Prevalence Heat Map

The prevalence (number of cases) of psoriasis appears to vary depending on genetic background and geographic location.

Please click on each country to learn more about the prevalence of psoriasis below.

 

For further details about how the prevalence data is calculated, please click on https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1590

Country Region Overall Adults Children PDF Info
Afghanistan North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Albania Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Algeria North Africa and Middle East 0.44 0.55 0.06
American Samoa Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Andorra Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Angola Central sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Argentina High-income Southern Latin America 0.87 1.1 0.12
Armenia Central Asia 0.68 0.86 0.1
Australia Australasia 1.88 2.38 0.27
Austria Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Azerbaijan Central Asia 0.68 0.86 0.1
Bahamas Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Bahrain North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Bangladesh South Asia 0.28 0.36 0.04
Barbados Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Belarus Eastern Europe 0.47 0.59 0.07
Belgium Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Belize Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Benin Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Bermuda Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Bhutan South Asia 0.28 0.36 0.04
Bolivia Andean Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Botswana Southern sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Brazil Tropical Latin America 0.64 0.81 0.09
Brunei High-income Asia Pacific 0.6 0.76 0.08
Bulgaria Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Burkina Faso Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Burundi Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Cabo Verde Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Cambodia Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Cameroon Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Canada High-income North America 1.34 1.7 0.19
Central African Republic Central sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Chad Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Chile High-income Southern Latin America 0.87 1.1 0.12
China East Asia 0.17 0.21 0.02
Colombia Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Comoros Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Congo, Dem. Rep. Central sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Congo, Rep. Central sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Costa Rica Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Croatia Central Europe 1.36 1.72 0.19
Cuba Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Cyprus Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Czech Republic Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Côte d'Ivoire Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Denmark Western Europe 1.79 2.26 0.25
Djibouti Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Dominica Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Dominican Republic Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Ecuador Andean Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Egypt North Africa and Middle East 0.4 0.51 0.06
El Salvador Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Equatorial Guinea Central sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Eritrea Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Estonia Eastern Europe 0.47 0.59 0.07
Ethiopia Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Fiji Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Finland Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
France Western Europe 1.53 1.94 0.22
Gabon Central sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Gambia Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Georgia Central Asia 0.68 0.86 0.1
Germany Western Europe 1.74 2.2 0.25
Ghana Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Greece Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Greenland High-income North America 1.18 1.5 0.17
Grenada Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Guam Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Guatemala Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Guinea Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Guinea-Bissau Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Guyana Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Haiti Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Honduras Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Hungary Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Iceland Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
India South Asia 0.27 0.34 0.04
Indonesia Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Iran North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Iraq North Africa and Middle East 0.47 0.6 0.07
Ireland Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Israel Western Europe 1.81 2.28 0.26
Italy Western Europe 1.58 2 0.22
Jamaica Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Japan High-income Asia Pacific 0.54 0.68 0.08
Jordan North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Kazakhstan Central Asia 0.68 0.86 0.1
Kenya Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Kiribati Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Kuwait North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Kyrgyzstan Central Asia 0.68 0.86 0.1
Laos Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Latvia Eastern Europe 0.47 0.59 0.07
Lebanon North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Lesotho Southern sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Liberia Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Libya North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Lithuania Eastern Europe 0.47 0.59 0.07
Luxembourg Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Madagascar Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Malawi Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Malaysia Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Maldives Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Mali Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Malta Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Marshall Islands Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Mauritania Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Mauritius Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Mexico Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Moldova Eastern Europe 0.47 0.59 0.07
Mongolia Central Asia 0.68 0.26 0.1
Montenegro Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Morocco North Africa and Middle East 0.36 0.46 0.05
Mozambique Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Myanmar Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Namibia Southern sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Nepal South Asia 0.28 0.35 0.04
Netherlands Western Europe 1.43 1.81 0.21
New Zealand Australasia 1.58 1.99 0.22
Nicaragua Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Niger Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Nigeria Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
North Korea East Asia 0.11 0.14 0.02
North Macedonia Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Northern Mariana Islands Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Norway Western Europe 1.86 2.36 0.26
Oman North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Pakistan South Asia 0.28 0.36 0.04
Palestine North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Panama Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Papua New Guinea Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Paraguay Tropical Latin America 0.61 0.78 0.09
Peru Andean Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Philippines Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Poland Central Europe 1.63 2.06 0.23
Portugal Western Europe 1.23 1.56 0.17
Puerto Rico Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Qatar North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Romania Central Europe 1.77 2.24 0.25
Russia Eastern Europe 0.4 0.51 0.06
Rwanda Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Samoa Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Saudi Arabia North Africa and Middle East 0.58 0.73 0.08
Senegal Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Serbia Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Seychelles Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Sierra Leone Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Singapore Southeast Asia 0.6 0.76 0.08
Slovakia Central Europe 1.45 1.83 0.2
Slovenia Central Europe 1.47 1.86 0.21
Solomon Islands Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Somalia Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
South Africa Southern sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
South Korea High-income Asia Pacific 0.55 0.7 0.08
South Sudan Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Spain Western Europe 1.11 1.4 0.16
Sri Lanka Southeast Asia 0.32 0.04 0.05
St. Lucia Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Sudan North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Suriname Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Swaziland Southern sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Sweden Western Europe 1.66 2.1 0.23
Switzerland Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
Syria North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
São Tomé and Príncipe Central sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Taiwan East Asia 0.05 0.07 0.01
Tajikistan Central Asia 0.68 0.86 0.1
Tanzania Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.18 0.22 0.02
Thailand Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Timor-Leste Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Togo Western sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
Tonga Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Tunisia North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Turkey North Africa and Middle East 0.49 0.62 0.07
Turkmenistan Central Asia 0.68 0.86 0.1
Uganda Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Ukraine Eastern Europe 0.47 0.59 0.07
United Arab Emirates North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
United Kingdom Western Europe 1.52 1.92 0.21
United States of America High-income North America 1.12 1.42 0.16
Uruguay High-income Southern Latin America 0.87 1.1 0.12
Uzbekistan Central Asia 0.68 0.86 0.1
Vanuatu Oceania 0.27 0.34 0.04
Venezuela, RB Central Latin America 0.54 0.69 0.08
Vietnam Southeast Asia 0.3 0.38 0.04
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 0.54 0.69 0.08
Yemen North Africa and Middle East 0.45 0.57 0.06
Zambia Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 0.26 0.03
Zimbabwe Southern sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 0.41 0.05
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