Top 10 countries with lowest spending per person with diabetes 2021

In 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo was the country with the lowest spending per patient with diabetes in the world, with average annual expenditures amounting to some 156 U.S. dollars that year. Other countries with low diabetes spending per diabetic person included Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, and the Soloman Islands.

Worldwide cost of diabetes

The cost of diabetes was by far the highest in North America and the Caribbean in 2021: the average cost per diabetic patient was approximately 8,650 U.S. dollars for that region. With around half that, Europe had the second-highest diabetes costs with roughly 4,320 U.S. dollars.

Diabetes in 2045

In 2021, it was estimated that around 537 million people worldwide had diabetes. By 2045, this number is forecast to reach 783 million. For adults aged 20 to 64, the number of diabetic people is expected to increase by roughly 25 percent between 2017 and 2045. For the older generation (65- to 79-year-olds), the number of diabetics will more than double in that time.