This 2025 report from the ESC Atlas project is the fifth in a biennial series. It presents and compares updated cardiovascular disease (CVD) statistics for more than 50 of the ESC member countries. The statistics are for 2024 or latest available year and are stratified by sex and World Bank national income status to identify inequalities in the risk, management, and outcomes of CVD across ESC member countries. A key objective of the ESC Atlas project has been to inform EU-level policy initiatives aimed at reducing the burden of CVD, contributing to the evidence base underpinning the European Union’s cardiovascular health plan (“Safe Hearts Plan”), adopted in December 2025. Population ageing is a major contributor to the continuing high prevalence of CVD across ESC member countries. 

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