Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions, ages 5-14 (% of total deaths ages 5-14) by country
Number of deaths ages 5-14 due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all deaths ages 5-14, expressed by percentage. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions included infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and...
Countries reporting
185
Highest
75.7%
Congo
Lowest
0.0%
Malta
Median
21.5%
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 (% of total deaths ages 5-14) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 75.7% in Congo; the lowest is 0.0% in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.5%, and the mean is 27.5%.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 9,706.8%), 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 | 75.7% | 2021 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 69.4% | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 3 | Zambia | 66.8% | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 4 | Gabon | 65.8% | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 5 | Kiribati | 63.7% | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 6 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 63.6% | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 7 | South Sudan | 62.3% | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 8 | Malawi | 61.8% | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 9 | Angola | 61.7% | 2021 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 10 | Somalia | 61.6% | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 11 | Kenya | 61.5% | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 12 | Madagascar | 61.4% | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 60.5% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 14 | Burundi | 60.4% | 2021 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 15 | Lesotho | 60.4% | 2021 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 59.3% | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 17 | Botswana | 59.1% | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 18 | Uganda | 57.9% | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 19 | Namibia | 57.7% | 2021 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 20 | Mozambique | 57.4% | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 21 | Nigeria | 56.9% | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 56.4% | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 23 | Solomon Islands | 56.0% | 2021 | up 48.0% | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 55.3% | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 54.8% | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 26 | Eswatini | 54.3% | 2021 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 27 | Niger | 54.3% | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 28 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 53.6% | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 53.5% | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 30 | Chad | 52.7% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 31 | Indonesia | 52.5% | 2021 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 32 | Guinea | 52.0% | 2021 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 33 | Rwanda | 51.5% | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 34 | India | 51.2% | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 51.1% | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 36 | Eritrea | 50.9% | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 37 | Mali | 50.8% | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.7% | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 39 | Cameroon | 49.6% | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 40 | Gambia | 49.4% | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 41 | Seychelles | 49.4% | 2021 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 42 | Djibouti | 48.5% | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 43 | Maldives | 48.0% | 2021 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 47.7% | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 45 | Ghana | 47.5% | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.4% | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 47 | Togo | 47.2% | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritania | 44.5% | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 49 | Timor-Leste | 44.5% | 2021 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 50 | Benin | 44.3% | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 51 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 41.9% | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 52 | Philippines | 41.8% | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 41.0% | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 54 | Senegal | 40.3% | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 55 | Pakistan | 40.3% | 2021 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 56 | Guatemala | 39.4% | 2021 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 57 | Malaysia | 39.1% | 2021 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 58 | Nepal | 37.5% | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 59 | Samoa | 37.4% | 2021 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 60 | Myanmar | 35.9% | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 61 | Cambodia | 35.6% | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 62 | Comoros | 35.2% | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 63 | Bhutan | 34.2% | 2021 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 64 | Fiji | 34.1% | 2021 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 65 | Turkmenistan | 33.2% | 2021 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 66 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.2% | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 32.9% | 2021 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 68 | Peru | 32.5% | 2021 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.1% | 2021 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.4% | 2021 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 71 | Montenegro | 30.8% | 2021 | up 263.2% | rising |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 30.4% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 73 | Romania | 30.2% | 2021 | up 95.2% | falling |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.3% | 2021 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 75 | Cape Verde | 29.1% | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 28.7% | 2021 | up 211.9% | rising |
| 77 | Sudan | 28.5% | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 28.2% | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 79 | Tonga | 28.1% | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.0% | 2021 | up 198.4% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 26.0% | 2021 | up 107.3% | falling |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 25.7% | 2021 | up 170.4% | rising |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 25.5% | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 25.2% | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 25.2% | 2021 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 86 | Thailand | 24.8% | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 87 | Bahamas | 24.7% | 2021 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 88 | Guyana | 24.1% | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.0% | 2021 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 90 | Grenada | 23.6% | 2021 | up 111.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Suriname | 23.4% | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 92 | Oman | 23.3% | 2021 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 93 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 21.5% | 2021 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 94 | Mongolia | 21.4% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 95 | Lebanon | 21.0% | 2021 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 96 | Barbados | 20.7% | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 97 | Viet Nam | 19.3% | 2021 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 98 | Saint Lucia | 19.0% | 2021 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 99 | Belize | 18.9% | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 100 | Republic of Moldova | 18.8% | 2021 | up 281.2% | rising |
| 101 | Egypt | 18.8% | 2021 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 102 | Cuba | 18.6% | 2021 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 103 | Haiti | 18.3% | 2021 | up 246.5% | falling |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.7% | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 105 | Albania | 17.5% | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 106 | Ukraine | 17.5% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 17.4% | 2021 | up 38.1% | falling |
| 108 | Morocco | 17.3% | 2021 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 109 | Slovakia | 16.6% | 2021 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 110 | Ecuador | 16.2% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 111 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 16.0% | 2021 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Kuwait | 16.0% | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 113 | Belarus | 15.8% | 2021 | up 128.0% | rising |
| 114 | Palestine, State of | 15.7% | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 115 | El Salvador | 15.5% | 2021 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 116 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.4% | 2021 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 15.2% | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 118 | Jamaica | 14.9% | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 119 | Türkiye | 14.8% | 2021 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 14.7% | 2021 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 121 | Yemen | 14.6% | 2021 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Colombia | 14.5% | 2021 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 123 | Brazil | 14.4% | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 124 | Mauritius | 14.3% | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 125 | Argentina | 14.3% | 2021 | up 24.7% | flat |
| 126 | Qatar | 13.8% | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 127 | Mexico | 13.8% | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 13.6% | 2021 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 129 | Afghanistan | 13.6% | 2021 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 13.5% | 2021 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Bahrain | 13.0% | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 132 | Libya | 13.0% | 2021 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 133 | Tunisia | 12.9% | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 134 | Honduras | 12.7% | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 12.5% | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 136 | Iraq | 12.3% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 137 | China | 12.3% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 138 | Czechia | 12.3% | 2021 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 139 | Austria | 12.1% | 2021 | up 119.0% | rising |
| 140 | Paraguay | 12.1% | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 141 | Syrian Arab Republic | 12.0% | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 142 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.7% | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 143 | Algeria | 10.9% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 144 | Poland | 10.8% | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 10.2% | 2021 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 146 | Georgia | 10.0% | 2021 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 147 | Portugal | 9.6% | 2021 | up 119.8% | falling |
| 148 | Nicaragua | 9.3% | 2021 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 149 | Uruguay | 8.3% | 2021 | up 431.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Ireland | 8.2% | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 151 | Jordan | 8.1% | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 152 | Serbia | 7.7% | 2021 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 153 | Norway | 7.5% | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 154 | United States of America | 7.5% | 2021 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 155 | Canada | 7.2% | 2021 | up 182.9% | rising |
| 156 | Chile | 6.8% | 2021 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 157 | Estonia | 6.3% | 2021 | up 9,706.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Belgium | 6.0% | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.0% | 2021 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 160 | Italy | 5.6% | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 161 | Spain | 5.3% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 162 | Sweden | 5.1% | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 163 | Latvia | 5.1% | 2021 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 164 | Australia | 4.8% | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 165 | Hungary | 4.6% | 2021 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 166 | Singapore | 4.6% | 2021 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Korea | 4.2% | 2021 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 168 | Netherlands | 4.0% | 2021 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 169 | Germany | 3.8% | 2021 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 170 | New Zealand | 3.7% | 2021 | up 119.3% | rising |
| 171 | Israel | 3.6% | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 172 | Japan | 3.6% | 2021 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 173 | Switzerland | 3.5% | 2021 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 174 | Lithuania | 3.5% | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 175 | Puerto Rico | 3.2% | 2021 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 176 | France | 2.9% | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 177 | Finland | 2.6% | 2021 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Croatia | 2.1% | 2021 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 179 | Greece | 1.3% | 2021 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 180 | Slovenia | 1.2% | 2021 | up 1,283.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Malta | 0.0% | 2021 | — | 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 56.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 55.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 55.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 55.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 54.0%
- Africa Western and Central 53.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 52.0%
- IDA blend 52.0%
- Least developed countries 50.7%
- Low income 50.6%
- IDA total 50.5%
- Lower middle income 49.9%
- IDA only 49.6%
- South Asia 47.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 47.8%
- Low & middle income 46.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 46.7%
- World 46.0%
- Middle income 44.9%
- Pacific island small states 44.4%
- Other small states 44.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 41.9%
- Small states 41.8%
- IBRD only 38.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 30.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 30.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 30.2%
- Arab World 27.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 27.2%
- Upper middle income 27.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 27.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 26.9%
- Caribbean Small States 22.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 20.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 18.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 18.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 17.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 17.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 15.8%
About this data
Number of deaths ages 5-14 due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all 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.