Lifestyle and Preventive Health
Blind Population by Country 2026
% of People with Blindness
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0.2%
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6 Countries with the Highest Share of Blind People
Country | % of People with Blindness↓ | People With Blindness | % of People With Vision Loss | People With Vision Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | South Sudan | 2% | 90,754 | 19.9% | 1.1M |
 | Indonesia | 1.8% | 3,733,528 | 15.5% | 34.9M |
 | Mali | 1.8% | 167,465 | 18.7% | 2.2M |
 | Ethiopia | 1.6% | 780,321 | 15.8% | 8.8M |
 | Pakistan | 1.5% | 1,755,867 | 19% | 26.3M |
 | Afghanistan | 1.5% | 183,862 | 13.6% | 2.4M |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.3% | 8,209 | 15% | 106K |
 | Nigeria | 1.2% | 1,266,046 | 20.3% | 24.3M |
 | Kenya | 1.2% | 286,913 | 14% | 3.9M |
 | Saudi Arabia | 1.2% | 228,902 | 12.4% | 2.9M |
 | Niger | 1.2% | 106,312 | 22.8% | 2.7M |
 | Chad | 1.2% | 75,779 | 18.3% | 1.5M |
 | Timor-Leste | 1.2% | 10,385 | 17.5% | 171.4K |
 | Tanzania | 1.1% | 293,392 | 25.1% | 8.2M |
 | Myanmar | 1.1% | 477,463 | 16.6% | 7.9M |
 | Sudan | 1.1% | 209,870 | 11.7% | 3M |
 | Somalia | 1.1% | 82,109 | 19.1% | 1.7M |
 | Senegal | 1.1% | 84,609 | 17.1% | 1.6M |
 | Guinea | 1.1% | 64,619 | 17.8% | 1.3M |
 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 13,030 | 22.4% | 307.5K |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.1% | 8,227 | 17.8% | 180.1K |
 | Ivory Coast | 1% | 109,395 | 16.9% | 2.5M |
 | Burkina Faso | 1% | 95,726 | 18% | 2.2M |
 | Cambodia | 1% | 112,528 | 17.6% | 2.3M |
 | Benin | 1% | 51,729 | 17.3% | 1.2M |
 | Liberia | 1% | 21,333 | 17.2% | 482.4K |
 | Central African Republic | 1% | 21,570 | 17% | 449.9K |
 | Eritrea | 1% | 26,573 | 16.7% | 529.6K |
 | Botswana | 1% | 14,793 | 21% | 366.1K |
 | Eswatini | 1% | 5,710 | 21.7% | 154.5K |
 | India | 0.9% | 9,172,007 | 22.7% | 275M |
 | Iran | 0.9% | 643,413 | 10.9% | 8.2M |
 | Yemen | 0.9% | 125,237 | 11.7% | 2.2M |
 | Mozambique | 0.9% | 109,133 | 17.3% | 2.7M |
 | Togo | 0.9% | 34,718 | 16.9% | 807.9K |
 | Sierra Leone | 0.9% | 31,935 | 17.6% | 823.8K |
 | Gambia | 0.9% | 9,756 | 17.1% | 215K |
 | Bangladesh | 0.8% | 948,295 | 19.3% | 26.6M |
 | South Africa | 0.8% | 370,729 | 21.6% | 10.9M |
 | Cameroon | 0.8% | 101,749 | 16% | 2.6M |
 | Malawi | 0.8% | 69,365 | 17.2% | 1.7M |
 | Guatemala | 0.8% | 93,675 | 15.5% | 2M |
 | Zimbabwe | 0.8% | 60,201 | 22.8% | 2M |
 | Libya | 0.8% | 39,024 | 10.9% | 585.9K |
 | Oman | 0.8% | 20,142 | 13.8% | 422.3K |
 | Mauritania | 0.8% | 17,641 | 16.3% | 425.7K |
 | Namibia | 0.8% | 12,761 | 21.1% | 361.1K |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8% | 845 | 16.2% | 21.4K |
 | Brazil | 0.7% | 1,752,112 | 12.3% | 28.6M |
 | Philippines | 0.7% | 500,733 | 14.3% | 11.8M |
 | Algeria | 0.7% | 231,376 | 11.1% | 4.1M |
 | Iraq | 0.7% | 182,856 | 11.1% | 3.5M |
 | Angola | 0.7% | 87,388 | 15.6% | 2.4M |
 | Peru | 0.7% | 226,072 | 14% | 4.7M |
 | Syria | 0.7% | 90,824 | 11.3% | 1.7M |
 | Bolivia | 0.7% | 60,804 | 13.5% | 1.3M |
 | Tunisia | 0.7% | 81,100 | 10.1% | 1.2M |
 | Haiti | 0.7% | 48,714 | 12.8% | 1.1M |
 | Mongolia | 0.7% | 15,133 | 13.5% | 341.2K |
 | Djibouti | 0.7% | 4,123 | 15.7% | 116.1K |
 | Comoros | 0.7% | 3,385 | 16% | 84.6K |
 | Egypt | 0.6% | 371,368 | 11.7% | 8.3M |
 | Vietnam | 0.6% | 522,949 | 14.9% | 14M |
 | Malaysia | 0.6% | 156,807 | 14.4% | 4M |
 | Ghana | 0.6% | 103,140 | 16% | 3.2M |
 | Venezuela | 0.6% | 171,214 | 13.3% | 4.1M |
 | Zambia | 0.6% | 42,615 | 15.5% | 1.4M |
 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6% | 26,994 | 10.1% | 605K |
 | Papua New Guinea | 0.6% | 27,710 | 15.8% | 857.4K |
 | Cuba | 0.6% | 103,498 | 12.2% | 2.1M |
 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 30,771 | 14.3% | 766.5K |
 | Paraguay | 0.6% | 32,262 | 13.6% | 831K |
 | El Salvador | 0.6% | 38,627 | 14.7% | 876.4K |
 | Lebanon | 0.6% | 35,376 | 11.2% | 780.6K |
 | Palestine | 0.6% | 15,742 | 11.2% | 372.6K |
 | Panama | 0.6% | 26,747 | 13.5% | 571.9K |
 | Qatar | 0.6% | 7,078 | 10.3% | 172.7K |
 | Bahrain | 0.6% | 5,805 | 10.6% | 129.7K |
 | Fiji | 0.6% | 4,305 | 13.6% | 105.8K |
 | Suriname | 0.6% | 3,550 | 12.2% | 73.6K |
 | Cape Verde | 0.6% | 2,815 | 15.1% | 71.9K |
 | Kiribati | 0.6% | 442 | 14.1% | 11.2K |
 | Cook Islands | 0.6% | 131 | 12.3% | 2.9K |
 | China | 0.5% | 8,917,625 | 14.1% | 274.3M |
 | Colombia | 0.5% | 301,392 | 13.7% | 7.8M |
 | Uganda | 0.5% | 83,208 | 15.6% | 3.1M |
 | Morocco | 0.5% | 150,840 | 10.9% | 3.7M |
 | Madagascar | 0.5% | 59,756 | 15.9% | 2.3M |
 | Nepal | 0.5% | 100,250 | 27.2% | 6.8M |
 | Dominican Republic | 0.5% | 48,816 | 12.7% | 1.3M |
 | Honduras | 0.5% | 36,351 | 14.3% | 1M |
 | Tajikistan | 0.5% | 30,000 | 13.9% | 878.4K |
 | Republic of the Congo | 0.5% | 12,726 | 15.1% | 476.7K |
 | Costa Rica | 0.5% | 25,815 | 13.4% | 694.3K |
 | Kuwait | 0.5% | 13,370 | 10.1% | 331.8K |
 | Gabon | 0.5% | 5,774 | 14.3% | 177.2K |
 | Mauritius | 0.5% | 8,423 | 14.7% | 238.7K |
 | Solomon Islands | 0.5% | 1,926 | 14.1% | 55.8K |
 | Guyana | 0.5% | 2,895 | 11.7% | 78.2K |
 | Seychelles | 0.5% | 568 | 14.7% | 15.8K |
 | Micronesia | 0.5% | 333 | 13.2% | 10.3K |
 | Marshall Islands | 0.5% | 177 | 13.4% | 5.1K |
 | Mexico | 0.4% | 540,098 | 12.9% | 16M |
 | DR Congo | 0.4% | 152,075 | 15.4% | 7.2M |
 | Turkey | 0.4% | 377,017 | 9.2% | 8.4M |
 | Thailand | 0.4% | 360,065 | 15.2% | 14.6M |
 | Italy | 0.4% | 508,445 | 6.2% | 6.2M |
 | Uzbekistan | 0.4% | 93,679 | 13.4% | 3.3M |
 | Sri Lanka | 0.4% | 89,397 | 15.4% | 3.9M |
 | Kazakhstan | 0.4% | 59,892 | 12.9% | 2.3M |
 | Ecuador | 0.4% | 61,799 | 12% | 1.9M |
 | Rwanda | 0.4% | 22,954 | 15.1% | 1.2M |
 | Burundi | 0.4% | 16,590 | 15.4% | 908.7K |
 | Jordan | 0.4% | 24,417 | 9.9% | 767.6K |
 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 36,631 | 13.1% | 1.3M |
 | Laos | 0.4% | 15,102 | 14.8% | 754.5K |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4% | 20,784 | 12.9% | 647.2K |
 | Georgia | 0.4% | 20,807 | 13% | 696.4K |
 | Armenia | 0.4% | 14,130 | 13% | 516.9K |
 | Jamaica | 0.4% | 11,221 | 11.3% | 333.1K |
 | Bhutan | 0.4% | 2,545 | 17% | 126.2K |
 | Maldives | 0.4% | 1,224 | 14.7% | 52.2K |
 | Belize | 0.4% | 1,275 | 11.8% | 37.5K |
 | Bahamas | 0.4% | 1,347 | 10.8% | 42.8K |
 | Samoa | 0.4% | 601 | 13.2% | 20.2K |
 | Saint Lucia | 0.4% | 803 | 11.4% | 23.9K |
 | Grenada | 0.4% | 620 | 11.5% | 16.4K |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4% | 587 | 11.7% | 15.7K |
 | Dominica | 0.4% | 368 | 11.2% | 9.8K |
 | American Samoa | 0.4% | 164 | 12.4% | 6K |
 | Nauru | 0.4% | 18 | 12.9% | 664 |
 | Tuvalu | 0.4% | 43 | 13.1% | 1.3K |
 | Tokelau | 0.4% | 5 | 12.6% | 168 |
 | Russia | 0.3% | 551,800 | 14% | 30.7M |
 | Spain | 0.3% | 248,604 | 6.8% | 4.8M |
 | Turkmenistan | 0.3% | 11,448 | 13.8% | 580.8K |
 | Puerto Rico | 0.3% | 18,918 | 10.6% | 652.4K |
 | Moldova | 0.3% | 19,112 | 15.2% | 825.9K |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3% | 5,886 | 11.8% | 208.2K |
 | Vanuatu | 0.3% | 516 | 13% | 25.5K |
 | Guam | 0.3% | 557 | 11.9% | 21.9K |
 | Tonga | 0.3% | 265 | 11.8% | 10.3K |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3% | 354 | 11% | 11.4K |
 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.3% | 541 | 10.6% | 17.4K |
 | Bermuda | 0.3% | 315 | 10.6% | 11.9K |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3% | 195 | 10.9% | 6.9K |
 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.3% | 150 | 12.1% | 6.6K |
 | Palau | 0.3% | 59 | 12.2% | 2.4K |
 | Niue | 0.3% | 7 | 12.3% | 252 |
 | South Korea | 0.2% | 123,757 | 5.9% | 4M |
 | Argentina | 0.2% | 101,676 | 5.4% | 2.7M |
 | Ukraine | 0.2% | 166,422 | 11.7% | 8.3M |
 | Poland | 0.2% | 105,880 | 8% | 5.2M |
 | Chile | 0.2% | 49,578 | 5.2% | 1.1M |
 | Romania | 0.2% | 59,426 | 10.1% | 3.4M |
 | Portugal | 0.2% | 33,350 | 4.5% | 779.4K |
 | Hungary | 0.2% | 35,610 | 10.8% | 1.8M |
 | Belarus | 0.2% | 30,447 | 13.6% | 2M |
 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 19,526 | 10.1% | 1.3M |
 | Serbia | 0.2% | 23,683 | 10% | 1.4M |
 | Singapore | 0.2% | 13,081 | 6.4% | 415.3K |
 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 13,278 | 9.8% | 842.9K |
 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 11,745 | 4% | 241.8K |
 | Croatia | 0.2% | 11,732 | 10% | 779.8K |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% | 10,042 | 10.3% | 572.3K |
 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 11,085 | 13.1% | 672.3K |
 | Albania | 0.2% | 7,346 | 10.4% | 427.3K |
 | Latvia | 0.2% | 7,616 | 13.2% | 465.3K |
 | North Macedonia | 0.2% | 5,852 | 10.2% | 331K |
 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 1,501 | 10% | 93.3K |
 | Brunei | 0.2% | 823 | 6.1% | 22.9K |
 | Iceland | 0.2% | 1,189 | 4.1% | 18.4K |
 | Greenland | 0.2% | 105 | 3.6% | 2.2K |
 | United States | 0.1% | 644,076 | 3.7% | 16.4M |
 | Japan | 0.1% | 397,710 | 5.6% | 13.2M |
 | Germany | 0.1% | 229,536 | 4.3% | 5.8M |
 | United Kingdom | 0.1% | 171,526 | 4.5% | 4.3M |
 | France | 0.1% | 112,149 | 4.2% | 4.3M |
 | Canada | 0.1% | 67,553 | 3.4% | 1.8M |
 | Australia | 0.1% | 57,115 | 4% | 1.3M |
 | North Korea | 0.1% | 25,595 | 12.8% | 4M |
 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 34,682 | 3.4% | 872.7K |
 | Belgium | 0.1% | 29,105 | 4.3% | 748.2K |
 | Sweden | 0.1% | 26,825 | 3.7% | 575.8K |
 | Czechia | 0.1% | 27,915 | 9.7% | 1.8M |
 | Greece | 0.1% | 28,896 | 4.1% | 716.8K |
 | Israel | 0.1% | 16,921 | 4.4% | 467.9K |
 | Austria | 0.1% | 22,697 | 4.3% | 582.5K |
 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 20,300 | 4.2% | 553.9K |
 | Denmark | 0.1% | 10,988 | 4.2% | 358.8K |
 | Norway | 0.1% | 10,375 | 4.5% | 330.4K |
 | Finland | 0.1% | 16,032 | 4.3% | 379.1K |
 | Ireland | 0.1% | 9,044 | 4.3% | 265.9K |
 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 7,153 | 5.1% | 229.9K |
 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 5,550 | 9.7% | 376.6K |
 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2,555 | 4.3% | 70.4K |
 | Estonia | 0.1% | 3,073 | 12.1% | 286.7K |
 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 1,211 | 4.3% | 33.9K |
 | Malta | 0.1% | 1,147 | 4.4% | 28.9K |
 | Barbados | 0.1% | 584 | 9.5% | 42.5K |
 | Andorra | 0.1% | 171 | 4.3% | 4.6K |
 | Monaco | 0.1% | 110 | 4.3% | 2.8K |
 | San Marino | 0.1% | 79 | 4.3% | 2.1K |
 | Taiwan | 5,794 | 10.1% | 3.8M | |
| Total | 43,187,103 | 1.1B |
- The sight loss and blindness data are modeled yearly estimates covering the period from 1990 to 2020, rather than data for a single year only.
