In 2024, the Bangladesh was the country with the lowest spending per patient with diabetes in the world, with average annual expenditures amounting to just 74 U.S. dollars that year. Other countries with low diabetes spending per diabetic person included Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Madagascar.
Worldwide cost of diabetes
The cost of diabetes in 2024 was by far the highest in North America and the Caribbean: the average cost per diabetic patient was approximately 7,812 U.S. dollars for that region. With less than half that, Europe had the second-highest diabetes costs with roughly 2,951 U.S. dollars.
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