Down Syndrome Rates by Country 2024

All rates displayed are per 100k residents

204 countries

Country	Down Syndrome Rates per 100k (2019)	Upper Limit 2019	Lower Limit 2019
Malta	98.86	122.11	79.1
Brunei	97.2	122.16	74.28
Ireland	93	116.7	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	62.9
Netherlands	71.44	82.88	59.93
Iceland	70.78	86.77	57.06
Monaco	70.78	89.21	55.76
Austria	70.08	87.4	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	51.2
Portugal	64.25	79.7	50.94
France	64	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
Japan	58.1	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	38.3
Italy	48.7	58.58	40.24
Greenland	46.94	60.24	36.24
United Arab Emirates	44.8	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	31.3
Morocco	39.4	51.58	29.76
Oman	38.86	49.66	29.11
United States	38.4	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	33.3	42.75	25.48
Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.71	40.73	25.56
Poland	32.56	40.6	25.77
Iraq	32.51	43.41	23.48
Iran	32.46	41.37	24.7
Palestine	32.13	41.14	24.47
Indonesia	32.02	41.46	24.88
Suriname	32	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	24.3
Tunisia	30.86	39.55	23.21
Antigua and Barbuda	30.49	38.6	23.95
Brazil	30.46	39.23	23.33
Puerto Rico	30.3	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	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	23.5	29.39	18.24
Bermuda	23.5	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	20.2	26.05	15.11
Kazakhstan	19.97	26.14	14.85
North Macedonia	19.94	25.34	14.9
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	14.8
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
Czech Republic	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	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	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	13.8	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	9.8
Nauru	13.4	17.78	9.8
Republic of the Congo	13.25	17.23	10.19
Vanuatu	13.18	17.92	9.59
Tuvalu	13.18	17.6	9.51
Ghana	13.04	16.61	9.96
Sao Tome and Principe	13.04	16.6	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	12.6	16.17	9.61
Niue	12.53	15.95	9.35
Gabon	12.51	16.28	9.41
Taiwan	12.33	16.1	9.39
Rwanda	12.33	16.18	9.18
Sierra Leone	12.33	16	9.49
DR Congo	12.28	15.98	9.36
American Samoa	12.25	16	9.33
Central African Republic	12.2	16.19	8.89
Cameroon	12.11	15.56	9.34
Djibouti	12.06	15.7	9.11
Mali	11.89	15.41	9.07
Angola	11.78	15.49	8.94
Guinea	11.75	15.3	8.94
Tanzania	11.73	15.4	8.53
Northern Mariana Islands	11.7	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	13.9	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	13.2	7.56
Nigeria	9.85	12.7	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

Global, Regional, and National Burden and Trends of Down Syndrome From 1990 to 2019 - Frontiers in Genetics

Down Syndrome Rates by Country 2024

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