Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions, ages 15-59, male (% of total male deaths ages 15-59) by country
Number of male deaths ages 15-59 due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all male deaths ages 15-59, expressed by percentage. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions included infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory...
Countries reporting
185
Highest
63.3%
Botswana
Lowest
2.4%
Finland
Median
24.7%
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 15-59, male (% of total male deaths ages 15-59) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 63.3% in Botswana; the lowest is 2.4% in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.7%, and the mean is 25.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 1,986.7%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 37.4%).
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 63.3% | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.1% | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 3 | Namibia | 57.7% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 4 | Congo | 57.0% | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 5 | Lesotho | 56.2% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 6 | Peru | 56.1% | 2021 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 7 | Kenya | 53.6% | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 8 | Mozambique | 52.3% | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.0% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 10 | Gabon | 51.2% | 2021 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 51.1% | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 12 | Zambia | 49.4% | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 13 | Eswatini | 49.1% | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 14 | South Africa | 47.4% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 47.4% | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 47.3% | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 17 | Gambia | 45.4% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 18 | Paraguay | 45.2% | 2021 | up 408.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Liberia | 44.9% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 20 | Somalia | 44.5% | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 21 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 44.4% | 2021 | up 121.9% | rising |
| 22 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 43.3% | 2021 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 23 | South Sudan | 43.1% | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 24 | Suriname | 42.3% | 2021 | up 104.1% | rising |
| 25 | Angola | 42.0% | 2021 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 26 | Argentina | 41.6% | 2021 | up 301.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Tunisia | 41.2% | 2021 | up 988.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Djibouti | 39.8% | 2021 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 39.7% | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 30 | Uganda | 39.4% | 2021 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 31 | Ghana | 39.2% | 2021 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 32 | Cameroon | 39.0% | 2021 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 33 | Indonesia | 39.0% | 2021 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 34 | Guyana | 38.9% | 2021 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 35 | Chad | 38.6% | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 38.3% | 2021 | up 754.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Guinea | 37.7% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 38 | Lebanon | 37.4% | 2021 | up 638.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.3% | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 40 | India | 36.8% | 2021 | up 48.8% | falling |
| 41 | Antigua and Barbuda | 36.4% | 2021 | up 160.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Colombia | 36.1% | 2021 | up 390.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Madagascar | 36.0% | 2021 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 35.8% | 2021 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 45 | Jordan | 35.8% | 2021 | up 1,293.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Oman | 35.6% | 2021 | up 519.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Mauritania | 35.6% | 2021 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 48 | Mexico | 35.4% | 2021 | up 365.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Brazil | 34.9% | 2021 | up 231.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Burundi | 34.4% | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 51 | Nigeria | 34.2% | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 52 | Albania | 34.1% | 2021 | up 836.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 34.0% | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 54 | Maldives | 33.4% | 2021 | up 558.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Timor-Leste | 32.9% | 2021 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 56 | Niger | 32.6% | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 57 | Sudan | 32.5% | 2021 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 32.4% | 2021 | up 285.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Mali | 32.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 60 | Grenada | 32.2% | 2021 | up 217.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.9% | 2021 | up 1,041.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Cuba | 31.8% | 2021 | up 466.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 31.7% | 2021 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 64 | Sao Tome and Principe | 31.5% | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 65 | Togo | 31.3% | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 31.2% | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 67 | Eritrea | 31.1% | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 68 | Rwanda | 31.1% | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 69 | Nepal | 30.8% | 2021 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 70 | Senegal | 30.7% | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 30.2% | 2021 | up 233.9% | volatile |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 30.0% | 2021 | up 1,858.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 29.4% | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 29.2% | 2021 | up 186.1% | rising |
| 75 | Benin | 29.2% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 76 | Guatemala | 29.1% | 2021 | up 174.9% | falling |
| 77 | Egypt | 28.8% | 2021 | up 487.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 28.4% | 2021 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Ecuador | 27.7% | 2021 | up 160.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 27.4% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 81 | Serbia | 27.2% | 2021 | up 1,092.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Republic of Moldova | 27.1% | 2021 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 83 | Montenegro | 26.9% | 2021 | up 1,986.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Türkiye | 26.9% | 2021 | up 772.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 26.8% | 2021 | up 290.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Myanmar | 26.4% | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2021 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Barbados | 26.1% | 2021 | up 72.6% | falling |
| 89 | Belize | 25.7% | 2021 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 90 | Seychelles | 25.7% | 2021 | up 179.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Romania | 24.9% | 2021 | up 287.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Malaysia | 24.9% | 2021 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 24.7% | 2021 | up 566.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Bahrain | 24.6% | 2021 | up 413.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Pakistan | 24.2% | 2021 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 96 | Comoros | 24.0% | 2021 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 97 | Slovakia | 23.6% | 2021 | up 502.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Uruguay | 23.5% | 2021 | up 190.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.2% | 2021 | up 212.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Chile | 22.8% | 2021 | up 238.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Georgia | 22.7% | 2021 | up 385.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Jamaica | 22.7% | 2021 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 103 | Palestine, State of | 22.6% | 2021 | up 866.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 22.4% | 2021 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 105 | Hungary | 21.4% | 2021 | up 1,208.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Ukraine | 21.0% | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 107 | Cambodia | 20.5% | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 20.3% | 2021 | up 187.8% | rising |
| 109 | Kuwait | 20.3% | 2021 | up 413.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Fiji | 20.3% | 2021 | up 226.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Haiti | 20.0% | 2021 | up 105.9% | falling |
| 112 | Armenia | 20.0% | 2021 | up 280.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 19.9% | 2021 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 114 | Libya | 19.9% | 2021 | up 312.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Bahamas | 19.4% | 2021 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.4% | 2021 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.3% | 2021 | up 108.2% | falling |
| 118 | Poland | 19.1% | 2021 | up 424.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Philippines | 19.0% | 2021 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 120 | Qatar | 18.3% | 2021 | up 435.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Czechia | 18.3% | 2021 | up 384.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Morocco | 18.2% | 2021 | up 192.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Kiribati | 18.0% | 2021 | up 31.7% | flat |
| 124 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17.6% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 125 | Belarus | 17.5% | 2021 | up 206.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Honduras | 16.7% | 2021 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 127 | United States of America | 16.7% | 2021 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Solomon Islands | 16.5% | 2021 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 16.3% | 2021 | up 220.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 16.2% | 2021 | up 189.6% | rising |
| 131 | Lithuania | 16.1% | 2021 | up 229.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Israel | 16.1% | 2021 | up 243.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 16.0% | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 134 | Greece | 15.6% | 2021 | up 408.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 15.5% | 2021 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 15.5% | 2021 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Bhutan | 15.5% | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 138 | Algeria | 15.0% | 2021 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Thailand | 14.8% | 2021 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 140 | Croatia | 14.6% | 2021 | up 736.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 14.3% | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 142 | Portugal | 14.3% | 2021 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 143 | Mauritius | 14.2% | 2021 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 144 | Latvia | 14.1% | 2021 | up 157.6% | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 14.1% | 2021 | up 110.7% | rising |
| 146 | Yemen | 14.0% | 2021 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 13.7% | 2021 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 148 | Iraq | 12.9% | 2021 | up 384.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Brunei Darussalam | 12.0% | 2021 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 150 | Cyprus | 11.8% | 2021 | up 502.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 11.1% | 2021 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 152 | Mongolia | 10.9% | 2021 | up 74.4% | falling |
| 153 | Italy | 10.8% | 2021 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Luxembourg | 10.7% | 2021 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Viet Nam | 10.5% | 2021 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 9.9% | 2021 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 157 | Estonia | 9.7% | 2021 | up 104.4% | flat |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 9.6% | 2021 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 159 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9.5% | 2021 | up 164.6% | rising |
| 160 | Spain | 9.4% | 2021 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 161 | Germany | 9.3% | 2021 | up 186.3% | rising |
| 162 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.8% | 2021 | up 185.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Netherlands | 8.6% | 2021 | up 169.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 8.3% | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 165 | Austria | 8.2% | 2021 | up 226.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Belgium | 7.6% | 2021 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Singapore | 7.3% | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 168 | Malta | 7.2% | 2021 | up 202.8% | rising |
| 169 | Switzerland | 7.1% | 2021 | up 120.1% | rising |
| 170 | Canada | 7.0% | 2021 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 171 | Sweden | 7.0% | 2021 | up 132.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | 6.7% | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 173 | Ireland | 6.0% | 2021 | up 136.2% | rising |
| 174 | France | 5.8% | 2021 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 175 | Korea | 5.5% | 2021 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 176 | Samoa | 5.5% | 2021 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 177 | Iceland | 5.4% | 2021 | up 226.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Slovenia | 5.2% | 2021 | up 221.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Japan | 5.0% | 2021 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 180 | Denmark | 4.2% | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 181 | China | 3.8% | 2021 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 182 | Norway | 2.9% | 2021 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 183 | New Zealand | 2.5% | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 184 | Australia | 2.4% | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 185 | Finland | 2.4% | 2021 | up 55.4% | falling |
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 42.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 40.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 40.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 36.7%
- Africa Western and Central 36.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 35.7%
- South Asia 35.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 35.6%
- Lower middle income 34.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 34.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 33.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 33.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 33.6%
- IDA blend 32.8%
- Least developed countries 32.3%
- Low income 32.1%
- IDA total 31.9%
- IDA only 31.4%
- Other small states 29.8%
- Caribbean Small States 28.4%
- Low & middle income 28.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 28.3%
- Middle income 27.9%
- IBRD only 27.2%
- Small states 27.1%
- World 26.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 25.8%
- Arab World 24.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 23.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 22.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 22.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 22.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 21.5%
- Upper middle income 21.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 20.7%
- OECD members 19.1%
- High income 17.9%
- North America 16.1%
- Pacific island small states 16.0%
About this data
Number of male deaths ages 15-59 due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all male deaths ages 15-59, 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.