Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, female (% of total female deaths ages 15-59) by country
Number of female deaths ages 15-59 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 15-59, 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
88.3%
Denmark
Lowest
24.1%
Central African Republic
Median
61.5%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, female (% of total female deaths ages 15-59) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 88.3% in Denmark; the lowest is 24.1% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 61.5%, and the mean is 60.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 379.8%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 58.2%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 88.3% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Italy | 85.8% | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 3 | Malta | 85.6% | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 4 | Germany | 84.8% | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 5 | Brunei | 84.7% | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 6 | New Zealand | 84.7% | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 7 | Singapore | 84.5% | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 8 | Ireland | 84.4% | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 9 | Tonga | 83.9% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | Slovenia | 83.9% | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 11 | Netherlands | 83.7% | 2021 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 12 | Canada | 83.2% | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 13 | Australia | 83.0% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Spain | 83.0% | 2021 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 15 | Norway | 83.0% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 82.7% | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 17 | Samoa | 82.7% | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 18 | China | 82.6% | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 82.5% | 2021 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 20 | France | 82.1% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Austria | 82.0% | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 22 | Finland | 81.4% | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 23 | Micronesia (country) | 80.9% | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 80.3% | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 80.2% | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 26 | Switzerland | 80.1% | 2021 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 79.2% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 28 | Japan | 79.1% | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Portugal | 78.5% | 2021 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 30 | Estonia | 78.4% | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 31 | Croatia | 78.2% | 2021 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 32 | Sweden | 78.2% | 2021 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritius | 77.9% | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 77.8% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 35 | Cyprus | 76.8% | 2021 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 36 | Israel | 75.3% | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 37 | Belgium | 74.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 74.9% | 2021 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 39 | Kiribati | 74.8% | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 40 | Philippines | 74.5% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 41 | Vietnam | 74.5% | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 74.4% | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Latvia | 73.7% | 2021 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 44 | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.3% | 2021 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 45 | Mongolia | 73.0% | 2021 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 46 | Syria | 72.9% | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 47 | Montenegro | 72.7% | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 48 | Czechia | 72.7% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 72.4% | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 50 | Fiji | 71.9% | 2021 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 51 | Poland | 71.9% | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 52 | Seychelles | 71.7% | 2021 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 53 | Hungary | 71.1% | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 54 | Algeria | 70.8% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 55 | South Korea | 70.7% | 2021 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 56 | North Korea | 70.7% | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 57 | Serbia | 70.3% | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 58 | United States | 70.2% | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 59 | Lithuania | 70.0% | 2021 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 60 | Bahrain | 69.6% | 2021 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 69.1% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 62 | Uruguay | 69.0% | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 68.9% | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 68.6% | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 67.7% | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 66 | Venezuela | 67.3% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 67.3% | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 68 | Romania | 67.2% | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.1% | 2021 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 66.8% | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 71 | Laos | 66.7% | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 72 | Barbados | 66.7% | 2021 | down 18.9% | flat |
| 73 | Bhutan | 66.5% | 2021 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 74 | Malaysia | 66.3% | 2021 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 75 | Chile | 66.3% | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 76 | Grenada | 65.6% | 2021 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 77 | Iraq | 65.5% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 78 | Slovakia | 65.2% | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 65.1% | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 64.8% | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 81 | Qatar | 64.6% | 2021 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 82 | Thailand | 64.3% | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 83 | Belarus | 64.3% | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 84 | Panama | 64.0% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 85 | Cambodia | 63.8% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 86 | Bahamas | 63.7% | 2021 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 63.6% | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 88 | Saint Lucia | 63.6% | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 89 | Pakistan | 62.5% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 90 | Ukraine | 62.0% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 91 | Armenia | 61.9% | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 92 | Belize | 61.7% | 2021 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 93 | Myanmar | 61.5% | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 94 | Ecuador | 60.9% | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 95 | Libya | 60.9% | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 60.5% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 97 | Egypt | 60.0% | 2021 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 59.9% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 59.6% | 2021 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 100 | Palestine | 59.4% | 2021 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 59.3% | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 102 | Moldova | 59.2% | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 103 | Haiti | 59.2% | 2021 | up 379.8% | rising |
| 104 | Suriname | 58.4% | 2021 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 57.9% | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 57.7% | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 107 | Cuba | 56.9% | 2021 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 108 | Turkey | 56.8% | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 109 | Jamaica | 56.7% | 2021 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 110 | Comoros | 56.5% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 111 | Russia | 56.3% | 2021 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 112 | Georgia | 55.6% | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 113 | Iran | 54.9% | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 114 | Guatemala | 54.7% | 2021 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 54.4% | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.4% | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 53.9% | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 118 | Indonesia | 53.8% | 2021 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 119 | Guyana | 53.6% | 2021 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 120 | Eritrea | 53.4% | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 121 | Nepal | 53.3% | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 122 | Sudan | 53.2% | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 123 | India | 52.6% | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 124 | Albania | 52.6% | 2021 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 125 | Togo | 52.0% | 2021 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 126 | Senegal | 51.9% | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 127 | Argentina | 51.8% | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 128 | Rwanda | 51.7% | 2021 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 129 | Mexico | 51.2% | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 130 | Oman | 51.1% | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 131 | Jordan | 50.9% | 2021 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 50.6% | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 133 | Colombia | 50.3% | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 134 | Tunisia | 50.0% | 2021 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 135 | Brazil | 49.8% | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 136 | East Timor | 49.5% | 2021 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 137 | Benin | 49.3% | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 49.1% | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 139 | Ghana | 48.9% | 2021 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 140 | Yemen | 48.9% | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 141 | Peru | 48.3% | 2021 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 48.2% | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 47.5% | 2021 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 144 | Djibouti | 47.1% | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 145 | Burundi | 47.0% | 2021 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 146 | El Salvador | 46.1% | 2021 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 147 | Mauritania | 46.0% | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 148 | Maldives | 45.5% | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 149 | Mali | 45.5% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 150 | Madagascar | 45.0% | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 151 | Lebanon | 44.9% | 2021 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 152 | Paraguay | 44.5% | 2021 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44.0% | 2021 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 154 | Cameroon | 43.9% | 2021 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 155 | Guinea | 43.3% | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 156 | Liberia | 42.6% | 2021 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 157 | South Africa | 41.8% | 2021 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 158 | Malawi | 41.7% | 2021 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 159 | Angola | 41.6% | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 160 | Uganda | 41.6% | 2021 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 161 | Bolivia | 41.4% | 2021 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 162 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 40.8% | 2021 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 163 | Honduras | 40.6% | 2021 | down 19.7% | flat |
| 164 | Niger | 40.5% | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 165 | Kenya | 39.8% | 2021 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 166 | Afghanistan | 38.8% | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 167 | Gambia | 38.3% | 2021 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 168 | Tanzania | 38.2% | 2021 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 169 | Nigeria | 35.6% | 2021 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 170 | Somalia | 35.0% | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | 34.5% | 2021 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 172 | Chad | 34.0% | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 173 | Kuwait | 33.7% | 2021 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.5% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 175 | Zambia | 32.0% | 2021 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.0% | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 177 | Mozambique | 31.9% | 2021 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 178 | Lesotho | 30.8% | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 179 | Gabon | 30.2% | 2021 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 180 | Namibia | 28.8% | 2021 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 181 | Eswatini | 28.6% | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 182 | South Sudan | 28.6% | 2021 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 183 | Botswana | 27.0% | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 184 | Congo | 24.3% | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 24.1% | 2021 | up 47.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 81.6%
- European Union 78.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 73.8%
- Pacific island small states 72.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 72.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 71.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 71.9%
- North America 70.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 70.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 70.4%
- High income 70.2%
- OECD members 68.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 66.9%
- Upper middle income 64.1%
- Caribbean Small States 62.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 61.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 60.3%
- IBRD only 59.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 59.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 59.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 59.0%
- Arab World 57.9%
- Small states 57.8%
- Middle income 57.2%
- World 57.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 55.7%
- Low & middle income 55.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 54.4%
- South Asia 53.5%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 53.5%
- Lower middle income 52.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 52.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 51.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 51.5%
- Other small states 51.2%
- IDA blend 48.8%
- IDA total 47.6%
- IDA only 47.0%
- Least developed countries 46.1%
- Low income 43.7%
About this data
Number of female deaths ages 15-59 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 15-59, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.