Highest rate of diabetes (country)
- Who
- UAE
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- When
- 2002
The country with the highest percentage of type-II diabetes in the population (between 20 and 79 years of age) is the United Arab Emirates. Two other Gulf states feature in the top 10 list of diabetics: Kuwait (12.8%) and Oman (11.4%). At joint second place are Cuba and Puerto Rico, with 13.2%.