Age-standardized NCD mortality rate (per 100 000 population) by country
Countries reporting
182
Highest
1,100
Kiribati
Lowest
223.24
South Korea
Median
533.17
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312
What the numbers show
Age-standardized NCD mortality rate (per 100 000 population) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 1,100 in Kiribati; the lowest is 223.24 in South Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 533.17, and the mean is 529.19.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 153 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 41.6%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 43.1%).
Age-standardized NCD mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 1,100 | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 2 | Micronesia (country) | 982.35 | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 978.55 | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 4 | Lesotho | 934.7 | 2021 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 5 | Vanuatu | 913.86 | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 6 | Fiji | 893.65 | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 7 | Philippines | 868.38 | 2021 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 846.9 | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | Maldives | 824.32 | 2021 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 10 | Haiti | 823.49 | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 11 | Eswatini | 810.62 | 2021 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 810.4 | 2021 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 14 | Samoa | 786.48 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 15 | Eritrea | 779.9 | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 16 | Egypt | 766.79 | 2021 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 17 | Jamaica | 766.23 | 2021 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 18 | Somalia | 759.69 | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 19 | Moldova | 733.3 | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 724.77 | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 21 | Mongolia | 711.51 | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 708.21 | 2021 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 695.95 | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 24 | Laos | 687.1 | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 25 | Togo | 686.51 | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 684.93 | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 682.25 | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 28 | Angola | 678.58 | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 676.29 | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 30 | Burundi | 670.24 | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 31 | Syria | 669.01 | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 32 | Bahrain | 668.15 | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Malawi | 667.19 | 2021 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 34 | Cambodia | 665.1 | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 35 | Yemen | 662.46 | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 36 | Papua New Guinea | 660.87 | 2021 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 37 | Tonga | 660.83 | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 38 | Pakistan | 658.82 | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 654.92 | 2021 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 649.42 | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 41 | Myanmar | 639.7 | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 42 | Cameroon | 638.81 | 2021 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 638.62 | 2021 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 44 | Ukraine | 629.07 | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 45 | Georgia | 628.52 | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 46 | Iraq | 628.45 | 2021 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 624.59 | 2021 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 48 | Mali | 618.32 | 2021 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 49 | Guinea | 617.58 | 2021 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 50 | Congo | 616.73 | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 51 | South Sudan | 613.11 | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 52 | Gambia | 610.44 | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 53 | Morocco | 610.39 | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 54 | Rwanda | 608.54 | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 55 | Serbia | 608.13 | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 56 | Ghana | 606.38 | 2021 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 57 | Chad | 601.57 | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 58 | Cote d'Ivoire | 600.22 | 2021 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 59 | Djibouti | 595.94 | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 60 | Latvia | 595.79 | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 595.78 | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 594.18 | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 63 | Armenia | 593.34 | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 64 | Indonesia | 591.98 | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 65 | Benin | 590.53 | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 66 | Russia | 585.18 | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 67 | North Korea | 584.05 | 2021 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 68 | Comoros | 582.73 | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 69 | Belarus | 580.67 | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 579.15 | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 71 | Sudan | 578.53 | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 72 | Romania | 571.51 | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 73 | Equatorial Guinea | 570.39 | 2021 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 74 | Venezuela | 569.31 | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 75 | Niger | 567.36 | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 566.71 | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 77 | Uganda | 566.13 | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 78 | Liberia | 565.91 | 2021 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 79 | East Timor | 561.17 | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 559.61 | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 82 | Palestine | 557.94 | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 83 | Namibia | 557 | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 84 | Honduras | 556.02 | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 85 | India | 553.35 | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 550.45 | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 87 | Hungary | 548.77 | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 88 | Vietnam | 546.15 | 2021 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 89 | Guyana | 544.57 | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 537.87 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | Lithuania | 534.46 | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 92 | Tanzania | 534.39 | 2021 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 93 | Nepal | 533.61 | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 94 | Gabon | 532.74 | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 95 | Oman | 532.06 | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 96 | Libya | 531.01 | 2021 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritania | 527.21 | 2021 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 527.21 | 2021 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 99 | Malaysia | 526.37 | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 100 | Algeria | 517.45 | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 510.28 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 102 | Bahamas | 510.23 | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 103 | Kenya | 507.84 | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 507.53 | 2021 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 105 | Bolivia | 505.29 | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 504.68 | 2021 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 107 | Nigeria | 495.46 | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 108 | Seychelles | 493.8 | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 109 | China | 491.39 | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 110 | Botswana | 489.11 | 2021 | down 31.8% | flat |
| 111 | Ethiopia | 483.59 | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 112 | Qatar | 479.91 | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 478.91 | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 114 | Slovakia | 473.64 | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 115 | Montenegro | 471.21 | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 116 | Turkey | 470.55 | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 117 | Cuba | 469.19 | 2021 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 466.61 | 2021 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 119 | Grenada | 465.14 | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 462.1 | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 121 | Croatia | 461.02 | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 122 | Brunei | 460.57 | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 123 | Poland | 460.2 | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 124 | Paraguay | 455.78 | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 125 | Mexico | 455.4 | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 126 | Estonia | 454.86 | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 127 | Bhutan | 454.49 | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 452.7 | 2021 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 129 | Brazil | 447.88 | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 130 | Uruguay | 446.41 | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 131 | Guatemala | 438.24 | 2021 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 132 | Ecuador | 437.71 | 2021 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 133 | El Salvador | 435.28 | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 134 | Tunisia | 432.4 | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 432 | 2021 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 429.38 | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 137 | United States | 423.6 | 2021 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 138 | Barbados | 422.99 | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 139 | Czechia | 418.97 | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 140 | Albania | 415.69 | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 141 | Belize | 412.82 | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 142 | Colombia | 412.35 | 2021 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 405.38 | 2021 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 144 | Argentina | 397 | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 145 | Iran | 395.23 | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 146 | Antigua and Barbuda | 389.7 | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 147 | Thailand | 387.15 | 2021 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 148 | Jordan | 380.89 | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 149 | Lebanon | 362.62 | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 150 | Germany | 349.82 | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 151 | Greece | 347.12 | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 152 | United Kingdom | 342.35 | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 153 | Panama | 341.41 | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 154 | Denmark | 340.46 | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 155 | Peru | 336.06 | 2021 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 156 | Finland | 335.24 | 2021 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 157 | Chile | 330.15 | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 158 | Austria | 325.56 | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 159 | Slovenia | 323.32 | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 319.09 | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 161 | Canada | 309.8 | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 162 | Netherlands | 308.12 | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 163 | Ireland | 307.13 | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 164 | Nicaragua | 306.81 | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 165 | Portugal | 306.6 | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 166 | Costa Rica | 305.92 | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 167 | New Zealand | 301.84 | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 168 | Kuwait | 301.81 | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 169 | Malta | 300.48 | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 170 | Iceland | 299.32 | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 171 | Cyprus | 297.19 | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 172 | Italy | 284.94 | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 173 | Belgium | 283.81 | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 174 | France | 281.51 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 175 | Norway | 280.77 | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 176 | Israel | 276.66 | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 177 | Sweden | 276.62 | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 178 | Australia | 275.8 | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 179 | Spain | 274.2 | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 180 | Luxembourg | 263.71 | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 181 | Switzerland | 250.96 | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 182 | Japan | 230.7 | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 183 | Singapore | 223.69 | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 184 | South Korea | 223.24 | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income (World Bank) 626.37
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 597.01
- Africa (WHO region) 575.86
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 574.53
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 540.23
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 491.93
- World 476.18
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 449.86
- Americas (WHO region) 419.97
- Europe (WHO region) 419.95
- High income (World Bank) 364.86
- Central African Republic 791.37