Blind Population by Country 2025

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% of People with Blindness

0%

0.2%

0.4%

0.6%

0.8%

1%

1.2%

1.4%

1.6%

1.8%

2%

5 Countries with the Highest Share of Blind People

South Sudan Flag

South Sudan

2%

Indonesia Flag

Indonesia

1.8%

Mali Flag

Mali

1.8%

Ethiopia Flag

Ethiopia

1.6%

Pakistan Flag

Pakistan

1.5%

Country
% of People with Blindness↓
# of People With Blindness
% of People With Loss of Vision
# of People With Loss of Vision
South Sudan2%90.8K19.9%1.1M
Indonesia1.8%3.7M15.5%34.9M
Mali1.8%167.5K18.7%2.2M
Ethiopia1.6%780.3K15.8%8.8M
Pakistan1.5%1.8M19%26.3M
Afghanistan1.5%183.9K13.6%2.4M
Equatorial Guinea1.3%8.2K15%106K
Nigeria1.2%1.3M20.3%24.3M
Kenya1.2%286.9K14%3.9M
Saudi Arabia1.2%228.9K12.4%2.9M
Niger1.2%106.3K22.8%2.7M
Chad1.2%75.8K18.3%1.5M
Timor-Leste1.2%10.4K17.5%171.4K
Tanzania1.1%293.4K25.1%8.2M
Myanmar1.1%477.5K16.6%7.9M
Sudan1.1%209.9K11.7%3M
Somalia1.1%82.1K19.1%1.7M
Senegal1.1%84.6K17.1%1.6M
Guinea1.1%64.6K17.8%1.3M
Lesotho1.1%13K22.4%307.5K
Guinea-Bissau1.1%8.2K17.8%180.1K
Ivory Coast1%109.4K16.9%2.5M
Burkina Faso1%95.7K18%2.2M
Cambodia1%112.5K17.6%2.3M
Benin1%51.7K17.3%1.2M
Liberia1%21.3K17.2%482.4K
Central African Republic1%21.6K17%449.9K
Eritrea1%26.6K16.7%529.6K
Botswana1%14.8K21%366.1K
Eswatini1%5.7K21.7%154.5K
India0.9%9.2M22.7%275M
Iran0.9%643.4K10.9%8.2M
Yemen0.9%125.2K11.7%2.2M
Mozambique0.9%109.1K17.3%2.7M
Togo0.9%34.7K16.9%807.9K
Sierra Leone0.9%31.9K17.6%823.8K
Gambia0.9%9.8K17.1%215K
Bangladesh0.8%948.3K19.3%26.6M
South Africa0.8%370.7K21.6%10.9M
Cameroon0.8%101.7K16%2.6M
Malawi0.8%69.4K17.2%1.7M
Guatemala0.8%93.7K15.5%2M
Zimbabwe0.8%60.2K22.8%2M
Libya0.8%39K10.9%585.9K
Oman0.8%20.1K13.8%422.3K
Mauritania0.8%17.6K16.3%425.7K
Namibia0.8%12.8K21.1%361.1K
Sao Tome and Principe0.8%84516.2%21.4K
Brazil0.7%1.8M12.3%28.6M
Philippines0.7%500.7K14.3%11.8M
Algeria0.7%231.4K11.1%4.1M
Iraq0.7%182.9K11.1%3.5M
Angola0.7%87.4K15.6%2.4M
Peru0.7%226.1K14%4.7M
Syria0.7%90.8K11.3%1.7M
Bolivia0.7%60.8K13.5%1.3M
Tunisia0.7%81.1K10.1%1.2M
Haiti0.7%48.7K12.8%1.1M
Mongolia0.7%15.1K13.5%341.2K
Djibouti0.7%4.1K15.7%116.1K
Comoros0.7%3.4K16%84.6K
Egypt0.6%371.4K11.7%8.3M
Vietnam0.6%522.9K14.9%14M
Malaysia0.6%156.8K14.4%4M
Ghana0.6%103.1K16%3.2M
Venezuela0.6%171.2K13.3%4.1M
Zambia0.6%42.6K15.5%1.4M
United Arab Emirates0.6%27K10.1%605K
Cuba0.6%103.5K12.2%2.1M
Papua New Guinea0.6%27.7K15.8%857.4K
Paraguay0.6%32.3K13.6%831K
Nicaragua0.6%30.8K14.3%766.5K
El Salvador0.6%38.6K14.7%876.4K
Lebanon0.6%35.4K11.2%780.6K
Palestine0.6%15.7K11.2%372.6K
Panama0.6%26.7K13.5%571.9K
Qatar0.6%7.1K10.3%172.7K
Bahrain0.6%5.8K10.6%129.7K
Fiji0.6%4.3K13.6%105.8K
Suriname0.6%3.5K12.2%73.6K
Cape Verde0.6%2.8K15.1%71.9K
Kiribati0.6%44214.1%11.2K
Cook Islands0.6%13112.3%2.9K
China0.5%8.9M14.1%274.3M
Colombia0.5%301.4K13.7%7.8M
Uganda0.5%83.2K15.6%3.1M
Morocco0.5%150.8K10.9%3.7M
Madagascar0.5%59.8K15.9%2.3M
Nepal0.5%100.3K27.2%6.8M
Dominican Republic0.5%48.8K12.7%1.3M
Honduras0.5%36.4K14.3%1M
Tajikistan0.5%30K13.9%878.4K
Republic of the Congo0.5%12.7K15.1%476.7K
Costa Rica0.5%25.8K13.4%694.3K
Kuwait0.5%13.4K10.1%331.8K
Gabon0.5%5.8K14.3%177.2K
Mauritius0.5%8.4K14.7%238.7K
Solomon Islands0.5%1.9K14.1%55.8K
Guyana0.5%2.9K11.7%78.2K
Seychelles0.5%56814.7%15.8K
Micronesia0.5%33313.2%10.3K
Marshall Islands0.5%17713.4%5.1K
Mexico0.4%540.1K12.9%16M
DR Congo0.4%152.1K15.4%7.2M
Turkey0.4%377K9.2%8.4M
Thailand0.4%360.1K15.2%14.6M
Italy0.4%508.4K6.2%6.2M
Uzbekistan0.4%93.7K13.4%3.3M
Sri Lanka0.4%89.4K15.4%3.9M
Kazakhstan0.4%59.9K12.9%2.3M
Ecuador0.4%61.8K12%1.9M
Rwanda0.4%23K15.1%1.2M
Burundi0.4%16.6K15.4%908.7K
Jordan0.4%24.4K9.9%767.6K
Azerbaijan0.4%36.6K13.1%1.3M
Laos0.4%15.1K14.8%754.5K
Kyrgyzstan0.4%20.8K12.9%647.2K
Georgia0.4%20.8K13%696.4K
Armenia0.4%14.1K13%516.9K
Jamaica0.4%11.2K11.3%333.1K
Bhutan0.4%2.5K17%126.2K
Maldives0.4%1.2K14.7%52.2K
Belize0.4%1.3K11.8%37.5K
Bahamas0.4%1.3K10.8%42.8K
Samoa0.4%60113.2%20.2K
Saint Lucia0.4%80311.4%23.9K
Grenada0.4%62011.5%16.4K
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.4%58711.7%15.7K
Dominica0.4%36811.2%9.8K
American Samoa0.4%16412.4%6K
Nauru0.4%1812.9%664
Tuvalu0.4%4313.1%1.3K
Tokelau0.4%512.6%168
Russia0.3%551.8K14%30.7M
Spain0.3%248.6K6.8%4.8M
Turkmenistan0.3%11.4K13.8%580.8K
Puerto Rico0.3%18.9K10.6%652.4K
Moldova0.3%19.1K15.2%825.9K
Trinidad and Tobago0.3%5.9K11.8%208.2K
Vanuatu0.3%51613%25.5K
Guam0.3%55711.9%21.9K
Tonga0.3%26511.8%10.3K
Antigua and Barbuda0.3%35411%11.4K
United States Virgin Islands0.3%54110.6%17.4K
Bermuda0.3%31510.6%11.9K
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.3%19510.9%6.9K
Northern Mariana Islands0.3%15012.1%6.6K
Palau0.3%5912.2%2.4K
Niue0.3%712.3%252
South Korea0.2%123.8K5.9%4M
Argentina0.2%101.7K5.4%2.7M
Ukraine0.2%166.4K11.7%8.3M
Poland0.2%105.9K8%5.2M
Chile0.2%49.6K5.2%1.1M
Romania0.2%59.4K10.1%3.4M
Portugal0.2%33.4K4.5%779.4K
Hungary0.2%35.6K10.8%1.8M
Belarus0.2%30.4K13.6%2M
Bulgaria0.2%19.5K10.1%1.3M
Serbia0.2%23.7K10%1.4M
Singapore0.2%13.1K6.4%415.3K
Slovakia0.2%13.3K9.8%842.9K
New Zealand0.2%11.7K4%241.8K
Croatia0.2%11.7K10%779.8K
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.2%10K10.3%572.3K
Lithuania0.2%11.1K13.1%672.3K
Albania0.2%7.3K10.4%427.3K
Latvia0.2%7.6K13.2%465.3K
North Macedonia0.2%5.9K10.2%331K
Montenegro0.2%1.5K10%93.3K
Brunei0.2%8236.1%22.9K
Iceland0.2%1.2K4.1%18.4K
Greenland0.2%1053.6%2.2K
United States0.1%644.1K3.7%16.4M
Japan0.1%397.7K5.6%13.2M
Germany0.1%229.5K4.3%5.8M
United Kingdom0.1%171.5K4.5%4.3M
France0.1%112.1K4.2%4.3M
Canada0.1%67.6K3.4%1.8M
Australia0.1%57.1K4%1.3M
North Korea0.1%25.6K12.8%4M
Netherlands0.1%34.7K3.4%872.7K
Belgium0.1%29.1K4.3%748.2K
Sweden0.1%26.8K3.7%575.8K
Czech Republic0.1%27.9K9.7%1.8M
Greece0.1%28.9K4.1%716.8K
Israel0.1%16.9K4.4%467.9K
Austria0.1%22.7K4.3%582.5K
Switzerland0.1%20.3K4.2%553.9K
Denmark0.1%11K4.2%358.8K
Finland0.1%16K4.3%379.1K
Norway0.1%10.4K4.5%330.4K
Ireland0.1%9K4.3%265.9K
Uruguay0.1%7.2K5.1%229.9K
Slovenia0.1%5.5K9.7%376.6K
Cyprus0.1%2.6K4.3%70.4K
Estonia0.1%3.1K12.1%286.7K
Luxembourg0.1%1.2K4.3%33.9K
Malta0.1%1.1K4.4%28.9K
Barbados0.1%5849.5%42.5K
Andorra0.1%1714.3%4.6K
Monaco0.1%1104.3%2.8K
San Marino0.1%794.3%2.1K
Taiwan5.8K10.1%3.8M

Data Year - 2020