Infographic: Global View of Blindness and Vision Impairment

We created this infographic to share some statistics and facts about visual impairment worldwide. Follow OrCam for more information about OrCam MyEye and the Blind and Visually Impaired communities.

Summary

• Over 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 have low vision.
• 90% of the world’s visually impaired live in developing countries.
• 82% of people living with blindness are aged 50 and above.
• The leading causes of visual impairment include uncorrected refractive errors, cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration,  diabetic retinopathy, trachoma, and eye conditions in children (e.g. caused by vitamin A deficiency).