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The average cost per diabetic patient was approximately U.S. dollars in North America and the Caribbean in 2024. This amount was far greater than for any other region. Within this region specifically, average diabetes-related health expenditure was by far the highest in the United States. 

Highest spending per patient

In 2024, the average yearly cost per person with diabetes was the highest in Switzerland, where costs ran over ** thousand U.S. dollars per patient. The United States stood in second place that year, with approximately * U.S. dollars per person per year. Norway and Iceland were also among the ten highest spending countries. 

Diabetes mellitus worldwide

In 2024, the country with the highest number of diabetic people in the world was China, which had a diabetic population of around *** million. India had the second-highest number of diabetics that year, with almost ** million people. These are, however, the world’s most populous countries. When comparing the number of diabetic people within a country to the rest of the country’s population, the results are quite different. In 2024, close to a of the people living in Pakistan had the condition, making it the country with the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world.