Type 1 diabetes in Western Sahara
T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Africa region · Lower-Middle-Income country
An estimated 65 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Western Sahara in 2025. Each year about 6 people are newly diagnosed and 3 people with T1D die. A further 49 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
65
New diagnoses this year
6
Deaths this year
3
Missing people
49
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
35.2years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Western Sahara?
65 people in Western Sahara are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 10.9 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the Africa average of 29.7 per 100,000 and lower than the global average of 115.5. Western Sahara has the 191st-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the smallest of the 49 countries in the IDF Africa region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Western Sahara, another 75 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Western Sahara?
The number of people living with T1D in Western Sahara went from 3 in 2000 to 65 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 123 by 2040 (+89%).
| Year | Living with T1D | New diagnoses | Deaths | Missing people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 2020 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
| 2025 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 49 |
| 2030 (projected) | 87 | 8 | 5 | 68 |
| 2040 (projected) | 123 | 9 | 6 | 122 |
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Western Sahara?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Western Sahara today is expected to live to 35.2, compared with 73.8 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 38.7 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 45.2 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 14.0 years.
| Level of care | Healthy years restored | Healthy years of life | Healthy years still lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current level of care | – | 28.6 | 45.2 |
| + Timely diagnosis for everyone | +4.2 | 32.8 | 41.1 |
| + Insulin and test strips for everyone | +20.3 | 53.1 | 20.8 |
| + Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone | +6.8 | 59.9 | 14.0 |
How does Western Sahara compare?
| 2025 | Western Sahara | Africa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| People living with T1D per 100,000 | 10.9 | 29.7 | 115.5 |
| New diagnoses per 100,000 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 6.2 |
| Missing people per 100 living with T1D | 75.4 | 160.4 | 43.0 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D | 35.2 | 24.4 | 51.3 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population | 73.8 | 67.5 | 77.0 |
Type 1 diabetes in other Africa countries
- Eswatini450 living with T1D
- Liberia386 living with T1D
- Comoros364 living with T1D
- Central African Republic283 living with T1D
- Gambia243 living with T1D
- Cape Verde228 living with T1D
- Guinea-Bissau196 living with T1D
- Sao Tome and Principe83 living with T1D
More data
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.