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Burden of disease who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
80,852
Lesotho
Lowest
15,748
United Arab Emirates
Median
35,727
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,263

What the numbers show

Burden of disease who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 80,852 in Lesotho; the lowest is 15,748 in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 35,727, and the mean is 37,579.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 49.4%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 36.8%).

Burden of disease who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 80,852 2021 down 8.2% falling
2 Central African Republic 80,365 2021 down 16.6% falling
3 Somalia 79,453 2021 down 36.8% falling
4 Niger 73,791 2021 down 12.7% falling
5 Chad 68,801 2021 down 23.6% falling
6 Eswatini 67,502 2021 down 22.5% falling
7 Mali 61,760 2021 down 22.6% falling
8 South Sudan 61,270 2021 down 10.1% falling
9 Nigeria 60,776 2021 down 20.0% falling
10 Mozambique 60,240 2021 down 24.1% falling
11 Sierra Leone 59,393 2021 down 30.3% falling
12 Guinea 58,824 2021 down 18.5% falling
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 57,875 2021 down 24.0% falling
14 Bulgaria 56,818 2021 up 32.7% rising
15 Guinea-Bissau 55,999 2021 down 22.5% falling
16 South Africa 55,776 2021 down 8.9% falling
17 Afghanistan 55,678 2021 down 6.8% falling
18 Equatorial Guinea 54,506 2021 down 20.5% falling
19 Burkina Faso 53,143 2021 down 26.9% falling
20 Benin 52,782 2021 down 18.0% falling
21 Angola 52,530 2021 down 28.2% falling
22 Cameroon 52,353 2021 down 26.9% falling
23 Zimbabwe 52,166 2021 down 26.8% falling
24 Monaco 51,637 2021 up 21.0% rising
25 Ukraine 51,150 2021 up 9.0% falling
26 Liberia 51,148 2021 down 20.0% falling
27 Russia 50,852 2021 up 6.6% falling
28 Kiribati 50,666 2021 up 2.2% flat
29 Namibia 50,493 2021 down 0.1% falling
30 Serbia 50,050 2021 up 23.0% flat
31 Haiti 49,450 2021 down 8.8% falling
32 Latvia 49,381 2021 up 15.0% falling
33 Botswana 49,239 2021 down 15.2% falling
34 Cote d'Ivoire 48,222 2021 down 29.6% falling
35 Madagascar 48,213 2021 down 3.1% falling
36 Zambia 48,010 2021 down 21.4% falling
37 Moldova 46,890 2021 up 10.8% falling
38 Lithuania 46,791 2021 up 8.6% flat
39 Romania 46,356 2021 up 22.2% flat
40 Togo 45,937 2021 down 24.0% falling
41 Niue 45,661 2021 up 3.7% flat
42 Palau 45,529 2021 up 9.9% rising
43 Marshall Islands 44,756 2021 up 4.4% flat
44 Georgia 44,734 2021 up 11.9% rising
45 Belarus 44,614 2021 down 5.8% falling
46 Hungary 44,213 2021 up 12.2% falling
47 Burundi 43,909 2021 down 30.8% falling
48 Guyana 43,473 2021 up 6.0% flat
49 Congo 42,940 2021 down 17.9% falling
50 Djibouti 42,812 2021 down 13.7% falling
51 Pakistan 42,609 2021 down 15.1% falling
52 Malawi 42,408 2021 down 32.1% falling
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 41,825 2021 up 29.7% rising
54 Fiji 41,802 2021 up 22.8% rising
55 Eritrea 41,540 2021 down 16.7% falling
56 Gabon 41,530 2021 down 19.6% falling
57 Cuba 41,337 2021 up 49.4% rising
58 Gambia 41,226 2021 down 20.9% falling
59 North Macedonia 41,111 2021 up 31.2% rising
60 Nauru 41,064 2021 down 15.3% falling
61 Yemen 40,525 2021 up 3.1% falling
62 Croatia 40,410 2021 up 14.7% flat
63 India 40,278 2021 up 1.7% falling
64 Slovakia 40,197 2021 up 22.3% flat
65 Poland 39,943 2021 up 19.6% rising
66 Micronesia (country) 39,897 2021 up 3.8% flat
67 Trinidad and Tobago 39,430 2021 up 25.1% rising
68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 39,222 2021 up 25.0% rising
69 Tanzania 39,059 2021 down 26.3% falling
70 Sudan 38,952 2021 down 15.2% falling
71 Bahamas 38,901 2021 up 26.0% rising
72 Ghana 38,692 2021 down 21.8% falling
73 Myanmar 38,683 2021 down 8.7% falling
74 Bolivia 38,650 2021 up 21.7% falling
75 Montenegro 38,640 2021 up 22.1% flat
76 Tuvalu 38,323 2021 down 1.8% falling
77 Papua New Guinea 38,313 2021 down 6.8% falling
78 Estonia 38,124 2021 up 4.2% falling
79 Comoros 37,950 2021 down 16.4% falling
80 Czechia 37,865 2021 up 15.2% flat
81 United States 37,845 2021 up 24.0% rising
82 Philippines 37,744 2021 up 21.1% flat
83 Suriname 37,573 2021 up 22.9% flat
84 Saint Lucia 37,507 2021 up 36.9% rising
85 Uganda 37,404 2021 down 32.5% falling
86 Armenia 37,296 2021 up 12.6% rising
87 Indonesia 37,059 2021 up 12.3% falling
88 Dominica 37,038 2021 up 7.5% rising
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37,015 2021 up 14.5% rising
90 Ethiopia 36,986 2021 down 26.2% falling
91 Mauritius 36,886 2021 up 18.1% rising
92 Uruguay 36,482 2021 up 15.5% flat
93 Brazil 36,425 2021 up 20.9% flat
94 East Timor 36,149 2021 down 16.0% falling
95 Rwanda 35,984 2021 down 20.0% falling
96 North Korea 35,831 2021 up 0.9% falling
97 Mexico 35,750 2021 up 34.8% rising
98 Thailand 35,703 2021 up 18.9% falling
99 Solomon Islands 35,654 2021 down 2.9% falling
100 Kazakhstan 35,526 2021 down 5.6% falling
101 Greece 35,506 2021 up 15.2% rising
102 Turkmenistan 35,109 2021 up 1.2% falling
103 Jamaica 34,961 2021 up 27.8% rising
104 Senegal 34,663 2021 down 24.3% falling
105 Venezuela 34,440 2021 up 26.7% rising
106 Germany 34,386 2021 up 8.2% flat
107 Grenada 34,114 2021 up 2.1% flat
108 Cambodia 34,048 2021 down 4.9% falling
109 Kenya 34,003 2021 down 25.8% falling
110 Albania 33,994 2021 up 17.2% rising
111 Laos 33,723 2021 down 19.8% falling
112 Mauritania 33,397 2021 down 15.4% falling
113 El Salvador 33,392 2021 up 16.7% flat
114 Vanuatu 33,182 2021 down 3.8% falling
115 Guatemala 32,960 2021 up 4.9% falling
116 Barbados 32,937 2021 up 6.7% rising
117 Paraguay 32,931 2021 up 25.4% flat
118 Nepal 32,878 2021 down 4.1% falling
119 Portugal 32,826 2021 up 5.3% falling
120 Peru 32,540 2021 up 40.2% flat
121 Argentina 32,225 2021 up 11.6% flat
122 Italy 32,011 2021 up 8.8% flat
123 Mongolia 31,803 2021 down 9.8% falling
124 Slovenia 31,776 2021 up 6.0% falling
125 Lebanon 31,514 2021 up 37.8% rising
126 Dominican Republic 31,398 2021 up 6.1% rising
127 Morocco 31,154 2021 up 6.1% falling
128 United Kingdom 31,145 2021 up 9.8% falling
129 Tunisia 31,119 2021 up 23.4% rising
130 Egypt 30,901 2021 up 2.1% falling
131 Finland 30,857 2021 up 1.4% falling
132 Cook Islands 30,628 2021 up 12.1% rising
133 Honduras 30,381 2021 up 12.0% falling
134 Austria 30,330 2021 up 4.9% flat
135 Japan 30,022 2021 up 3.6% rising
136 France 29,864 2021 up 5.7% flat
137 Samoa 29,635 2021 up 3.3% rising
138 Seychelles 29,501 2021 up 4.1% rising
139 Azerbaijan 29,447 2021 down 7.2% falling
140 Belgium 29,443 2021 down 2.8% falling
141 Denmark 29,354 2021 down 0.3% falling
142 Netherlands 29,324 2021 up 10.6% flat
143 Vietnam 29,278 2021 up 3.4% rising
144 Colombia 29,236 2021 up 22.6% falling
145 Malaysia 29,095 2021 up 24.0% rising
146 Libya 29,060 2021 down 6.7% rising
147 Ecuador 28,637 2021 up 13.0% falling
148 Bangladesh 28,628 2021 down 8.1% falling
149 Canada 28,546 2021 up 10.0% rising
150 Iran 28,468 2021 up 15.8% flat
151 Spain 28,343 2021 up 6.2% flat
152 Antigua and Barbuda 28,236 2021 up 7.4% rising
153 Chile 27,957 2021 up 12.8% rising
154 Iraq 27,335 2021 down 12.8% falling
155 Turkey 27,262 2021 up 15.5% falling
156 Sri Lanka 27,236 2021 down 0.8% falling
157 Syria 27,236 2021 down 1.8% rising
158 Uzbekistan 27,223 2021 down 20.6% falling
159 China 27,134 2021 up 1.0% falling
160 Malta 27,006 2021 down 0.5% flat
161 Belize 26,954 2021 up 3.3% falling
162 Tajikistan 26,889 2021 down 10.4% falling
163 Sweden 26,757 2021 down 2.0% falling
164 Cape Verde 26,715 2021 down 0.3% falling
165 Switzerland 26,649 2021 up 0.6% falling
166 Tonga 26,462 2021 up 0.8% flat
167 Costa Rica 26,321 2021 up 23.5% rising
168 Kyrgyzstan 26,185 2021 down 17.0% falling
169 Panama 26,040 2021 up 7.6% flat
170 San Marino 25,969 2021 up 2.4% rising
171 Andorra 25,808 2021 up 11.6% flat
172 New Zealand 25,691 2021 down 0.8% falling
173 Bhutan 25,417 2021 down 14.1% falling
174 Norway 25,300 2021 down 4.5% falling
175 Sao Tome and Principe 25,285 2021 down 21.8% falling
176 Australia 25,050 2021 down 0.7% falling
177 Algeria 25,045 2021 down 0.1% falling
178 Ireland 25,038 2021 up 2.8% falling
179 Nicaragua 25,010 2021 up 7.8% falling
180 South Korea 24,015 2021 up 4.7% flat
181 Luxembourg 23,995 2021 down 3.9% falling
182 Cyprus 23,970 2021 up 9.2% flat
183 Iceland 23,129 2021 up 2.7% flat
184 Brunei 22,781 2021 up 22.1% rising
185 Bahrain 22,304 2021 up 14.8% falling
186 Oman 22,109 2021 up 2.8% falling
187 Kuwait 21,356 2021 up 29.8% rising
188 Singapore 21,348 2021 up 12.7% flat
189 Jordan 21,251 2021 up 2.5% falling
190 Maldives 20,932 2021 up 6.9% falling
191 Israel 20,770 2021 up 1.1% falling
192 Saudi Arabia 19,299 2021 down 4.9% falling
193 Qatar 16,878 2021 down 4.1% falling
194 United Arab Emirates 15,748 2021 down 0.0% falling

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Indicator
Burden of disease who
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,263 data points, 2000–2021
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