The rate of infection and genotypes prevalent in Asia are diverse across the various countries, nonetheless, genotype 6 is the most common type of the hepatitis virus found in the Asian region.

The prevalence of the virus also varies within countries showing figures as low as 0.5% in Honk Kong and Singapore to 6% in Vietnam and Thailand and almost a 10% in Myanmar China shows a prevalence rate of 2-3%, which translates to almost 30 million people infected with the Hepatitis C virus.