New cases of type 2 diabetes worldwide, 2021

23.9 million

new cases per year, worldwide

“In 2021, T2DM affected 506.0 million individuals, with 23.9 million new cases, 1.6 million deaths, and 75.3 million DALYs.”

Huang et al., Global burden and risk factors of type 2 diabetes mellitus from 1990 to 2021, with forecasts to 2050 (Frontiers in Endocrinology 2025), abstract, 2025-08

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GBD 2021 modelled estimate, all ages, both sexes, reported by a secondary analysis of the GBD 2021 results.

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