Down Syndrome Rates by Country 2025
Down Syndrome Overall Est. Rates 2019 (per 100k population)
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Country | Down Syndrome Overall Est. Rates 2019 (per 100k population)↓ | Down Syndrome Est. Rates Upper Limit 2019 (per 100k pop.) | Down Syndrome Est. Rates Lower Limit 2019 (per 100k pop.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Malta | 98.9 | 122 | 79.1 |
 | Brunei | 97.2 | 122 | 74.3 |
 | Ireland | 93 | 117 | 73.2 |
 | United Kingdom | 83.8 | 104 | 67.4 |
 | Greece | 75.6 | 95.8 | 59.8 |
 | San Marino | 75.5 | 94.1 | 59.5 |
 | Finland | 74.4 | 88.5 | 62.9 |
 | Netherlands | 71.4 | 82.9 | 59.9 |
 | Iceland | 70.8 | 86.8 | 57.1 |
 | Monaco | 70.8 | 89.2 | 55.8 |
 | Austria | 70.1 | 87.4 | 56.6 |
 | Andorra | 67 | 83.5 | 53.3 |
 | Sweden | 66.8 | 79.9 | 56 |
 | Argentina | 66.3 | 84.7 | 50.3 |
 | Singapore | 65.9 | 85.8 | 49.6 |
 | Cyprus | 65.6 | 81.2 | 53.6 |
 | Denmark | 65.5 | 81.8 | 53.4 |
 | Luxembourg | 64.8 | 79.8 | 50.9 |
 | Switzerland | 64.3 | 79.2 | 51.2 |
 | Portugal | 64.3 | 79.7 | 50.9 |
 | France | 64 | 77.8 | 52.4 |
 | Belgium | 63.5 | 78.7 | 51.1 |
 | Germany | 63.5 | 78.3 | 51.9 |
 | South Korea | 63 | 79.5 | 47.4 |
 | Chile | 62.7 | 79.1 | 48.2 |
 | Israel | 61.9 | 75 | 50.4 |
 | Norway | 60.3 | 72.9 | 49.9 |
 | New Zealand | 58.9 | 72.9 | 47 |
 | Japan | 58.1 | 73.1 | 44.2 |
 | Uruguay | 56 | 70.6 | 43.8 |
 | Spain | 54.1 | 65.4 | 44.3 |
 | Canada | 51.7 | 65.8 | 39.3 |
 | Australia | 49.2 | 62.9 | 38.3 |
 | Italy | 48.7 | 58.6 | 40.2 |
 | Greenland | 46.9 | 60.2 | 36.2 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 44.8 | 57.5 | 33.9 |
 | Haiti | 42.7 | 56.5 | 32.8 |
 | Algeria | 41.8 | 54.7 | 31.4 |
 | Syria | 41 | 53 | 30.7 |
 | Libya | 40.5 | 52.3 | 31.3 |
 | Morocco | 39.4 | 51.6 | 29.8 |
 | Oman | 38.9 | 49.7 | 29.1 |
 | United States | 38.4 | 45.9 | 30.6 |
 | Dominican Republic | 38 | 48.5 | 29.4 |
 | Dominica | 36.1 | 46.4 | 28.9 |
 | Yemen | 35.6 | 48.7 | 24.8 |
 | Qatar | 35.2 | 44.3 | 26.8 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.3 | 43.3 | 27.4 |
 | Sudan | 34.3 | 46.1 | 24.7 |
 | Grenada | 34 | 43.2 | 26.8 |
 | El Salvador | 33.7 | 44.6 | 24.9 |
 | Jordan | 33.6 | 42.7 | 25.4 |
 | Egypt | 33.5 | 44.6 | 25.3 |
 | Lebanon | 33.3 | 42.8 | 25.5 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 32.7 | 40.7 | 25.6 |
 | Poland | 32.6 | 40.6 | 25.8 |
 | Iraq | 32.5 | 43.4 | 23.5 |
 | Iran | 32.5 | 41.4 | 24.7 |
 | Palestine | 32.1 | 41.1 | 24.5 |
 | Indonesia | 32 | 41.5 | 24.9 |
 | Suriname | 32 | 41.7 | 24.7 |
 | Belize | 31.9 | 40.1 | 25 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.8 | 39.9 | 25.1 |
 | Bahamas | 31.6 | 39.6 | 25 |
 | Afghanistan | 31.6 | 44.9 | 21.1 |
 | Guatemala | 31.5 | 40.6 | 24 |
 | Saint Lucia | 31 | 40.8 | 23.8 |
 | Kuwait | 31 | 40.9 | 23.4 |
 | Jamaica | 30.9 | 38.9 | 24.3 |
 | Tunisia | 30.9 | 39.5 | 23.2 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.5 | 38.6 | 23.9 |
 | Brazil | 30.5 | 39.2 | 23.3 |
 | Puerto Rico | 30.3 | 37.2 | 24.5 |
 | Venezuela | 29.8 | 37.6 | 23.7 |
 | Honduras | 29.6 | 38.7 | 22.4 |
 | Paraguay | 29.6 | 37.8 | 22.1 |
 | United States Virgin Islands | 29.5 | 37 | 23.6 |
 | Guyana | 29.2 | 37.5 | 22.4 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 29 | 37.1 | 22.6 |
 | Barbados | 29 | 37 | 22.9 |
 | Lithuania | 28.8 | 36.3 | 22.5 |
 | Latvia | 28.4 | 35.9 | 22.4 |
 | Nicaragua | 27.9 | 35.8 | 21 |
 | Moldova | 27.7 | 36 | 21.1 |
 | Ukraine | 27.3 | 35.3 | 20.6 |
 | Turkey | 27.3 | 35.8 | 20.2 |
 | Belarus | 27.2 | 35.4 | 20.6 |
 | Bahrain | 27 | 34.3 | 20.6 |
 | Estonia | 26.8 | 33 | 21.3 |
 | Russia | 26.2 | 33.8 | 19.9 |
 | Colombia | 26 | 33.3 | 19.5 |
 | Lesotho | 25.1 | 32.8 | 18.6 |
 | Cuba | 24.7 | 30.7 | 19.5 |
 | Panama | 23.5 | 29.4 | 18.2 |
 | Bermuda | 23.5 | 29.2 | 18.9 |
 | Mexico | 23.5 | 29.4 | 18.3 |
 | Bulgaria | 22.8 | 28.8 | 17.6 |
 | Georgia | 22.8 | 29.1 | 17.5 |
 | Costa Rica | 22.4 | 28.8 | 16.9 |
 | Zimbabwe | 22.2 | 29.1 | 16.7 |
 | Eswatini | 22.1 | 28.5 | 16.9 |
 | Hungary | 21.7 | 27.4 | 16.9 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.5 | 27.1 | 16.5 |
 | Montenegro | 21.5 | 26.9 | 16.6 |
 | Turkmenistan | 20.9 | 26.9 | 15.6 |
 | Mongolia | 20.8 | 27.6 | 15.7 |
 | Botswana | 20.8 | 27.3 | 15.5 |
 | Croatia | 20.3 | 25.6 | 15.9 |
 | Namibia | 20.2 | 26.1 | 15.1 |
 | Kazakhstan | 20 | 26.1 | 14.8 |
 | North Macedonia | 19.9 | 25.3 | 14.9 |
 | Bolivia | 19.9 | 25.7 | 14.9 |
 | Romania | 19.8 | 25.8 | 15.2 |
 | Myanmar | 19.8 | 25.8 | 15.1 |
 | Ecuador | 19.7 | 25.2 | 14.8 |
 | Timor-Leste | 19.2 | 25.4 | 14.6 |
 | Azerbaijan | 19.2 | 25.5 | 14.2 |
 | Tajikistan | 19 | 25.2 | 14.5 |
 | Slovenia | 18.9 | 24.3 | 14.8 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.8 | 24.4 | 14.1 |
 | Slovakia | 18.7 | 23.3 | 14.5 |
 | Albania | 18.6 | 23.5 | 14.4 |
 | Serbia | 18.5 | 22.8 | 14.5 |
 | Uzbekistan | 18.4 | 24.8 | 13.6 |
 | South Africa | 17.9 | 22.9 | 13.8 |
 | Laos | 17.9 | 23.4 | 13.4 |
 | Czech Republic | 17.6 | 23.2 | 13.5 |
 | Armenia | 17.5 | 22.4 | 13.4 |
 | Peru | 16.9 | 22.4 | 12.7 |
 | Seychelles | 16.3 | 21.6 | 12.1 |
 | Cambodia | 16 | 21.1 | 12 |
 | Solomon Islands | 16 | 21.9 | 11.6 |
 | Fiji | 15.9 | 20.6 | 11.8 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.9 | 20.2 | 12.2 |
 | Philippines | 15.7 | 20.3 | 12 |
 | Mauritius | 15.6 | 21 | 11.7 |
 | Marshall Islands | 15 | 20.1 | 11.1 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 14.9 | 19.8 | 10.9 |
 | Thailand | 14.8 | 19.5 | 11.1 |
 | Kiribati | 14.8 | 19.8 | 10.8 |
 | Sri Lanka | 14.7 | 19.9 | 11 |
 | Maldives | 14.7 | 19.5 | 10.8 |
 | Micronesia | 14.7 | 19.2 | 10.9 |
 | Ivory Coast | 14.4 | 18.3 | 11 |
 | China | 14.3 | 18.7 | 10.8 |
 | Senegal | 14.1 | 18 | 10.7 |
 | Pakistan | 14 | 18.5 | 10.5 |
 | Vietnam | 13.8 | 18.1 | 10.4 |
 | Malaysia | 13.7 | 18.2 | 10.3 |
 | Burkina Faso | 13.5 | 17.3 | 10.1 |
 | North Korea | 13.4 | 18.1 | 9.8 |
 | Nauru | 13.4 | 17.8 | 9.8 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 13.3 | 17.2 | 10.2 |
 | Vanuatu | 13.2 | 17.9 | 9.59 |
 | Tuvalu | 13.2 | 17.6 | 9.51 |
 | Ghana | 13 | 16.6 | 9.96 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13 | 16.6 | 10 |
 | Tokelau | 13 | 16.6 | 9.79 |
 | Bangladesh | 12.9 | 17.1 | 9.68 |
 | Tonga | 12.9 | 16.7 | 9.77 |
 | Mauritania | 12.9 | 16.5 | 9.81 |
 | Bhutan | 12.9 | 16.8 | 9.58 |
 | Gambia | 12.9 | 16.5 | 9.84 |
 | Burundi | 12.8 | 16.7 | 9.61 |
 | Palau | 12.8 | 16.7 | 9.59 |
 | Malawi | 12.7 | 16.3 | 9.45 |
 | Samoa | 12.7 | 16.6 | 9.51 |
 | Togo | 12.6 | 16.2 | 9.61 |
 | Niue | 12.5 | 15.9 | 9.35 |
 | Gabon | 12.5 | 16.3 | 9.41 |
 | Taiwan | 12.3 | 16.1 | 9.39 |
 | Rwanda | 12.3 | 16.2 | 9.18 |
 | Sierra Leone | 12.3 | 16 | 9.49 |
 | DR Congo | 12.3 | 16 | 9.36 |
 | American Samoa | 12.3 | 16 | 9.33 |
 | Central African Republic | 12.2 | 16.2 | 8.89 |
 | Cameroon | 12.1 | 15.6 | 9.34 |
 | Djibouti | 12.1 | 15.7 | 9.11 |
 | Mali | 11.9 | 15.4 | 9.07 |
 | Angola | 11.8 | 15.5 | 8.94 |
 | Guinea | 11.8 | 15.3 | 8.94 |
 | Tanzania | 11.7 | 15.4 | 8.53 |
 | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.7 | 15.3 | 8.78 |
 | Uganda | 11.6 | 15.2 | 8.77 |
 | Mozambique | 11.6 | 15.3 | 8.77 |
 | Liberia | 11.6 | 14.9 | 8.82 |
 | Zambia | 11.6 | 15 | 8.61 |
 | Benin | 11.3 | 14.6 | 8.59 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.3 | 14.7 | 8.46 |
 | Cook Islands | 11.2 | 14.8 | 8.31 |
 | Comoros | 10.9 | 14 | 8.25 |
 | India | 10.8 | 13.9 | 8.25 |
 | Niger | 10.8 | 14 | 8.07 |
 | Chad | 10.8 | 14 | 8.08 |
 | Madagascar | 10.7 | 14.3 | 8.18 |
 | Eritrea | 10.7 | 13.8 | 7.99 |
 | Nepal | 10.6 | 14.1 | 7.88 |
 | Somalia | 10.5 | 14 | 7.83 |
 | Kenya | 10.1 | 13 | 7.72 |
 | Guam | 9.96 | 13.2 | 7.56 |
 | Nigeria | 9.85 | 12.7 | 7.54 |
 | South Sudan | 9.15 | 12.2 | 6.76 |
 | Cape Verde | 8.34 | 10.8 | 6.27 |
 | Ethiopia | 7.79 | 10.1 | 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
