Table 3 Comparison of macroeconomic loss (measured in 2017 INT$) and lifetime disease burden (measured in DALYs) by World Bank region and World Bank income group

From: The global macroeconomic burden of diabetes mellitus

Region/income group

Economic cost in billions of 2017 INT$

DALYs in millions in 2020

DALYs in millions in 2050

Annual GDP in billions 2020–2050

Annual population in millions 2020–2050

By region

 East Asia and Pacific

3,104 (30.39%)

21 (28.81%)

38 (23.25%)

52,763 (35.70%)

2,461 (27.87%)

 Europe and Central Asia

2,017 (19.75%)

9 (12.75%)

15 (9.06%)

30,825 (20.86%)

930 (10.54%)

 Latin America and Caribbean

629 (6.16%)

9 (12.59%)

22 (13.66%)

8,869 (6.00%)

718 (8.13%)

 Middle East and North Africa

487 (4.77%)

4 (5.65%)

14 (8.70%)

8,163 (5.52%)

562 (6.36%)

 North America

2,594 (25.40%)

5 (6.64%)

7 (4.16%)

21,720 (14.70%)

399 (4.52%)

 South Asia

1,218 (11.92%)

18 (24.53%)

49 (30.22%)

19,983 (13.52%)

2,111 (23.90%)

 Sub-Saharan Africa

163 (1.60%)

7 (8.96%)

18 (10.78%)

5,420 (3.67%)

1,642 (18.59%)

By income group

 Low income

65 (0.64%)

4 (4.99%)

12 (7.07%)

2,068 (1.40%)

962 (10.90%)

 Lower-middle income

2,296 (22.48%)

32 (44.04%)

89 (54.92%)

35,950 (24.32%)

3,938 (44.59%)

 Upper-middle income

2,672 (26.17%)

23 (31.68%)

40 (24.82%)

51,967 (35.16%)

2,650 (30.01%)

 High income

5,151 (50.43%)

14 (18.64%)

20 (12.29%)

57,446 (38.87%)

1,238 (14.03%)

 Sum

10,214 (100.00%)

73 (100.00%)

163 (100.00%)

147,771 (99.98%)

8,830 (99.99%)

  1. Each country is classified into a World Bank region as in Table 1. The seven World Bank regions do not include the Cook Islands, Niue, Palestine and Tokelau. Uncertainty intervals in parentheses were calculated based on the lower and upper bounds of 95% uncertainty intervals for GBD mortality and morbidity data.