Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female (% of total female deaths ages 0-4) by country
Number of female deaths ages 0-4 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 0-4, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female (% of total female deaths ages 0-4) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 60.5% in Japan; the lowest is 3.4% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.9%, and the mean is 27.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 366.4%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 39.5%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 60.5% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 2 | Antigua and Barbuda | 55.9% | 2021 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 55.2% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 4 | Ireland | 53.9% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 5 | Israel | 52.1% | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 6 | Slovenia | 51.9% | 2021 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 7 | Belarus | 51.8% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Finland | 51.8% | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 9 | Lithuania | 51.8% | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 10 | Switzerland | 51.0% | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 11 | Malta | 50.2% | 2021 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 12 | Brunei | 49.5% | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 13 | Kuwait | 49.2% | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 14 | Bahrain | 49.0% | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 15 | Chile | 48.9% | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 16 | Portugal | 48.1% | 2021 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 17 | Iceland | 47.6% | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 18 | Sweden | 46.6% | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 46.5% | 2021 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 46.2% | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 21 | Norway | 46.1% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 22 | Turkey | 44.9% | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 23 | Qatar | 44.5% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 44.4% | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 25 | Oman | 44.1% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Poland | 43.9% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Spain | 43.8% | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 28 | Italy | 43.3% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 29 | Croatia | 43.2% | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 30 | Estonia | 43.2% | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 42.8% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 32 | Germany | 42.8% | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 33 | Slovakia | 42.8% | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 42.5% | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 42.3% | 2021 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 41.6% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 37 | Libya | 41.6% | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 38 | Malaysia | 41.1% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 39 | Barbados | 41.1% | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 40 | Australia | 41.0% | 2021 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 41 | Latvia | 40.7% | 2021 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 42 | Thailand | 40.7% | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 40.6% | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 40.5% | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 45 | Canada | 40.5% | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 46 | Netherlands | 40.2% | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 47 | Ukraine | 40.0% | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.8% | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 49 | Greece | 39.7% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 50 | Hungary | 39.4% | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 51 | Georgia | 39.3% | 2021 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 52 | Cuba | 39.2% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 53 | Belgium | 39.1% | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 54 | Cyprus | 39.0% | 2021 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 55 | United Kingdom | 39.0% | 2021 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 38.5% | 2021 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 57 | United States | 38.5% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 58 | Lebanon | 38.3% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 37.0% | 2021 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 60 | Denmark | 36.8% | 2021 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Tonga | 36.5% | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 62 | El Salvador | 36.4% | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 36.4% | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 64 | France | 36.4% | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 65 | Iran | 36.2% | 2021 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 66 | South Korea | 36.0% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 67 | Russia | 35.7% | 2021 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 68 | Colombia | 35.7% | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 35.5% | 2021 | up 110.6% | rising |
| 70 | Panama | 35.5% | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.4% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 35.4% | 2021 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 35.2% | 2021 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 74 | Moldova | 35.1% | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Seychelles | 34.7% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 76 | Maldives | 34.5% | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 77 | Mongolia | 34.4% | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 78 | Mexico | 34.3% | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 79 | North Korea | 33.8% | 2021 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 80 | Syria | 33.7% | 2021 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 33.6% | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 82 | Jordan | 32.9% | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 32.8% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 84 | Albania | 32.5% | 2021 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 85 | China | 32.1% | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 32.0% | 2021 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 87 | Tunisia | 32.0% | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 88 | Brazil | 31.9% | 2021 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 89 | Vietnam | 31.0% | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 90 | Puerto Rico | 31.0% | 2021 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 91 | Romania | 31.0% | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 30.9% | 2021 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 93 | Indonesia | 30.9% | 2021 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 94 | Serbia | 30.7% | 2021 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 95 | Peru | 30.7% | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 96 | Morocco | 30.2% | 2021 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 29.7% | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 29.7% | 2021 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 99 | Mauritius | 29.5% | 2021 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 100 | Bahamas | 29.1% | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 101 | Cape Verde | 28.3% | 2021 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 28.2% | 2021 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 103 | Palestine | 28.0% | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 104 | Samoa | 27.8% | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 105 | Philippines | 27.1% | 2021 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 106 | Honduras | 26.6% | 2021 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 107 | Grenada | 26.3% | 2021 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 108 | Fiji | 25.8% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 109 | Iraq | 25.7% | 2021 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 25.5% | 2021 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 111 | Venezuela | 24.7% | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 112 | Montenegro | 24.6% | 2021 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 113 | Algeria | 24.5% | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 114 | Vanuatu | 24.4% | 2021 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 115 | Bhutan | 24.1% | 2021 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 116 | Guatemala | 24.1% | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.8% | 2021 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 118 | Belize | 22.6% | 2021 | down 39.5% | flat |
| 119 | Bolivia | 22.4% | 2021 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 120 | Jamaica | 22.2% | 2021 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.2% | 2021 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 122 | Suriname | 21.7% | 2021 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 123 | Guyana | 21.4% | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 19.7% | 2021 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 125 | Nepal | 19.0% | 2021 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 18.6% | 2021 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 127 | Micronesia (country) | 17.1% | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 17.0% | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 16.8% | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 130 | South Africa | 16.7% | 2021 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 16.3% | 2021 | up 107.3% | rising |
| 132 | India | 14.7% | 2021 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 133 | Rwanda | 14.1% | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 134 | Botswana | 13.5% | 2021 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 135 | Kiribati | 13.3% | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 136 | Myanmar | 13.2% | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 137 | Pakistan | 13.2% | 2021 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 138 | Eritrea | 12.5% | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 139 | Laos | 12.1% | 2021 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 140 | Kenya | 11.8% | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 141 | Haiti | 11.7% | 2021 | up 366.4% | rising |
| 142 | Namibia | 11.4% | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 143 | Ghana | 11.4% | 2021 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 144 | Senegal | 11.2% | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 145 | East Timor | 10.7% | 2021 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 146 | Sudan | 10.2% | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 147 | Eswatini | 10.2% | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 148 | Malawi | 10.0% | 2021 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 9.7% | 2021 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 150 | Yemen | 9.6% | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 151 | Comoros | 9.5% | 2021 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 152 | Uganda | 9.4% | 2021 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 153 | Lesotho | 9.4% | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 154 | Gambia | 9.4% | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 155 | Mauritania | 9.3% | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 156 | Burundi | 8.4% | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 8.2% | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 158 | Tanzania | 8.1% | 2021 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 159 | Gabon | 8.1% | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 160 | Togo | 8.1% | 2021 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 161 | Zambia | 8.0% | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 162 | Djibouti | 7.9% | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 7.2% | 2021 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.2% | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 165 | Burkina Faso | 7.1% | 2021 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 166 | Congo | 6.8% | 2021 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 167 | Cameroon | 6.6% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 168 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.5% | 2021 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 169 | Madagascar | 6.4% | 2021 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 5.7% | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 171 | Angola | 5.6% | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 172 | Mozambique | 5.5% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 5.4% | 2021 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 174 | Mali | 5.3% | 2021 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 175 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.3% | 2021 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 176 | Somalia | 5.2% | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 177 | Benin | 5.2% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 178 | Chad | 5.0% | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 179 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.0% | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 180 | Guinea | 4.5% | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 181 | Liberia | 4.5% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 182 | Niger | 4.4% | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 183 | South Sudan | 4.0% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 184 | Nigeria | 3.5% | 2021 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 3.4% | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 41.4%
- European Union 40.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 40.3%
- High income 40.3%
- OECD members 39.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 38.8%
- North America 38.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 34.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 33.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 33.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 32.8%
- Upper middle income 29.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 28.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 28.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 28.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 27.9%
- Caribbean Small States 27.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 27.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 27.5%
- Pacific island small states 22.2%
- IBRD only 20.5%
- Arab World 16.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 16.4%
- Small states 15.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 15.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 15.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 15.5%
- South Asia 15.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 15.0%
- Middle income 13.4%
- Other small states 12.5%
- World 11.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 11.4%
- Low & middle income 11.3%
- Lower middle income 10.5%
- IDA only 7.8%
- IDA total 7.5%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 7.5%
- Least developed countries 7.3%
- IDA blend 7.2%
About this data
Number of female deaths ages 0-4 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 0-4, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.