PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic sphygmomanometer, even when a person to be measured has fluctuation in a pulse interval or a small pulse pressure, capable of accurately measuring a blood pressure value in a short measuring time.SOLUTION: An electronic sphygmomanometer includes: a pressure detecting means that detects a pressure inside a cuff a pulse wave detecting means 31 that detects a pulse wave on the basis of pressure data detected by the pressure detecting means in a latest measurement a pulse rate calculating means 35 that calculates a pulse rate on the basis of the detection data by the pulse wave detecting means a target pressurization rate determining means 42 that determines a target pressurization rate on the basis of the detection data by the pulse wave detecting means and the pulse rate calculated by the pulse rate calculating means and a storage means 43 that stores the determined target pressurization rate for every person to be measured for being used for a next measurement.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】脈間隔変動があったり、脈圧が小さい被測定者であっても、短い測定時間で正確に血圧値を測定することが可能な電子血圧計を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】カフ内の圧力を検出する圧力検出手段と、今回の測定時に圧力検出手段で検出された圧力データに基づいて脈波を検出する脈波検出手段31と、脈波検出手段による検出データに基づいて脈拍数を算出する脈拍数算出手段35と、脈波検出手段による検出データ及び脈拍数算出手段によって算出された脈拍数に基づいて目標加圧速度を決定する目標加圧速度決定手段42と、決定された目標加圧速度を次回の測定に利用するために被測定者毎に記憶する記憶手段43を有する。【選択図】図3