The number of people with dementia is set to treble worldwide over the next 30 years, according to the World Health Organisation.
And 60% of those developing the condition are in low and middle-income countries, WHO warned.
The organisation predicts that 152 million people will have the condition by 2050.
It has now launched a new system for tracking the provision of services for people with dementia.
It says that governments must ensure that all people with dementia get the care they need.
Reports from 21 countries so far found that 81% have dementia awareness campaigns and 71% provide support and training for carers.
WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "Nearly ten million people develop dementia each year, six million of them in low- and middle-income countries.
"The suffering that results is enormous. This is an alarm call: we must pay greater attention to this growing challenge and ensure that all people living with dementia, wherever they live, get the care that they need."
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