Prevalence of blindness worldwide in 2020, by age and gender

Published by
John Elflein,
May 21, 2021
In 2020, around .5 percent of men and women worldwide were blind. Among those aged 50 years and older, around 1.8 percent of men and 1.9 percent of women are blind. This statistic shows the prevalence of blindness worldwide in 2020, by age group and gender.

Share of people with blindness worldwide in 2020, by age and gender*

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Release date

February 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Special properties

VLEG -Global Vision Database 2020

Supplementary notes

* Prevalence is age-standardised.
Blindness is defined as presenting a visual acuity of worse than 3/60 in the better eye.

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