Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions, ages 60+, male (% of total male deaths ages 60+) by country
Number of male deaths ages 60+ due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all male deaths ages 60+, expressed by percentage. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions included infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory...
Countries reporting
185
Highest
61.0%
Peru
Lowest
2.6%
Finland
Median
24.2%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions, ages 60+, male (% of total male deaths ages 60+) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 61.0% in Peru; the lowest is 2.6% in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.2%, and the mean is 24.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 161 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 3,252.2%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania, United Republic of (down 34.1%).
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru | 61.0% | 2021 | up 131.0% | rising |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 55.4% | 2021 | up 848.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Botswana | 54.7% | 2021 | up 58.2% | falling |
| 4 | South Africa | 52.0% | 2021 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 5 | Namibia | 50.7% | 2021 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 6 | Guyana | 47.4% | 2021 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Gabon | 46.9% | 2021 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 8 | Guatemala | 45.6% | 2021 | up 132.7% | rising |
| 9 | Somalia | 45.3% | 2021 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 10 | Lesotho | 44.1% | 2021 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 11 | Paraguay | 43.9% | 2021 | up 366.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 43.4% | 2021 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 43.3% | 2021 | up 156.2% | rising |
| 14 | Suriname | 42.5% | 2021 | up 490.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 42.1% | 2021 | up 457.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Eswatini | 42.0% | 2021 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 41.4% | 2021 | up 704.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.9% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 40.2% | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 20 | India | 40.1% | 2021 | up 86.6% | falling |
| 21 | Equatorial Guinea | 39.3% | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 22 | Mozambique | 38.8% | 2021 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 23 | Grenada | 38.8% | 2021 | up 287.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Congo | 37.6% | 2021 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 37.4% | 2021 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 36.6% | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 27 | Argentina | 36.0% | 2021 | up 175.5% | rising |
| 28 | Chad | 35.8% | 2021 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 29 | Gambia | 35.1% | 2021 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 30 | Malawi | 35.0% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 31 | Cuba | 34.9% | 2021 | up 386.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Oman | 34.7% | 2021 | up 441.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Indonesia | 34.5% | 2021 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 34 | Montenegro | 34.5% | 2021 | up 3,167.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Niger | 34.2% | 2021 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 36 | Lebanon | 33.8% | 2021 | up 365.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Liberia | 33.5% | 2021 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 38 | Cameroon | 33.4% | 2021 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 39 | South Sudan | 33.3% | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 40 | Colombia | 33.2% | 2021 | up 388.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 32.9% | 2021 | up 1,419.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Brazil | 32.7% | 2021 | up 199.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 32.5% | 2021 | up 1,027.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 32.1% | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 45 | Tunisia | 32.0% | 2021 | up 825.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritania | 31.7% | 2021 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 47 | Nepal | 31.2% | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 48 | Jordan | 31.0% | 2021 | up 1,149.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 31.0% | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 50 | Slovakia | 31.0% | 2021 | up 526.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 30.8% | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 30.7% | 2021 | up 3,252.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Guinea | 30.5% | 2021 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 54 | Angola | 30.5% | 2021 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 30.1% | 2021 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 56 | Ecuador | 30.1% | 2021 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 29.9% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 58 | Eritrea | 29.9% | 2021 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 59 | Timor-Leste | 29.8% | 2021 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 60 | Mali | 29.6% | 2021 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 61 | Serbia | 29.6% | 2021 | up 2,502.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Sao Tome and Principe | 29.4% | 2021 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 29.2% | 2021 | up 546.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Belize | 29.2% | 2021 | up 203.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 28.8% | 2021 | up 1,456.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Madagascar | 28.6% | 2021 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 67 | Sudan | 28.6% | 2021 | up 139.2% | rising |
| 68 | Côte d'Ivoire | 28.5% | 2021 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.4% | 2021 | up 169.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Djibouti | 27.8% | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 71 | Georgia | 27.7% | 2021 | up 1,720.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 27.4% | 2021 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 73 | Russian Federation | 27.0% | 2021 | up 1,073.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 27.0% | 2021 | up 182.0% | rising |
| 75 | El Salvador | 26.9% | 2021 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Albania | 26.9% | 2021 | up 1,106.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Seychelles | 26.8% | 2021 | up 112.1% | rising |
| 78 | Senegal | 26.8% | 2021 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 79 | Uganda | 26.7% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 26.4% | 2021 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 81 | Czechia | 26.3% | 2021 | up 487.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Burundi | 26.1% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 83 | Bahamas | 26.0% | 2021 | up 346.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Malaysia | 26.0% | 2021 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 85 | Poland | 25.9% | 2021 | up 565.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Romania | 25.9% | 2021 | up 891.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Togo | 25.6% | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 88 | Benin | 25.5% | 2021 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.0% | 2021 | up 1,222.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Nigeria | 24.9% | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 91 | Comoros | 24.8% | 2021 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 24.7% | 2021 | up 244.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 24.2% | 2021 | up 916.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Myanmar | 24.0% | 2021 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 95 | Panama | 23.9% | 2021 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Singapore | 23.8% | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 97 | Uruguay | 23.4% | 2021 | up 239.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Philippines | 23.3% | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 99 | Pakistan | 22.6% | 2021 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 100 | Chile | 22.5% | 2021 | up 210.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Cape Verde | 22.4% | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 22.4% | 2021 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 103 | Libya | 22.1% | 2021 | up 395.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.0% | 2021 | up 430.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 22.0% | 2021 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 106 | Türkiye | 21.9% | 2021 | up 653.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 21.8% | 2021 | up 1,020.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Egypt | 21.7% | 2021 | up 330.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Haiti | 21.7% | 2021 | up 185.7% | falling |
| 110 | Thailand | 21.7% | 2021 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 111 | Rwanda | 21.6% | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 112 | Republic of Moldova | 21.3% | 2021 | up 1,220.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Fiji | 20.9% | 2021 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Yemen | 20.8% | 2021 | up 178.1% | rising |
| 115 | Greece | 20.6% | 2021 | up 273.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.3% | 2021 | up 897.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Palestine, State of | 20.0% | 2021 | up 495.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Kuwait | 19.7% | 2021 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 19.6% | 2021 | up 395.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 19.5% | 2021 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.5% | 2021 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 122 | Kiribati | 18.6% | 2021 | up 32.5% | flat |
| 123 | Honduras | 18.4% | 2021 | up 150.7% | rising |
| 124 | Netherlands | 18.3% | 2021 | up 191.2% | volatile |
| 125 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18.1% | 2021 | up 183.0% | rising |
| 126 | Belgium | 18.0% | 2021 | up 156.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Hungary | 17.8% | 2021 | up 1,462.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Lithuania | 17.8% | 2021 | up 792.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Ukraine | 17.4% | 2021 | up 1,109.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovenia | 17.2% | 2021 | up 421.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Croatia | 17.2% | 2021 | up 1,011.6% | volatile |
| 132 | United States of America | 17.1% | 2021 | up 244.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 16.8% | 2021 | up 200.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 16.7% | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 135 | Italy | 16.3% | 2021 | up 411.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 16.2% | 2021 | up 131.1% | rising |
| 137 | Portugal | 16.0% | 2021 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 138 | Korea | 15.5% | 2021 | up 118.9% | rising |
| 139 | Qatar | 15.3% | 2021 | up 300.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Latvia | 15.3% | 2021 | up 842.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Belarus | 15.1% | 2021 | up 1,414.9% | volatile |
| 142 | France | 15.1% | 2021 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 15.1% | 2021 | up 179.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Ireland | 14.6% | 2021 | up 172.4% | rising |
| 145 | Morocco | 14.6% | 2021 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Estonia | 14.6% | 2021 | up 836.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Bahrain | 14.4% | 2021 | up 241.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Spain | 14.2% | 2021 | up 258.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14.2% | 2021 | up 165.8% | rising |
| 150 | Mauritius | 14.1% | 2021 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 14.0% | 2021 | up 31.1% | falling |
| 152 | Brunei Darussalam | 14.0% | 2021 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 153 | Malta | 13.8% | 2021 | up 182.3% | rising |
| 154 | Switzerland | 13.7% | 2021 | up 324.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Maldives | 13.6% | 2021 | up 149.8% | rising |
| 156 | Barbados | 13.5% | 2021 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 13.2% | 2021 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 158 | Cyprus | 13.2% | 2021 | up 274.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Algeria | 13.2% | 2021 | up 173.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Mongolia | 13.0% | 2021 | up 605.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Iraq | 12.6% | 2021 | up 358.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Austria | 12.3% | 2021 | up 441.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Sweden | 12.0% | 2021 | up 165.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 12.0% | 2021 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Jamaica | 11.9% | 2021 | up 155.2% | rising |
| 166 | Saudi Arabia | 11.9% | 2021 | up 98.0% | rising |
| 167 | Germany | 11.7% | 2021 | up 150.8% | rising |
| 168 | Bhutan | 11.4% | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 169 | United Arab Emirates | 11.1% | 2021 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 170 | Japan | 10.7% | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 171 | Viet Nam | 10.2% | 2021 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 172 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9.8% | 2021 | up 258.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Denmark | 9.8% | 2021 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 174 | Uzbekistan | 9.1% | 2021 | up 350.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Canada | 8.5% | 2021 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 176 | Norway | 7.9% | 2021 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 177 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.8% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 178 | Tonga | 7.6% | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 179 | Turkmenistan | 7.2% | 2021 | up 123.8% | rising |
| 180 | Samoa | 5.1% | 2021 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 181 | Iceland | 4.2% | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 182 | Australia | 3.9% | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 183 | New Zealand | 3.8% | 2021 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 184 | China | 2.7% | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 185 | Finland | 2.6% | 2021 | up 43.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 38.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 38.6%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 36.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 35.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 35.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 35.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 35.1%
- Lower middle income 34.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 33.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 33.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 33.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 31.3%
- Caribbean Small States 30.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 29.8%
- Africa Western and Central 28.6%
- Low income 28.2%
- Least developed countries 28.0%
- IDA only 27.2%
- IDA total 26.5%
- IDA blend 25.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 24.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 24.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 23.9%
- Low & middle income 23.8%
- IBRD only 23.6%
- Middle income 23.5%
- Small states 22.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 22.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 22.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 22.5%
- World 22.1%
- Arab World 21.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 20.9%
- Other small states 20.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 19.7%
- OECD members 17.9%
- Pacific island small states 17.7%
- High income 17.4%
- European Union 17.0%
- North America 16.3%
About this data
Number of male deaths ages 60+ due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all male deaths ages 60+, expressed by percentage. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions included infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.