Table 2 Total macroeconomic burden, economic burden as a percentage of total GDP in 2020–2050 and per capita economic burden attributable to diabetes mellitus mortality and morbidity by World Bank region and by World Bank income group in 2017 INT$

From: The global macroeconomic burden of diabetes mellitus

Region/income group

Economic burden in billions of 2017 INT$

Percentage of total GDP in 2020–2050

Per capita loss in 2017 INT$

By region

 East Asia and Pacific

3,104 (2,336–4,115)

0.190 (0.143–0.252)

1,261 (949–1,672)

 Europe and Central Asia

2,018 (1,549–2,633)

0.211 (0.162–0.275)

2,168 (1,665–2,829)

 Latin America and Caribbean

629 (467–837)

0.229 (0.170–0.305)

876 (651–1,166)

 Middle East and North Africa

487 (364–654)

0.192 (0.144–0.258)

866 (647–1,163)

 North America

2,595 (2,217–3,049)

0.385 (0.329–0.453)

6,497 (5,551–7,635)

 South Asia

1,218 (840–1,711)

0.197 (0.136–0.276)

577 (398–811)

 Sub-Saharan Africa

163 (109–239)

0.097 (0.065–0.142)

99 (67–146)

By income group

 Low income

65 (42–97)

0.101 (0.066–0.152)

67 (44–101)

 Lower-middle income

2,296 (1,571–3,251)

0.206 (0.141–0.292)

583 (399–826)

 Upper-middle income

2,673 (2,047–3,490)

0.166 (0.127–0.217)

1,009 (772–1,317)

 High income

5,152 (4,206–6,360)

0.289 (0.236–0.357)

4,159 (3,395–5,133)

 Total

10,216 (7,884–13,241)

0.223 (0.172–0.289)

1,157 (893–1,499)

  1. Uncertainty intervals in parentheses were calculated based on the lower and upper bounds of 95% uncertainty intervals for GBD mortality and morbidity data.