Safiri S, Kolahi AA, Cross M, et al. - The present study was conducted to report the levels and trends of point prevalence, annual incidence, and years lived with disability (YLD) for gout and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 according to age, sex, and Sociodemographic Index (SDI; a composite of sociodemographic factors). Researchers extracted data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) 2017 study. They conducted a comprehensive systematic review of databases and the disease‐modeled analysis by the GBD team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, in collaboration with researchers and experts worldwide, to provide estimates at global, regional, and national levels during 1990 and 2017. Between 1990 to 2017, the burden of gout elevated across the world, with variations in point prevalence, annual incidence, and YLD between countries and territories. The results of this study indicate that besides enhancing the clinical management of disease, prevention, and health promotion in communities to serve basic knowledge of the disease, risk factors, consequences, and effective treatment options (tailoring to high‐risk groups such as the middle‐aged male population) are crucial to avoid disease onset and hence to decrease the global disease burden.