Number of cases of low back pain worldwide in 2020, by region

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 29, 2024

It was estimated that in 2020, there were around 117 million prevalent cases of low back pain in South Asia. At that time, it was estimated there were a total of around 619 million cases of low back pain worldwide. This statistic shows the number of prevalent cases of low back pain worldwide in 2020, by region.

Number of prevalent cases of low back pain worldwide in 2020, by region

CharacteristicNumber of prevalent cases
South Asia 117,000,000
East Asia 104,000,000
Southern Latin America 70,800,000
Western Europe 57,900,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 52,100,000
North Africa and Middle East 50,500,000
Latin America and Caribbean 48,800,000
High-income North America 48,600,000
Southeast Asia 40,700,000
Eastern Europe 31,900,000
High-income Asia Pacific 26,500,000
Central Europe 20,300,000
Central Asia 8,050,000
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June 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

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