.9%9.2M4%49.1M6.6%79M11.3%137.7M22.7%275M
Iran0.9%643.4K2.7%2.1M4.8%3.7M2.5%1.9M10.9%8.2M
Yemen0.9%125.2K3%726.9K4.1%820.2K3.8%516.2K11.7%2.2M
Mozambique0.9%109.1K3.5%851.5K3.2%479.3K9.7%1.2M17.3%2.7M
Togo0.9%34.7K4.3%265.6K3.5%155.7K8.2%351.9K16.9%807.9K
Sierra Leone0.9%31.9K4.4%282K3.7%164.3K8.6%345.5K17.6%823.8K
Gambia0.9%9.8K4.3%74.6K3.5%41.5K8.4%89.1K17.1%215K
Bangladesh0.8%948.3K3%4.2M5.5%7.5M10.1%14M19.3%26.6M
South Africa0.8%370.7K3.5%1.8M2.3%1.1M15%7.6M21.6%10.9M
Cameroon0.8%101.7K4.1%922.2K3.2%474.2K7.9%1.1M16%2.6M
Malawi0.8%69.4K3.5%495K3.5%339.8K9.5%771.8K17.2%1.7M
Guatemala0.8%93.7K3.7%540.8K5%705.8K6%689.8K15.5%2M
Zimbabwe0.8%60.2K3.7%454.2K3%283.4K15.2%1.2M22.8%2M
Libya0.8%39K2.5%150.4K4.4%239.4K3.2%157.1K10.9%585.9K
Mauritania0.8%17.6K4.1%138.9K3.4%86.1K7.9%183K16.3%425.7K
Oman0.8%20.1K2.5%87.4K7.4%238.3K3.1%76.5K13.8%422.3K
Namibia0.8%12.8K3.5%71.6K2.5%45K14.3%231.7K21.1%361.1K
Sao Tome and Principe0.8%8454.1%6.8K3.4%4.3K7.9%9.5K16.2%21.4K
Brazil0.7%1.8M3.6%8.3M4.3%10M3.6%8.6M12.3%28.6M
Philippines0.7%500.7K5%4.7M4.4%3.6M4.2%3.1M14.3%11.8M
Iraq0.7%182.9K2.6%980K4.5%1.5M3.3%854.6K11.1%3.5M
Algeria0.7%231.4K2.7%1M4.5%1.7M3.3%1.2M11.1%4.1M
Angola0.7%87.4K3.7%866.2K3.2%488.1K8.1%981.6K15.6%2.4M
Peru0.7%226.1K3.5%1.2M5.2%1.7M4.7%1.6M14%4.7M
Syria0.7%90.8K2.7%428.9K4.5%681.6K3.4%468.2K11.3%1.7M
Bolivia0.7%60.8K3.6%384.4K4.3%439K4.9%444.9K13.5%1.3M
Tunisia0.7%81.1K2.6%313.9K3.5%429.3K3.3%424.7K10.1%1.2M
Haiti0.7%48.7K3.8%357.1K2.8%253.3K5.7%411.1K12.8%1.1M
Mongolia0.7%15.1K2.6%75.6K3.6%94.1K6.6%156.4K13.5%341.2K
Djibouti0.7%4.1K3.3%30.7K2.9%20.6K8.9%60.6K15.7%116.1K
Comoros0.7%3.4K3.3%21K2.9%15.1K9%45K16%84.6K
Egypt0.6%371.4K2.7%2.2M5%3.7M3.4%2.1M11.7%8.3M
Vietnam0.6%522.9K4.7%4.4M4.1%3.8M5.5%5.3M14.9%14M
Ghana0.6%103.1K3.9%971.3K4.3%811.9K7.3%1.3M16%3.2M
Malaysia0.6%156.8K4.5%1.3M4.2%1.2M5%1.4M14.4%4M
Venezuela0.6%171.2K3.6%1.1M3.5%1.1M5.7%1.7M13.3%4.1M
Zambia0.6%42.6K3.3%456.4K2.9%262.1K8.8%656K15.5%1.4M
Cuba0.6%103.5K3.4%522.1K3.3%530.9K4.9%944K12.2%2.1M
Papua New Guinea0.6%27.7K3.7%273.2K5.4%284.1K6.1%272.4K15.8%857.4K
United Arab Emirates0.6%27K2.4%161K4.2%254.3K2.9%162.7K10.1%605K
Nicaragua0.6%30.8K3.7%213.4K4%227.3K6%295.1K14.3%766.5K
Paraguay0.6%32.3K3.5%223.1K4.8%310.8K4.7%264.8K13.6%831K
El Salvador0.6%38.6K3.7%219K4.6%276.7K5.8%342K14.7%876.4K
Palestine0.6%15.7K2.7%109.1K4.5%157K3.4%90.8K11.2%372.6K
Lebanon0.6%35.4K2.6%195.5K4.8%343.6K3.3%206.2K11.2%780.6K
Panama0.6%26.7K3.5%145.3K3.9%165.9K5.5%233.9K13.5%571.9K
Qatar0.6%7.1K2.4%46.7K4.4%76.2K3%42.7K10.3%172.7K
Bahrain0.6%5.8K2.5%32.4K4.4%53.2K3.1%38.3K10.6%129.7K
Fiji0.6%4.3K3.3%27.6K4.4%33.3K5.3%40.6K13.6%105.8K
Suriname0.6%3.5K3.4%20.3K3.1%18.7K5%31.1K12.2%73.6K
Cape Verde0.6%2.8K4.1%20.5K2.6%12.3K7.8%36.3K15.1%71.9K
Kiribati0.6%4423.7%3.6K3.8%2.9K6%4.2K14.1%11.2K
Cook Islands0.6%1313.1%6623.6%8405%1.2K12.3%2.9K
China0.5%8.9M3.4%57.7M2.8%51.9M7.4%155.7M14.1%274.3M
Colombia0.5%301.4K3.6%2M4%2.2M5.7%3.3M13.7%7.8M
Uganda0.5%83.2K3.4%1.1M2.4%476K9.3%1.5M15.6%3.1M
Morocco0.5%150.8K2.8%955.9K4%1.4M3.6%1.2M10.9%3.7M
Nepal0.5%100.3K2.8%730.3K5.1%1.2M18.8%4.7M27.2%6.8M
Madagascar0.5%59.8K3.4%732.8K2.8%392K9.3%1.1M15.9%2.3M
Dominican Republic0.5%48.8K3.5%352K3.5%356.2K5.2%508.4K12.7%1.3M
Honduras0.5%36.4K3.8%307.8K3.9%305.1K6.1%387.9K14.3%1M
Tajikistan0.5%30K2.7%218.3K3.7%246.3K6.9%383.9K13.9%878.4K
Republic of the Congo0.5%12.7K3.5%142.9K3.6%113.2K7.5%207.8K15.1%476.7K
Costa Rica0.5%25.8K3.7%185.7K3.7%188.5K5.5%294.2K13.4%694.3K
Kuwait0.5%13.4K2.4%85.2K4.3%142.1K3%91K10.1%331.8K
Gabon0.5%5.8K3.4%50.6K3.1%38.1K7.2%82.7K14.3%177.2K
Mauritius0.5%8.4K4.6%66.3K4.5%72.5K5.2%91.6K14.7%238.7K
Guyana0.5%2.9K3.5%23.7K2.7%18.1K5.1%33.4K11.7%78.2K
Solomon Islands0.5%1.9K3.7%19.3K3.8%14.4K6.1%20.2K14.1%55.8K
Micronesia0.5%3333.5%3.1K3.7%2.8K5.6%4.1K13.2%10.3K
Seychelles0.5%5684.5%4.6K4.5%4.8K5.1%5.8K14.7%15.8K
Marshall Islands0.5%1773.5%1.6K3.7%1.4K5.7%2K13.4%5.1K
Mexico0.4%540.1K3.5%4.4M3.7%4.7M5.3%6.4M12.9%16M
DR Congo0.4%152.1K3.9%2.6M2.7%1.3M8.4%3.2M15.4%7.2M
Turkey0.4%377K2.6%2.2M3.1%2.8M3.2%3M9.2%8.4M
Thailand0.4%360.1K4.6%3.9M5%4.8M5.2%5.6M15.2%14.6M
Italy0.4%508.4K2.5%2.3M2.9%2.8M0.4%622.9K6.2%6.2M
Uzbekistan0.4%93.7K2.6%739.3K3.7%933.5K6.6%1.5M13.4%3.3M
Sri Lanka0.4%89.4K4.6%1.1M5.2%1.3M5.2%1.4M15.4%3.9M
Kazakhstan0.4%59.9K2.5%447K3.7%642.7K6.4%1.1M12.9%2.3M
Ecuador0.4%61.8K3.5%566.9K3.5%571.7K4.6%724.8K12%1.9M
Rwanda0.4%23K3.4%356.8K2.2%162.8K9.2%613.4K15.1%1.2M
Burundi0.4%16.6K3.6%320.1K1.7%97.6K9.8%474.4K15.4%908.7K
Jordan0.4%24.4K2.6%229.9K3.7%300.4K3.2%212.9K9.9%767.6K
Azerbaijan0.4%36.6K2.5%248.2K3.7%355.3K6.5%631.6K13.1%1.3M
Laos0.4%15.1K5%301K3.6%176.8K5.8%261.6K14.8%754.5K
Kyrgyzstan0.4%20.8K2.7%154.6K3%153.3K6.8%318.5K12.9%647.2K
Georgia0.4%20.8K2.5%113.8K3.7%189.7K6.4%372.1K13%696.4K
Jamaica0.4%11.2K3.4%95.7K2.6%77.7K4.9%148.4K11.3%333.1K
Armenia0.4%14.1K2.5%87.4K3.7%141.7K6.5%273.7K13%516.9K
Bhutan0.4%2.5K3.3%26K3%21.8K10.3%75.9K17%126.2K
Maldives0.4%1.2K4.8%18.2K4%14.3K5.5%18.4K14.7%52.2K
Belize0.4%1.3K3.5%11.9K2.7%9.2K5.2%15.1K11.8%37.5K
Bahamas0.4%1.3K3.2%12.3K2.6%10.2K4.6%19K10.8%42.8K
Samoa0.4%6013.5%6.2K3.7%5.5K5.6%7.9K13.2%20.2K
Saint Lucia0.4%8033.4%6.7K2.7%5.4K5%11K11.4%23.9K
Grenada0.4%6203.4%4.5K2.7%3.7K5.1%7.6K11.5%16.4K
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.4%5873.4%4.4K2.7%3.5K5.2%7.3K11.7%15.7K
Dominica0.4%3683.3%2.7K2.6%2.2K4.9%4.5K11.2%9.8K
American Samoa0.4%1643.2%1.7K3.6%1.7K5.2%2.4K12.4%6K
Nauru0.4%183.4%2463.7%1805.4%22012.9%664
Tuvalu0.4%433.4%3743.7%3755.5%55513.1%1.3K
Tokelau0.4%53.3%463.6%485.3%7012.6%168
Russia0.3%551.8K2%3.7M3.8%8M7.8%18.5M14%30.7M
Spain0.3%248.6K2.2%1.5M3.8%2.6M0.6%525.7K6.8%4.8M
Turkmenistan0.3%11.4K2.5%116K4.6%196.5K6.4%256.8K13.8%580.8K
Moldova0.3%19.1K2%91.4K4.2%219K8.6%496.4K15.2%825.9K
Puerto Rico0.3%18.9K3.2%174.6K2.6%148.3K4.6%310.6K10.6%652.4K
Trinidad and Tobago0.3%5.9K3.1%51.4K2.8%46.2K5.6%104.7K11.8%208.2K
Vanuatu0.3%5163.6%8.8K3.3%6.3K5.8%9.9K13%25.5K
Guam0.3%5573.1%5.5K3.6%6.6K4.9%9.3K11.9%21.9K
Tonga0.3%2653.4%3.2K2.7%2.3K5.4%4.5K11.8%10.3K
United States Virgin Islands0.3%5413.2%4.7K2.6%3.9K4.5%8.3K10.6%17.4K
Antigua and Barbuda0.3%3543.3%3.2K2.6%2.6K4.7%5.2K11%11.4K
Bermuda0.3%3153.2%3.2K2.6%2.7K4.5%5.8K10.6%11.9K
Northern Mariana Islands0.3%1503.2%1.6K3.6%1.9K5%3K12.1%6.6K
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.3%1953.3%2K2.6%1.6K4.7%3.2K10.9%6.9K
Palau0.3%593.2%5853.6%6975.1%1.1K12.2%2.4K
Niue0.3%73.2%613.6%755.1%11012.3%252
South Korea0.2%123.8K3.2%2.1M2%1.3M0.5%484.1K5.9%4M
Argentina0.2%101.7K1.8%864.3K2.9%1.4M0.6%318.7K5.4%2.7M
Poland0.2%105.9K0.9%423.3K2.2%1.3M4.7%3.3M8%5.2M
Ukraine0.2%166.4K2.1%1.2M3.2%2.1M6.2%4.8M11.7%8.3M
Chile0.2%49.6K1.7%347.8K2.7%570.7K0.6%138.9K5.2%1.1M
Romania0.2%59.4K1.5%374.8K2.2%672.4K6.3%2.3M10.1%3.4M
Portugal0.2%33.4K1.7%265.1K2.1%348.7K0.6%132.3K4.5%779.4K
Hungary0.2%35.6K2.3%291.8K2.1%345.8K6.2%1.2M10.8%1.8M
Belarus0.2%30.4K2%238.1K3.1%433.8K8.3%1.3M13.6%2M
Serbia0.2%23.7K1.5%161.7K2.1%282.4K6.2%956.8K10%1.4M
Bulgaria0.2%19.5K1.5%141.7K2.1%260.1K6.3%903.8K10.1%1.3M
Singapore0.2%13.1K3.3%201.7K2.5%159.8K0.5%40.8K6.4%415.3K
Slovakia0.2%13.3K1.5%96.2K2.1%171K6.1%562.4K9.8%842.9K
New Zealand0.2%11.7K1.2%68.8K2.1%119.4K0.5%41.9K4%241.8K
Croatia0.2%11.7K1.5%84.1K2.1%155.5K6.2%528.4K10%779.8K
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.2%10K1.5%63.7K2.2%111.2K6.4%387.3K10.3%572.3K
Albania0.2%7.3K1.5%50.6K2.2%83.6K6.5%285.6K10.4%427.3K
Lithuania0.2%11.1K1.9%76.5K3.1%148.5K8%436.3K13.1%672.3K
North Macedonia0.2%5.9K1.5%38.8K2.1%65.8K6.3%220.6K10.2%331K
Latvia0.2%7.6K1.9%52.9K3.1%102.4K8%302.3K13.2%465.3K
Montenegro0.2%1.5K1.5%10.9K2.1%18.8K6.2%62K10%93.3K
Brunei0.2%8233.3%12.5K2%7.8K0.5%1.9K6.1%22.9K
Iceland0.2%1.2K1.6%6.6K1.8%7.8K0.5%2.9K4.1%18.4K
Greenland0.2%1051.1%6381.5%8900.7%5313.6%2.2K
United States0.1%644.1K1.1%4.6M1.6%6.7M0.8%4.4M3.7%16.4M
Japan0.1%397.7K3.4%7.5M1.7%3.8M0.4%1.5M5.6%13.2M
Germany0.1%229.5K1.5%1.9M2.1%2.7M0.5%955.3K4.3%5.8M
United Kingdom0.1%171.5K1.5%1.3M2.5%2.3M0.5%557.9K4.5%4.3M
France0.1%112.1K1.6%1.5M2%2M0.5%709.4K4.2%4.3M
Canada0.1%67.6K1.1%524K1.5%740.1K0.8%493.2K3.4%1.8M
Australia0.1%57.1K1.2%358.3K2%630.8K0.7%282.1K4%1.3M
North Korea0.1%25.6K2.9%802.8K1.9%562.1K7.9%2.6M12.8%4M
Netherlands0.1%34.7K1%232.3K1.8%429.5K0.5%176.2K3.4%872.7K
Belgium0.1%29.1K1.6%254.6K2.1%344.8K0.5%119.7K4.3%748.2K
Sweden0.1%26.8K1.6%235.7K1.5%226.9K0.4%86.4K3.7%575.8K
Czech Republic0.1%27.9K1.5%203.6K2.1%373.9K6%1.2M9.7%1.8M
Greece0.1%28.9K1.6%258.9K1.8%303.2K0.6%125.8K4.1%716.8K
Israel0.1%16.9K1.6%168.6K2.1%218.7K0.5%63.7K4.4%467.9K
Austria0.1%22.7K1.6%196.7K2.1%268.5K0.5%94.5K4.3%582.5K
Switzerland0.1%20.3K1.5%185.8K2.1%259.4K0.5%88.4K4.2%553.9K
Denmark0.1%11K1.5%123.6K2%165.7K0.5%58.6K4.2%358.8K
Finland0.1%16K1.6%129.5K2.1%170.8K0.5%62.8K4.3%379.1K
Norway0.1%10.4K1.6%111.5K2.4%168.7K0.4%39.9K4.5%330.4K
Ireland0.1%9K1.6%92.2K2.1%124.9K0.5%39.7K4.3%265.9K
Uruguay0.1%7.2K1.8%76K2.6%115.2K0.6%31.5K5.1%229.9K
Slovenia0.1%5.5K1.4%40.8K2.1%76.4K6%253.8K9.7%376.6K
Estonia0.1%3.1K1.9%35.8K2.1%46.9K8%201K12.1%286.7K
Cyprus0.1%2.6K1.6%24K2.1%33.1K0.5%10.8K4.3%70.4K
Luxembourg0.1%1.2K1.5%11.5K2.1%16.1K0.5%5.2K4.3%33.9K
Malta0.1%1.1K1.6%9.8K2.1%13.1K0.6%4.9K4.4%28.9K
Barbados0.1%5843.3%13.2K1.3%5.5K4.7%23.3K9.5%42.5K
Andorra0.1%1711.5%1.5K2.1%2.2K0.5%7374.3%4.6K
Monaco0.1%1101.5%9292.1%1.3K0.5%4694.3%2.8K
San Marino0.1%791.6%7062.1%9700.5%3274.3%2.1K
Taiwan0%5.8K2.1%640.6K1.5%552.1K6.4%2.6M10.1%3.8M
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