Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, male (% of total male deaths ages 0-4) by country
Number of male deaths ages 0-4 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all male 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.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
60.1%
Japan
Lowest
3.6%
Nigeria
Median
31.2%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, male (% of total male deaths ages 0-4) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 60.1% in Japan; the lowest is 3.6% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.2%, and the mean is 28.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 289.6%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 38.0%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 60.1% | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 59.0% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | 56.0% | 2021 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 4 | Ireland | 54.6% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Slovenia | 53.4% | 2021 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 52.4% | 2021 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 7 | Belarus | 51.5% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 51.5% | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 51.3% | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 10 | Israel | 50.6% | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 11 | Kuwait | 49.8% | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 49.4% | 2021 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 13 | Bahrain | 48.9% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 14 | Finland | 48.1% | 2021 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 15 | Brunei | 47.9% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 16 | Portugal | 47.5% | 2021 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 17 | Norway | 46.6% | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 18 | Croatia | 46.5% | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 19 | Estonia | 46.3% | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 46.3% | 2021 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 21 | Austria | 46.0% | 2021 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 45.2% | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 44.9% | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 24 | Turkey | 44.6% | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 25 | Poland | 44.4% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 26 | Slovakia | 44.2% | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 44.1% | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 28 | Oman | 43.9% | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 43.8% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 30 | Uruguay | 43.7% | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 31 | Italy | 43.2% | 2021 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 32 | Spain | 43.2% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 33 | Germany | 42.3% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 34 | Malaysia | 41.8% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 41.7% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 36 | Libya | 41.5% | 2021 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 37 | Australia | 41.4% | 2021 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 38 | Thailand | 41.1% | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 41.0% | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 40 | Barbados | 41.0% | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 40.9% | 2021 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 40.8% | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 40.6% | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 44 | Ukraine | 40.4% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 45 | Cyprus | 40.2% | 2021 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 46 | Iceland | 40.1% | 2021 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 47 | Netherlands | 39.4% | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 39.3% | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 49 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.3% | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 50 | Belgium | 39.2% | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 51 | Hungary | 39.1% | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 52 | Latvia | 38.9% | 2021 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 53 | United States | 38.7% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 54 | Tonga | 38.6% | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 55 | Cuba | 38.4% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 56 | Lebanon | 38.2% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 38.2% | 2021 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 38.1% | 2021 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 59 | Russia | 38.0% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 37.7% | 2021 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 61 | New Zealand | 37.6% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 62 | Georgia | 37.5% | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 36.7% | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 64 | France | 36.7% | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 65 | Iran | 36.2% | 2021 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 66 | El Salvador | 36.0% | 2021 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 67 | Panama | 35.9% | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 68 | Maldives | 35.8% | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.5% | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 70 | Egypt | 35.4% | 2021 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 71 | Seychelles | 35.4% | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 72 | Armenia | 35.2% | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 35.2% | 2021 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 74 | Denmark | 34.9% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 75 | Colombia | 34.8% | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 34.8% | 2021 | up 112.6% | rising |
| 77 | Czechia | 34.4% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 78 | Mongolia | 34.3% | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 79 | Mexico | 34.1% | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 80 | Moldova | 33.8% | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 81 | North Korea | 33.4% | 2021 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 82 | Syria | 33.1% | 2021 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 83 | Puerto Rico | 33.1% | 2021 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 84 | Jordan | 32.7% | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 85 | Indonesia | 32.6% | 2021 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 32.5% | 2021 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 87 | Ecuador | 32.1% | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 88 | Brazil | 31.9% | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 89 | Tunisia | 31.8% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 90 | China | 31.7% | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 31.4% | 2021 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 92 | Serbia | 31.4% | 2021 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 93 | Mauritius | 31.2% | 2021 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 94 | Romania | 31.1% | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 95 | Vietnam | 31.0% | 2021 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 96 | Peru | 30.6% | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 30.0% | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 98 | Samoa | 29.8% | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 99 | Morocco | 29.6% | 2021 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 100 | Paraguay | 29.4% | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 101 | Bahamas | 29.3% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 28.2% | 2021 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 103 | Palestine | 27.7% | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 104 | Fiji | 27.3% | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 105 | Honduras | 27.1% | 2021 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 106 | Philippines | 27.0% | 2021 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 107 | Grenada | 26.9% | 2021 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 108 | Montenegro | 26.2% | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 26.0% | 2021 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 110 | Vanuatu | 25.8% | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 111 | Iraq | 25.2% | 2021 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 112 | Cambodia | 25.1% | 2021 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 113 | Venezuela | 25.0% | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 114 | Algeria | 24.3% | 2021 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 115 | Bhutan | 24.2% | 2021 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 24.1% | 2021 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 117 | Guatemala | 23.8% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 23.2% | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 119 | Solomon Islands | 22.8% | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 120 | Suriname | 22.7% | 2021 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 121 | Belize | 22.6% | 2021 | down 38.0% | flat |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.5% | 2021 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 123 | Bolivia | 22.4% | 2021 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 124 | Guyana | 21.6% | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 125 | Nepal | 18.9% | 2021 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 18.3% | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 127 | Micronesia (country) | 17.4% | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | 17.2% | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 17.0% | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 130 | South Africa | 16.8% | 2021 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 16.8% | 2021 | up 105.8% | rising |
| 132 | India | 14.7% | 2021 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 133 | Botswana | 14.3% | 2021 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 134 | Rwanda | 14.1% | 2021 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 135 | Kiribati | 13.5% | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 136 | Myanmar | 13.2% | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 137 | Pakistan | 13.1% | 2021 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 138 | Eritrea | 12.7% | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 139 | Laos | 12.2% | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 140 | Ghana | 11.8% | 2021 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 141 | Haiti | 11.6% | 2021 | up 289.6% | rising |
| 142 | Namibia | 11.6% | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 143 | Sudan | 11.2% | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 144 | East Timor | 11.2% | 2021 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 145 | Senegal | 11.0% | 2021 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 146 | Kenya | 10.9% | 2021 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 147 | Malawi | 10.7% | 2021 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 148 | Eswatini | 10.6% | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 149 | Uganda | 10.1% | 2021 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 150 | Zimbabwe | 10.0% | 2021 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 9.5% | 2021 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 152 | Mauritania | 9.5% | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 153 | Yemen | 9.5% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 154 | Gambia | 9.4% | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 9.4% | 2021 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 156 | Lesotho | 9.3% | 2021 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 157 | Zambia | 8.7% | 2021 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 158 | Burundi | 8.5% | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 159 | Tanzania | 8.5% | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 160 | Gabon | 8.4% | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 161 | Togo | 8.3% | 2021 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 162 | Djibouti | 8.1% | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 163 | Congo | 7.4% | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 164 | Cameroon | 7.1% | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 165 | Burkina Faso | 7.0% | 2021 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 166 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.0% | 2021 | up 102.5% | rising |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 7.0% | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.5% | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 169 | Madagascar | 6.5% | 2021 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 170 | Mozambique | 5.9% | 2021 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 171 | Mali | 5.8% | 2021 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 172 | Afghanistan | 5.7% | 2021 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 5.7% | 2021 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 174 | Angola | 5.7% | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 175 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.6% | 2021 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 176 | Benin | 5.6% | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.3% | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 178 | Somalia | 5.1% | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 179 | Chad | 5.0% | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 180 | Liberia | 4.8% | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 181 | Niger | 4.7% | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 182 | Guinea | 4.6% | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 183 | South Sudan | 4.2% | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 4.1% | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 185 | Nigeria | 3.6% | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 41.3%
- High income 40.7%
- European Union 40.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 40.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 39.6%
- OECD members 38.9%
- North America 38.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 34.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 33.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 32.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 32.3%
- Upper middle income 29.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 28.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 28.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 28.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 28.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 28.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 28.0%
- Caribbean Small States 27.6%
- Pacific island small states 23.9%
- IBRD only 21.2%
- Arab World 16.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 16.6%
- Small states 16.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 15.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 15.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 15.4%
- South Asia 15.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 15.1%
- Middle income 13.8%
- Other small states 12.9%
- World 12.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 11.7%
- Low & middle income 11.6%
- Lower middle income 10.6%
- IDA only 8.1%
- IDA total 7.8%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 7.7%
- Least developed countries 7.6%
- IDA blend 7.4%
About this data
Number of male deaths ages 0-4 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all male 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.