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