Which country has the highest % of People with Blindness?

South Sudan has the highest % of People with Blindness, at 2%, followed by Indonesia (1.8%) and Mali (1.8%).

Which country has the lowest % of People with Blindness?

San Marino has the lowest % of People with Blindness, at 0.1%.

What is the median % of People with Blindness across countries?

The median is 0.5% across the 203 countries with data.

Where does this blind population by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Country Map & Estimates of Vision Loss - Vision Atlas.

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Blind Population by Country

Name: Blind Population by Country
Creator: Rankodex

South Sudan has the highest % of People with Blindness (2%), followed by Indonesia (1.8%) and Mali (1.8%). San Marino has the lowest (0.1%).

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

0.5%

Middle half 0.2% – 0.7%

Average

0.53%

203 countries

Highest

South Sudan

Lowest

0.1%

San Marino

Data

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204 countries · # = rank by % of People with Blindness

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1	South Sudan	2%	90,754	19.9%	1.1M
2	Indonesia	1.8%	3,733,528	15.5%	34.9M
2	Mali	1.8%	167,465	18.7%	2.2M
4	Ethiopia	1.6%	780,321	15.8%	8.8M
5	Pakistan	1.5%	1,755,867	19.0%	26.3M
5	Afghanistan	1.5%	183,862	13.6%	2.4M
7	Equatorial Guinea	1.3%	8,209	15.0%	106K
8	Nigeria	1.2%	1,266,046	20.3%	24.3M
8	Kenya	1.2%	286,913	14.0%	3.9M
8	Saudi Arabia	1.2%	228,902	12.4%	2.9M
8	Niger	1.2%	106,312	22.8%	2.7M
8	Chad	1.2%	75,779	18.3%	1.5M
8	Timor-Leste	1.2%	10,385	17.5%	171.4K
14	Tanzania	1.1%	293,392	25.1%	8.2M
14	Myanmar	1.1%	477,463	16.6%	7.9M
14	Sudan	1.1%	209,870	11.7%	3M
14	Somalia	1.1%	82,109	19.1%	1.7M
14	Senegal	1.1%	84,609	17.1%	1.6M
14	Guinea	1.1%	64,619	17.8%	1.3M
14	Lesotho	1.1%	13,030	22.4%	307.5K
14	Guinea-Bissau	1.1%	8,227	17.8%	180.1K
22	Ivory Coast	1%	109,395	16.9%	2.5M
22	Burkina Faso	1%	95,726	18.0%	2.2M
22	Cambodia	1%	112,528	17.6%	2.3M
22	Benin	1%	51,729	17.3%	1.2M
22	Liberia	1%	21,333	17.2%	482.4K
22	Central African Republic	1%	21,570	17.0%	449.9K
22	Eritrea	1%	26,573	16.7%	529.6K
22	Botswana	1%	14,793	21.0%	366.1K
22	Eswatini	1%	5,710	21.7%	154.5K
31	India	0.9%	9,172,007	22.7%	275M
31	Iran	0.9%	643,413	10.9%	8.2M
31	Yemen	0.9%	125,237	11.7%	2.2M
31	Mozambique	0.9%	109,133	17.3%	2.7M
31	Togo	0.9%	34,718	16.9%	807.9K
31	Sierra Leone	0.9%	31,935	17.6%	823.8K
31	Gambia	0.9%	9,756	17.1%	215K
38	Bangladesh	0.8%	948,295	19.3%	26.6M
38	South Africa	0.8%	370,729	21.6%	10.9M
38	Cameroon	0.8%	101,749	16.0%	2.6M
38	Malawi	0.8%	69,365	17.2%	1.7M
38	Guatemala	0.8%	93,675	15.5%	2M
38	Zimbabwe	0.8%	60,201	22.8%	2M
38	Libya	0.8%	39,024	10.9%	585.9K
38	Oman	0.8%	20,142	13.8%	422.3K
38	Mauritania	0.8%	17,641	16.3%	425.7K
38	Namibia	0.8%	12,761	21.1%	361.1K
38	Sao Tome and Principe	0.8%	845	16.2%	21.4K
49	Brazil	0.7%	1,752,112	12.3%	28.6M
49	Philippines	0.7%	500,733	14.3%	11.8M
49	Algeria	0.7%	231,376	11.1%	4.1M
49	Iraq	0.7%	182,856	11.1%	3.5M
49	Angola	0.7%	87,388	15.6%	2.4M
49	Peru	0.7%	226,072	14.0%	4.7M
49	Syria	0.7%	90,824	11.3%	1.7M
49	Bolivia	0.7%	60,804	13.5%	1.3M
49	Tunisia	0.7%	81,100	10.1%	1.2M
49	Haiti	0.7%	48,714	12.8%	1.1M
49	Mongolia	0.7%	15,133	13.5%	341.2K
49	Djibouti	0.7%	4,123	15.7%	116.1K
49	Comoros	0.7%	3,385	16.0%	84.6K
62	Egypt	0.6%	371,368	11.7%	8.3M
62	Vietnam	0.6%	522,949	14.9%	14M
62	Malaysia	0.6%	156,807	14.4%	4M
62	Ghana	0.6%	103,140	16.0%	3.2M
62	Venezuela	0.6%	171,214	13.3%	4.1M
62	Zambia	0.6%	42,615	15.5%	1.4M
62	United Arab Emirates	0.6%	26,994	10.1%	605K
62	Papua New Guinea	0.6%	27,710	15.8%	857.4K
62	Cuba	0.6%	103,498	12.2%	2.1M
62	Nicaragua	0.6%	30,771	14.3%	766.5K
62	Paraguay	0.6%	32,262	13.6%	831K
62	El Salvador	0.6%	38,627	14.7%	876.4K
62	Lebanon	0.6%	35,376	11.2%	780.6K
62	Palestine	0.6%	15,742	11.2%	372.6K
62	Panama	0.6%	26,747	13.5%	571.9K
62	Qatar	0.6%	7,078	10.3%	172.7K
62	Bahrain	0.6%	5,805	10.6%	129.7K
62	Fiji	0.6%	4,305	13.6%	105.8K
62	Suriname	0.6%	3,550	12.2%	73.6K
62	Cape Verde	0.6%	2,815	15.1%	71.9K
62	Kiribati	0.6%	442	14.1%	11.2K
62	Cook Islands	0.6%	131	12.3%	2,855
84	China	0.5%	8,917,625	14.1%	274.3M
84	Colombia	0.5%	301,392	13.7%	7.8M
84	Uganda	0.5%	83,208	15.6%	3.1M
84	Morocco	0.5%	150,840	10.9%	3.7M
84	Madagascar	0.5%	59,756	15.9%	2.3M
84	Nepal	0.5%	100,250	27.2%	6.8M
84	Dominican Republic	0.5%	48,816	12.7%	1.3M
84	Honduras	0.5%	36,351	14.3%	1M
84	Tajikistan	0.5%	30,000	13.9%	878.4K
84	Republic of the Congo	0.5%	12,726	15.1%	476.7K
84	Costa Rica	0.5%	25,815	13.4%	694.3K
84	Kuwait	0.5%	13,370	10.1%	331.8K
84	Gabon	0.5%	5,774	14.3%	177.2K
84	Mauritius	0.5%	8,423	14.7%	238.7K
84	Solomon Islands	0.5%	1,926	14.1%	55.8K
84	Guyana	0.5%	2,895	11.7%	78.2K
84	Seychelles	0.5%	568	14.7%	15.8K
84	Micronesia	0.5%	333	13.2%	10.3K
84	Marshall Islands	0.5%	177	13.4%	5,110
103	Mexico	0.4%	540,098	12.9%	16M
103	DR Congo	0.4%	152,075	15.4%	7.2M
103	Turkey	0.4%	377,017	9.2%	8.4M
103	Thailand	0.4%	360,065	15.2%	14.6M
103	Italy	0.4%	508,445	6.2%	6.2M
103	Uzbekistan	0.4%	93,679	13.4%	3.3M
103	Sri Lanka	0.4%	89,397	15.4%	3.9M
103	Kazakhstan	0.4%	59,892	12.9%	2.3M
103	Ecuador	0.4%	61,799	12.0%	1.9M
103	Rwanda	0.4%	22,954	15.1%	1.2M
103	Burundi	0.4%	16,590	15.4%	908.7K
103	Jordan	0.4%	24,417	9.9%	767.6K
103	Azerbaijan	0.4%	36,631	13.1%	1.3M
103	Laos	0.4%	15,102	14.8%	754.5K
103	Kyrgyzstan	0.4%	20,784	12.9%	647.2K
103	Georgia	0.4%	20,807	13.0%	696.4K
103	Armenia	0.4%	14,130	13.0%	516.9K
103	Jamaica	0.4%	11,221	11.3%	333.1K
103	Bhutan	0.4%	2,545	17.0%	126.2K
103	Maldives	0.4%	1,224	14.7%	52.2K
103	Belize	0.4%	1,275	11.8%	37.5K
103	Bahamas	0.4%	1,347	10.8%	42.8K
103	Samoa	0.4%	601	13.2%	20.2K
103	Saint Lucia	0.4%	803	11.4%	23.9K
103	Grenada	0.4%	620	11.5%	16.4K
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.4%	587	11.7%	15.7K
103	Dominica	0.4%	368	11.2%	9,770
103	American Samoa	0.4%	164	12.4%	5,950
103	Nauru	0.4%	18	12.9%	664
103	Tuvalu	0.4%	43	13.1%	1,347
103	Tokelau	0.4%	5	12.6%	168
134	Russia	0.3%	551,800	14.0%	30.7M
134	Spain	0.3%	248,604	6.8%	4.8M
134	Turkmenistan	0.3%	11,448	13.8%	580.8K
134	Puerto Rico	0.3%	18,918	10.6%	652.4K
134	Moldova	0.3%	19,112	15.2%	825.9K
134	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3%	5,886	11.8%	208.2K
134	Vanuatu	0.3%	516	13.0%	25.5K
134	Guam	0.3%	557	11.9%	21.9K
134	Tonga	0.3%	265	11.8%	10.3K
134	Antigua and Barbuda	0.3%	354	11.0%	11.4K
134	United States Virgin Islands	0.3%	541	10.6%	17.4K
134	Bermuda	0.3%	315	10.6%	11.9K
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3%	195	10.9%	6,935
134	Northern Mariana Islands	0.3%	150	12.1%	6,581
134	Palau	0.3%	59	12.2%	2,405
134	Niue	0.3%	7	12.3%	252
150	South Korea	0.2%	123,757	5.9%	4M
150	Argentina	0.2%	101,676	5.4%	2.7M
150	Ukraine	0.2%	166,422	11.7%	8.3M
150	Poland	0.2%	105,880	8%	5.2M
150	Chile	0.2%	49,578	5.2%	1.1M
150	Romania	0.2%	59,426	10.1%	3.4M
150	Portugal	0.2%	33,350	4.5%	779.4K
150	Hungary	0.2%	35,610	10.8%	1.8M
150	Belarus	0.2%	30,447	13.6%	2M
150	Bulgaria	0.2%	19,526	10.1%	1.3M
150	Serbia	0.2%	23,683	10.0%	1.4M
150	Singapore	0.2%	13,081	6.4%	415.3K
150	Slovakia	0.2%	13,278	9.8%	842.9K
150	New Zealand	0.2%	11,745	4%	241.8K
150	Croatia	0.2%	11,732	10.0%	779.8K
150	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.2%	10,042	10.3%	572.3K
150	Lithuania	0.2%	11,085	13.1%	672.3K
150	Albania	0.2%	7,346	10.4%	427.3K
150	Latvia	0.2%	7,616	13.2%	465.3K
150	North Macedonia	0.2%	5,852	10.2%	331K
150	Montenegro	0.2%	1,501	10.0%	93.3K
150	Brunei	0.2%	823	6.1%	22.9K
150	Iceland	0.2%	1,189	4.1%	18.4K
150	Greenland	0.2%	105	3.6%	2,164
174	United States	0.1%	644,076	3.7%	16.4M
174	Japan	0.1%	397,710	5.6%	13.2M
174	Germany	0.1%	229,536	4.3%	5.8M
174	United Kingdom	0.1%	171,526	4.5%	4.3M
174	France	0.1%	112,149	4.2%	4.3M
174	Canada	0.1%	67,553	3.4%	1.8M
174	Australia	0.1%	57,115	4%	1.3M
174	North Korea	0.1%	25,595	12.8%	4M
174	Netherlands	0.1%	34,682	3.4%	872.7K
174	Belgium	0.1%	29,105	4.3%	748.2K
174	Sweden	0.1%	26,825	3.7%	575.8K
174	Czechia	0.1%	27,915	9.7%	1.8M
174	Greece	0.1%	28,896	4.1%	716.8K
174	Israel	0.1%	16,921	4.4%	467.9K
174	Austria	0.1%	22,697	4.3%	582.5K
174	Switzerland	0.1%	20,300	4.2%	553.9K
174	Denmark	0.1%	10,988	4.2%	358.8K
174	Norway	0.1%	10,375	4.5%	330.4K
174	Finland	0.1%	16,032	4.3%	379.1K
174	Ireland	0.1%	9,044	4.3%	265.9K
174	Uruguay	0.1%	7,153	5.1%	229.9K
174	Slovenia	0.1%	5,550	9.7%	376.6K
174	Cyprus	0.1%	2,555	4.3%	70.4K
174	Estonia	0.1%	3,073	12.1%	286.7K
174	Luxembourg	0.1%	1,211	4.3%	33.9K
174	Malta	0.1%	1,147	4.4%	28.9K
174	Barbados	0.1%	584	9.5%	42.5K
174	Andorra	0.1%	171	4.3%	4,614
174	Monaco	0.1%	110	4.3%	2,778
174	San Marino	0.1%	79	4.3%	2,082
—	Taiwan	—	5,794	10.1%	3.8M

What correlates with % of People with Blindness?

Pearson r against 1,357 other country metrics sharing at least 122 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher % of People with Blindness tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

Gender Inequality Index ScoreGender Inequality Index by Country
r = +0.77 · very strong · n = 165
Plot
Neonatal Mortality RateNeonatal Mortality Rate by Country
r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 191
Plot
Still Birth RateStillbirth Rates by Country
r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 193
Plot
Infant Mortality Rate CIAInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = +0.75 · very strong · n = 201
Plot
Infant Deaths per 1,000 BirthsHealth Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.75 · very strong · n = 193
Plot
% of Pop. Living on Less Than $10 USD/DayPoverty Rate by Country
r = +0.74 · very strong · n = 159
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher % of People with Blindness tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

LP EducationLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 165
Plot
Social Progress IndexSocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.77 · very strong · n = 168
Plot
LP Living ConditionsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 165
Plot
EPI Safe Drinking Water ScoreWater Quality by Country
r = −0.76 · very strong · n = 171
Plot
Human Development IndexStandard of Living by Country
r = −0.76 · very strong · n = 191
Plot
GDI Female Human DevelopmentGender Development Index by Country
r = −0.76 · very strong · n = 181
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest % of People with Blindness?: South Sudan has the highest % of People with Blindness, at 2%, followed by Indonesia (1.8%) and Mali (1.8%).
Which country has the lowest % of People with Blindness?: San Marino has the lowest % of People with Blindness, at 0.1%.
What is the median % of People with Blindness across countries?: The median is 0.5% across the 203 countries with data.
Where does this blind population by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Country Map & Estimates of Vision Loss - Vision Atlas.