People with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) worldwide in 2021

1.27 billion

people, worldwide

“In 2021, MASLD had a prevalence of 1.27 billion people”

Danpanichkul et al., The Rising Global Burden of MASLD and Other Metabolic Diseases (2000-2021), United European Gastroenterol J 2025, 2025-09

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Peer-reviewed study

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2026-11-06

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What to know

GBD 2021 modelled count. GBD reports this condition under its older name NAFLD; the paper calls it MASLD.

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