Diabetes is a chronic illness of serious concern that has a significant impact on the health of millions of people worldwide. This condition affects how the body processes blood sugar, and if left untreated, it can lead to serious health issues. Diabetes can seriously harm vital organs, especially the heart, kidneys, eyes, and nervous system as a whole, if blood sugar levels are not managed. Among diabetes' most devastating effects is its impact on vision through diabetic retinopathy, a condition that targets and damages the eye's essential blood vessels, specifically in the retina, which captures light and enables sight. Over time, elevated blood glucose levels systematically destroy and compromise the small vessels responsible for retinal health. Initially, these affected vessels become swollen and begin leaking, but as the condition worsens, the eye attempts to compensate by creating new, irregular blood vessels across the retina's surface, which can severely impair vision. The progression of this eye disease follows distinct phases - it begins as a mild condition where the retinal blood vessels develop small, bubble-like swellings, and can advance to a more dangerous stage known as proliferative retinopathy, which may result in the retina detaching from the eye and cause irreversible blindness. This research investigates the prevalence rates of Diabetic Retinopathy on both global and Indian scales, utilizing data spanning from 2020 to 2024. Our analysis draws from multiple authoritative sources, including the American Diabetes Association, Indian Diabetes Federation, World Health Organization and renowned academic databases such as Springer, IEEE, and Web of Science. The findings reveal deeply concerning statistics, and through our comprehensive dataset analysis, we have developed predictive models that forecast troubling future trends for this condition. The combined data from these prestigious sources provides a robust foundation for understanding both the current state and projected trajectory of this serious diabetes complication.