Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions, ages 5-14, male (% of total male deaths ages 5-14) by country
Number of male deaths ages 5-14 due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all male deaths ages 5-14, expressed by percentage. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions included infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory...
Countries reporting
185
Highest
68.7%
Congo
Lowest
0.0%
Singapore
Median
19.3%
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 5-14, male (% of total male deaths ages 5-14) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 68.7% in Congo; the lowest is 0.0% in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.3%, and the mean is 25.1%.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 3,515.3%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo | 68.7% | 2021 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 67.9% | 2021 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 3 | Zambia | 64.2% | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 4 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 63.1% | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 5 | Gabon | 62.3% | 2021 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 6 | Kiribati | 61.3% | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 7 | Kenya | 60.7% | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 8 | Malawi | 59.8% | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 9 | Madagascar | 59.7% | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 10 | South Sudan | 59.6% | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 11 | Angola | 57.9% | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 12 | Burundi | 57.8% | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 13 | Lesotho | 57.3% | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 14 | Somalia | 56.7% | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 56.4% | 2021 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 16 | Namibia | 55.4% | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 55.3% | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 18 | Nigeria | 55.3% | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 54.7% | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 20 | Botswana | 54.6% | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 54.5% | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 53.1% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 51.4% | 2021 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 24 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 51.1% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 25 | Liberia | 51.1% | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | 51.1% | 2021 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 50.4% | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 28 | Niger | 50.1% | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 49.9% | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 30 | Guinea | 49.9% | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 31 | Eritrea | 49.5% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 32 | Eswatini | 49.3% | 2021 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 33 | Sao Tome and Principe | 49.2% | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 34 | Chad | 49.1% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 35 | Rwanda | 49.0% | 2021 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 36 | India | 48.4% | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 37 | Mali | 48.3% | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 38 | Gambia | 46.9% | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 39 | Indonesia | 46.8% | 2021 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 40 | Cameroon | 46.4% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 45.4% | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 42 | Djibouti | 45.0% | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 44.6% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 44 | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.6% | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 45 | Ghana | 44.0% | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 46 | Timor-Leste | 42.4% | 2021 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 47 | Benin | 41.8% | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritania | 41.7% | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 49 | Maldives | 39.1% | 2021 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 39.0% | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 51 | Senegal | 38.7% | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 52 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 38.7% | 2021 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 53 | Guatemala | 37.5% | 2021 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 54 | Pakistan | 36.8% | 2021 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 55 | Malaysia | 35.3% | 2021 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 34.2% | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 57 | Comoros | 33.6% | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 58 | Cambodia | 33.4% | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.3% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 33.2% | 2021 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 61 | Nepal | 31.9% | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 62 | Myanmar | 31.2% | 2021 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 63 | Samoa | 31.1% | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 64 | Peru | 30.8% | 2021 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 65 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 30.4% | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.0% | 2021 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 67 | Romania | 29.8% | 2021 | up 140.1% | flat |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 29.3% | 2021 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 69 | Bhutan | 28.5% | 2021 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 70 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 28.4% | 2021 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 28.4% | 2021 | up 204.8% | rising |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 28.3% | 2021 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 73 | Tonga | 28.0% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 74 | Sudan | 27.6% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 75 | Suriname | 25.7% | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 25.6% | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 77 | Seychelles | 25.0% | 2021 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 78 | Cape Verde | 24.9% | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 23.1% | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 80 | Montenegro | 23.0% | 2021 | up 248.3% | rising |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 22.7% | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.5% | 2021 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 83 | Thailand | 22.3% | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 84 | Guyana | 22.0% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 85 | Oman | 21.8% | 2021 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 21.5% | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 87 | Bahamas | 21.5% | 2021 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 88 | Armenia | 20.8% | 2021 | up 216.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Lucia | 20.7% | 2021 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 90 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 20.0% | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 91 | Mongolia | 19.9% | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 92 | Republic of Moldova | 19.5% | 2021 | up 562.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Cuba | 19.3% | 2021 | up 167.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Russian Federation | 19.2% | 2021 | up 131.0% | rising |
| 95 | Lebanon | 19.2% | 2021 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 96 | Viet Nam | 18.4% | 2021 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.2% | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 98 | Belize | 18.2% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 99 | Panama | 18.1% | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 17.9% | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 101 | Slovakia | 17.4% | 2021 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Albania | 17.1% | 2021 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 103 | Egypt | 17.0% | 2021 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 104 | Haiti | 16.9% | 2021 | up 248.9% | falling |
| 105 | Barbados | 16.3% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 16.3% | 2021 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 107 | Ukraine | 16.1% | 2021 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 108 | Ecuador | 15.8% | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 109 | Belarus | 15.7% | 2021 | up 178.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Palestine, State of | 15.2% | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 111 | Kuwait | 14.6% | 2021 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 112 | Morocco | 14.4% | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 113 | Türkiye | 14.4% | 2021 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 114 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.2% | 2021 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 115 | Jamaica | 14.1% | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 116 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 13.9% | 2021 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Argentina | 13.4% | 2021 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 118 | Colombia | 13.3% | 2021 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 119 | Georgia | 13.3% | 2021 | up 41.0% | falling |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 13.0% | 2021 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 121 | Mexico | 12.7% | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 122 | Yemen | 12.5% | 2021 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Bahrain | 12.4% | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 124 | El Salvador | 12.3% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 125 | Brazil | 12.3% | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 126 | Czechia | 12.2% | 2021 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 127 | Tunisia | 12.1% | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 128 | Qatar | 11.9% | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 129 | Poland | 11.5% | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 11.4% | 2021 | up 47.1% | falling |
| 131 | Honduras | 11.4% | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 132 | Austria | 10.9% | 2021 | up 295.5% | volatile |
| 133 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.9% | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 10.8% | 2021 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 135 | Iraq | 10.8% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 10.8% | 2021 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 10.3% | 2021 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 138 | Serbia | 9.9% | 2021 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 139 | China | 9.7% | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 140 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9.7% | 2021 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 141 | Algeria | 9.5% | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 8.8% | 2021 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 8.2% | 2021 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 144 | Chile | 8.0% | 2021 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 145 | Paraguay | 7.9% | 2021 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.8% | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 147 | Portugal | 7.7% | 2021 | up 146.6% | falling |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 7.7% | 2021 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Norway | 7.5% | 2021 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Jordan | 7.3% | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 151 | United States of America | 7.3% | 2021 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 152 | Uruguay | 6.9% | 2021 | up 1,381.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Switzerland | 6.3% | 2021 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Grenada | 6.2% | 2021 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Netherlands | 6.2% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 156 | Lithuania | 5.7% | 2021 | up 1,638.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Italy | 5.4% | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 158 | Belgium | 5.2% | 2021 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Korea | 5.2% | 2021 | up 55.9% | falling |
| 160 | Spain | 5.0% | 2021 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 161 | Sweden | 4.9% | 2021 | down 44.8% | rising |
| 162 | Ireland | 4.6% | 2021 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 163 | Canada | 4.3% | 2021 | up 309.0% | rising |
| 164 | Israel | 4.0% | 2021 | down 34.5% | flat |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.9% | 2021 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Croatia | 3.6% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 167 | France | 3.5% | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 168 | Hungary | 3.4% | 2021 | up 3,515.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 3.4% | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 3.1% | 2021 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Japan | 2.9% | 2021 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 172 | Australia | 2.8% | 2021 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 173 | New Zealand | 1.7% | 2021 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Finland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Greece | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Malta | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Eastern and Southern 54.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 52.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 52.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 52.7%
- Pre-demographic dividend 51.5%
- Africa Western and Central 51.3%
- IDA blend 49.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 49.4%
- Low income 47.7%
- IDA total 47.6%
- Least developed countries 47.4%
- Lower middle income 46.8%
- IDA only 46.3%
- South Asia 43.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 43.8%
- Low & middle income 43.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 43.3%
- World 42.6%
- Middle income 41.4%
- Pacific island small states 41.2%
- Other small states 40.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 38.6%
- Small states 38.2%
- IBRD only 34.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 26.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 26.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 26.2%
- Arab World 24.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 24.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 24.1%
- Upper middle income 24.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23.9%
- Caribbean Small States 20.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 19.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 19.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 16.4%
- Europe & Central Asia 16.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 16.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 16.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 15.4%
About this data
Number of male deaths ages 5-14 due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all male deaths ages 5-14, 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.