Estimated number of people (millions) affected by blindness and MSVI, mild VI and presbyopia in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe by region in 2015 and projections to 2020; 80% uncertainty intervals are given in brackets
| Region | Blind | MSVI | Mild VI | Presbyopia* | ||||
| 2015 | 2020 | 2015 | 2020 | 2015 | 2020 | 2015 | 2020 | |
| Asia Pacific, high income | 0.55 (0.29–0.87) | 0.56 (0.28–0.90) | 5.01 (2.59–7.89) | 5.26 (2.57–8.51) | 4.86 (1.81–8.62) | 5.08 (1.82–9.10) | 12.63 (2.91–27.10) | 13.11 (3.03–28.15) |
| Australasia | 0.07 (0.03–0.12) | 0.07 (0.03–0.13) | 0.63 (0.28–1.08) | 0.69 (0.29–1.20) | 0.61 (0.20–1.14) | 0.67 (0.21–1.27) | 1.10 (0.37–1.99) | 1.18 (0.40–2.13) |
| Europe, Central | 0.53 (0.14–1.09) | 0.52 (0.13–1.06) | 2.84 (0.87–5.34) | 2.86 (0.80–5.42) | 2.65 (0.66–5.29) | 2.66 (0.62–5.38) | 30.68 (11.59–50.91) | 31.61 (11.90–52.51) |
| Europe, Eastern | 0.86 (0.27–1.63) | 0.80 (0.24–1.54) | 6.31 (2.41–11.31) | 6.14 (2.18–11.17) | 5.79 (1.75–11.00) | 5.66 (1.60–10.93) | 52.90 (20.46–87.12) | 53.44 (20.48–88.45) |
| Europe, Western | 1.16 (0.60–1.83) | 1.16 (0.57–1.89) | 9.61 (4.79–15.63) | 9.99 (4.69–16.76) | 9.47 (3.35–17.74) | 9.84 (3.30–18.77) | 29.22 (6.77–62.56) | 30.16 (6.98–64.56) |
| North America, high income | 0.98 (0.42–1.70) | 1.03 (0.41–1.84) | 7.46 (3.23–12.47) | 8.13 (3.31–13.87) | 7.25 (2.41–13.81) | 7.90 (2.53–15.20) | 15.69 (6.62–26.95) | 16.34 (6.88–28.09) |
| World | 36.02 (12.86–65.44) | 38.50 (13.18–70.95) | 216.60 (98.51–359.1) | 237.08 (101.50–399.02) | 188.54 (64.46–350.19) | 205.73 (67.30–385.11) | 1094.75 (581.13–1686.54) | 1225.59 (653.43–1884.22) |
MSVI, moderate and severe vision impairment; VI, vision impairment.