Down Syndrome Rates by Country 2026
Down Syndrome Overall Est. Rates (per 100k)
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Country | Down Syndrome Overall Est. Rates 2019 (per 100k)↓ | Down Syndrome Est. Rates Upper Limit 2019 (per 100k) | Down Syndrome Est. Rates Lower Limit 2019 (per 100k) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Malta | 98.86 | 122.11 | 79.10 |
 | Brunei | 97.20 | 122.16 | 74.28 |
 | Ireland | 93.00 | 116.70 | 73.15 |
 | United Kingdom | 83.76 | 103.57 | 67.44 |
 | Greece | 75.64 | 95.76 | 59.82 |
 | San Marino | 75.51 | 94.14 | 59.55 |
 | Finland | 74.38 | 88.45 | 62.90 |
 | Netherlands | 71.44 | 82.88 | 59.93 |
 | Iceland | 70.78 | 86.77 | 57.06 |
 | Monaco | 70.78 | 89.21 | 55.76 |
 | Austria | 70.08 | 87.40 | 56.62 |
 | Andorra | 66.96 | 83.46 | 53.32 |
 | Sweden | 66.75 | 79.94 | 55.97 |
 | Argentina | 66.35 | 84.73 | 50.26 |
 | Singapore | 65.91 | 85.78 | 49.59 |
 | Cyprus | 65.62 | 81.19 | 53.65 |
 | Denmark | 65.51 | 81.81 | 53.37 |
 | Luxembourg | 64.76 | 79.85 | 50.91 |
 | Switzerland | 64.33 | 79.17 | 51.20 |
 | Portugal | 64.25 | 79.70 | 50.94 |
 | France | 64.00 | 77.77 | 52.36 |
 | Belgium | 63.48 | 78.71 | 51.09 |
 | Germany | 63.47 | 78.26 | 51.89 |
 | South Korea | 62.97 | 79.52 | 47.43 |
 | Chile | 62.67 | 79.07 | 48.22 |
 | Israel | 61.94 | 74.97 | 50.41 |
 | Norway | 60.25 | 72.94 | 49.94 |
 | New Zealand | 58.89 | 72.89 | 47.00 |
 | Japan | 58.10 | 73.11 | 44.23 |
 | Uruguay | 55.96 | 70.63 | 43.77 |
 | Spain | 54.06 | 65.42 | 44.31 |
 | Canada | 51.72 | 65.75 | 39.27 |
 | Australia | 49.22 | 62.89 | 38.30 |
 | Italy | 48.70 | 58.58 | 40.24 |
 | Greenland | 46.94 | 60.24 | 36.24 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 44.80 | 57.48 | 33.88 |
 | Haiti | 42.72 | 56.53 | 32.75 |
 | Algeria | 41.82 | 54.69 | 31.37 |
 | Syria | 40.99 | 53.02 | 30.66 |
 | Libya | 40.52 | 52.27 | 31.30 |
 | Morocco | 39.40 | 51.58 | 29.76 |
 | Oman | 38.86 | 49.66 | 29.11 |
 | United States | 38.40 | 45.86 | 30.65 |
 | Dominican Republic | 37.98 | 48.47 | 29.36 |
 | Dominica | 36.07 | 46.36 | 28.86 |
 | Yemen | 35.56 | 48.67 | 24.83 |
 | Qatar | 35.17 | 44.27 | 26.83 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.34 | 43.25 | 27.38 |
 | Sudan | 34.27 | 46.09 | 24.68 |
 | Grenada | 33.95 | 43.19 | 26.78 |
 | El Salvador | 33.74 | 44.64 | 24.92 |
 | Jordan | 33.63 | 42.72 | 25.45 |
 | Egypt | 33.52 | 44.65 | 25.29 |
 | Lebanon | 33.30 | 42.75 | 25.48 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 32.71 | 40.73 | 25.56 |
 | Poland | 32.56 | 40.60 | 25.77 |
 | Iraq | 32.51 | 43.41 | 23.48 |
 | Iran | 32.46 | 41.37 | 24.70 |
 | Palestine | 32.13 | 41.14 | 24.47 |
 | Indonesia | 32.02 | 41.46 | 24.88 |
 | Suriname | 32.00 | 41.69 | 24.71 |
 | Belize | 31.86 | 40.12 | 24.98 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.83 | 39.88 | 25.09 |
 | Bahamas | 31.63 | 39.57 | 25.03 |
 | Afghanistan | 31.58 | 44.86 | 21.07 |
 | Guatemala | 31.49 | 40.65 | 23.96 |
 | Saint Lucia | 31.02 | 40.82 | 23.78 |
 | Kuwait | 31.01 | 40.85 | 23.37 |
 | Jamaica | 30.93 | 38.92 | 24.30 |
 | Tunisia | 30.86 | 39.55 | 23.21 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.49 | 38.60 | 23.95 |
 | Brazil | 30.46 | 39.23 | 23.33 |
 | Puerto Rico | 30.30 | 37.17 | 24.47 |
 | Venezuela | 29.82 | 37.62 | 23.69 |
 | Honduras | 29.63 | 38.74 | 22.41 |
 | Paraguay | 29.62 | 37.83 | 22.15 |
 | United States Virgin Islands | 29.53 | 36.97 | 23.57 |
 | Guyana | 29.23 | 37.53 | 22.45 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 29.04 | 37.11 | 22.62 |
 | Barbados | 28.97 | 36.97 | 22.91 |
 | Lithuania | 28.83 | 36.28 | 22.48 |
 | Latvia | 28.35 | 35.86 | 22.43 |
 | Nicaragua | 27.94 | 35.83 | 21.04 |
 | Moldova | 27.66 | 36.00 | 21.06 |
 | Ukraine | 27.33 | 35.29 | 20.62 |
 | Turkey | 27.25 | 35.77 | 20.19 |
 | Belarus | 27.17 | 35.36 | 20.65 |
 | Bahrain | 26.98 | 34.29 | 20.61 |
 | Estonia | 26.79 | 32.99 | 21.31 |
 | Russia | 26.22 | 33.79 | 19.85 |
 | Colombia | 26.02 | 33.26 | 19.53 |
 | Lesotho | 25.06 | 32.76 | 18.65 |
 | Cuba | 24.72 | 30.66 | 19.47 |
 | Panama | 23.50 | 29.39 | 18.24 |
 | Bermuda | 23.50 | 29.24 | 18.86 |
 | Mexico | 23.48 | 29.35 | 18.25 |
 | Bulgaria | 22.81 | 28.77 | 17.64 |
 | Georgia | 22.75 | 29.12 | 17.54 |
 | Costa Rica | 22.41 | 28.79 | 16.89 |
 | Zimbabwe | 22.22 | 29.07 | 16.68 |
 | Eswatini | 22.05 | 28.54 | 16.91 |
 | Hungary | 21.72 | 27.45 | 16.94 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.51 | 27.08 | 16.52 |
 | Montenegro | 21.48 | 26.85 | 16.59 |
 | Turkmenistan | 20.91 | 26.91 | 15.57 |
 | Mongolia | 20.81 | 27.58 | 15.67 |
 | Botswana | 20.78 | 27.31 | 15.46 |
 | Croatia | 20.33 | 25.64 | 15.89 |
 | Namibia | 20.20 | 26.05 | 15.11 |
 | Kazakhstan | 19.97 | 26.14 | 14.85 |
 | North Macedonia | 19.94 | 25.34 | 14.90 |
 | Bolivia | 19.86 | 25.73 | 14.86 |
 | Romania | 19.82 | 25.75 | 15.23 |
 | Myanmar | 19.81 | 25.76 | 15.11 |
 | Ecuador | 19.74 | 25.17 | 14.80 |
 | Timor-Leste | 19.22 | 25.36 | 14.63 |
 | Azerbaijan | 19.17 | 25.51 | 14.18 |
 | Tajikistan | 19.04 | 25.18 | 14.48 |
 | Slovenia | 18.91 | 24.26 | 14.75 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.81 | 24.41 | 14.11 |
 | Slovakia | 18.67 | 23.27 | 14.46 |
 | Albania | 18.65 | 23.54 | 14.45 |
 | Serbia | 18.47 | 22.75 | 14.49 |
 | Uzbekistan | 18.36 | 24.82 | 13.59 |
 | South Africa | 17.87 | 22.91 | 13.77 |
 | Laos | 17.85 | 23.43 | 13.45 |
 | Czechia | 17.63 | 23.23 | 13.46 |
 | Armenia | 17.52 | 22.39 | 13.37 |
 | Peru | 16.95 | 22.39 | 12.66 |
 | Seychelles | 16.25 | 21.58 | 12.14 |
 | Cambodia | 16.00 | 21.13 | 12.01 |
 | Solomon Islands | 15.99 | 21.85 | 11.64 |
 | Fiji | 15.94 | 20.62 | 11.76 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.87 | 20.21 | 12.18 |
 | Philippines | 15.67 | 20.27 | 12.03 |
 | Mauritius | 15.55 | 21.00 | 11.72 |
 | Marshall Islands | 15.03 | 20.14 | 11.08 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 14.93 | 19.79 | 10.92 |
 | Thailand | 14.81 | 19.48 | 11.09 |
 | Kiribati | 14.76 | 19.81 | 10.76 |
 | Sri Lanka | 14.74 | 19.88 | 10.98 |
 | Maldives | 14.68 | 19.51 | 10.83 |
 | Micronesia | 14.67 | 19.22 | 10.92 |
 | Ivory Coast | 14.39 | 18.34 | 11.03 |
 | China | 14.29 | 18.68 | 10.82 |
 | Senegal | 14.05 | 18.04 | 10.72 |
 | Pakistan | 14.01 | 18.51 | 10.48 |
 | Vietnam | 13.80 | 18.15 | 10.38 |
 | Malaysia | 13.67 | 18.22 | 10.27 |
 | Burkina Faso | 13.48 | 17.29 | 10.08 |
 | North Korea | 13.43 | 18.06 | 9.80 |
 | Nauru | 13.40 | 17.78 | 9.80 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 13.25 | 17.23 | 10.19 |
 | Vanuatu | 13.18 | 17.92 | 9.59 |
 | Tuvalu | 13.18 | 17.60 | 9.51 |
 | Ghana | 13.04 | 16.61 | 9.96 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.04 | 16.60 | 10.01 |
 | Tokelau | 12.98 | 16.65 | 9.79 |
 | Bangladesh | 12.95 | 17.06 | 9.68 |
 | Tonga | 12.95 | 16.67 | 9.77 |
 | Mauritania | 12.91 | 16.54 | 9.81 |
 | Bhutan | 12.89 | 16.83 | 9.58 |
 | Gambia | 12.86 | 16.51 | 9.84 |
 | Burundi | 12.83 | 16.74 | 9.61 |
 | Palau | 12.79 | 16.66 | 9.59 |
 | Malawi | 12.67 | 16.32 | 9.45 |
 | Samoa | 12.65 | 16.56 | 9.51 |
 | Togo | 12.60 | 16.17 | 9.61 |
 | Niue | 12.53 | 15.95 | 9.35 |
 | Gabon | 12.51 | 16.28 | 9.41 |
 | Taiwan | 12.33 | 16.10 | 9.39 |
 | Rwanda | 12.33 | 16.18 | 9.18 |
 | Sierra Leone | 12.33 | 16.00 | 9.49 |
 | DR Congo | 12.28 | 15.98 | 9.36 |
 | American Samoa | 12.25 | 16.00 | 9.33 |
 | Central African Republic | 12.20 | 16.19 | 8.89 |
 | Cameroon | 12.11 | 15.56 | 9.34 |
 | Djibouti | 12.06 | 15.70 | 9.11 |
 | Mali | 11.89 | 15.41 | 9.07 |
 | Angola | 11.78 | 15.49 | 8.94 |
 | Guinea | 11.75 | 15.30 | 8.94 |
 | Tanzania | 11.73 | 15.40 | 8.53 |
 | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.70 | 15.29 | 8.78 |
 | Uganda | 11.61 | 15.23 | 8.77 |
 | Mozambique | 11.61 | 15.31 | 8.77 |
 | Liberia | 11.58 | 14.89 | 8.82 |
 | Zambia | 11.57 | 15.01 | 8.61 |
 | Benin | 11.32 | 14.55 | 8.59 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.27 | 14.74 | 8.46 |
 | Cook Islands | 11.22 | 14.79 | 8.31 |
 | Comoros | 10.94 | 14.02 | 8.25 |
 | India | 10.78 | 13.90 | 8.25 |
 | Niger | 10.78 | 14.02 | 8.07 |
 | Chad | 10.75 | 13.96 | 8.08 |
 | Madagascar | 10.74 | 14.25 | 8.18 |
 | Eritrea | 10.74 | 13.81 | 7.99 |
 | Nepal | 10.64 | 14.14 | 7.88 |
 | Somalia | 10.53 | 13.97 | 7.83 |
 | Kenya | 10.05 | 12.96 | 7.72 |
 | Guam | 9.96 | 13.20 | 7.56 |
 | Nigeria | 9.85 | 12.70 | 7.54 |
 | South Sudan | 9.15 | 12.22 | 6.76 |
 | Cape Verde | 8.34 | 10.82 | 6.27 |
 | Ethiopia | 7.79 | 10.13 | 5.84 |
- Disease rate estimates are often statistically calculated rather than directly counted. As such, rates are given as three-part ranges: the overall estimated rate, the maximum estimate, and the minimum estimate.
- All rates displayed are per 100k residents
