Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59 (% of total deaths ages 15-59) by country
Number of deaths ages 15-59 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all 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
83.9%
Denmark
Lowest
21.6%
Botswana
Median
53.8%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59 (% of total deaths ages 15-59) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 83.9% in Denmark; the lowest is 21.6% in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.8%, and the mean is 54.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 293.7%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 44.3%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 83.9% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Singapore | 80.7% | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 80.4% | 2021 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 4 | Tonga | 80.1% | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Samoa | 79.2% | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 79.0% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 78.9% | 2021 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 8 | Italy | 78.9% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 9 | Ireland | 78.9% | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 10 | Brunei | 78.8% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 78.5% | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 12 | China | 78.4% | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 13 | Malta | 78.3% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 14 | Finland | 78.2% | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Iceland | 77.6% | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 77.4% | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 17 | New Zealand | 76.6% | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 18 | Slovenia | 76.4% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 19 | France | 76.3% | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 20 | Australia | 76.3% | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | Micronesia (country) | 75.6% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 22 | Norway | 75.6% | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 23 | Switzerland | 75.1% | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 24 | Austria | 74.9% | 2021 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 74.8% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 26 | Japan | 74.7% | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 27 | Estonia | 74.7% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 28 | Mauritius | 74.0% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 29 | Greece | 73.9% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 30 | Cyprus | 73.9% | 2021 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 31 | Portugal | 72.8% | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 32 | Croatia | 72.8% | 2021 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 33 | Kiribati | 72.6% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 34 | Sweden | 71.6% | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 70.9% | 2021 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 36 | Latvia | 70.1% | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 37 | Vietnam | 70.1% | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 38 | Belgium | 68.9% | 2021 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 68.5% | 2021 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 40 | Philippines | 68.4% | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 41 | Hungary | 68.2% | 2021 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 42 | Czechia | 68.0% | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 43 | South Korea | 67.9% | 2021 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 67.8% | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 45 | Lithuania | 67.5% | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 46 | Mongolia | 67.3% | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 47 | Fiji | 67.1% | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 48 | Poland | 66.7% | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 49 | Serbia | 66.0% | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 50 | United States | 65.9% | 2021 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 51 | Israel | 65.3% | 2021 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.3% | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | 65.1% | 2021 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 54 | Solomon Islands | 65.1% | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 55 | Romania | 64.5% | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 56 | Morocco | 64.2% | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 57 | North Korea | 64.0% | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 58 | Belarus | 63.9% | 2021 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 59 | Slovakia | 63.7% | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 60 | Bhutan | 63.2% | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 61 | Laos | 63.0% | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 62 | Algeria | 62.8% | 2021 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 63 | Armenia | 62.4% | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 64 | Seychelles | 62.3% | 2021 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 61.4% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 66 | Montenegro | 61.4% | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 67 | Syria | 61.2% | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 61.2% | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 69 | Georgia | 61.1% | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 61.0% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 71 | Antigua and Barbuda | 60.2% | 2021 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 59.8% | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 73 | Ukraine | 59.7% | 2021 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 74 | Barbados | 59.5% | 2021 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 75 | Cambodia | 59.1% | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.0% | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 77 | Thailand | 58.9% | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 78 | Moldova | 58.9% | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 79 | Malaysia | 58.8% | 2021 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 58.2% | 2021 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 81 | Bahrain | 57.7% | 2021 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 82 | Cuba | 57.0% | 2021 | down 26.4% | flat |
| 83 | Grenada | 56.8% | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 84 | Pakistan | 56.6% | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 85 | Myanmar | 56.4% | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 55.7% | 2021 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 87 | Uruguay | 55.7% | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.3% | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 55.2% | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 54.8% | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 91 | Bahamas | 54.2% | 2021 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 92 | Egypt | 54.0% | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 93 | Turkey | 53.8% | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 53.7% | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 53.2% | 2021 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 96 | Libya | 52.7% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.4% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 98 | Haiti | 52.3% | 2021 | up 293.7% | rising |
| 99 | Russia | 52.2% | 2021 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 100 | Comoros | 52.2% | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 101 | Palestine | 52.1% | 2021 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 51.5% | 2021 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 51.5% | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 104 | Kuwait | 50.9% | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 50.2% | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 106 | Rwanda | 49.9% | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 49.6% | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 108 | Qatar | 49.4% | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 109 | Eritrea | 49.2% | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 49.1% | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 111 | Togo | 49.0% | 2021 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 112 | Benin | 48.4% | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 113 | Maldives | 48.2% | 2021 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 114 | Papua New Guinea | 47.7% | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 115 | Ecuador | 47.7% | 2021 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 116 | Panama | 47.5% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 117 | East Timor | 46.9% | 2021 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 46.8% | 2021 | down 21.7% | flat |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 46.6% | 2021 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 120 | Senegal | 46.3% | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 121 | India | 46.3% | 2021 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 122 | Nepal | 46.3% | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 123 | Venezuela | 46.2% | 2021 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 124 | Iran | 45.9% | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 125 | Indonesia | 45.8% | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 126 | Sudan | 45.6% | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 127 | Burundi | 45.5% | 2021 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 128 | Ghana | 45.1% | 2021 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 129 | Albania | 45.1% | 2021 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 44.9% | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 131 | Madagascar | 44.7% | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 132 | Jamaica | 44.2% | 2021 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 133 | Guyana | 44.2% | 2021 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 134 | Argentina | 44.1% | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 43.9% | 2021 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 136 | Mexico | 43.8% | 2021 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 137 | Djibouti | 43.5% | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 138 | Mali | 43.4% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 139 | Suriname | 43.1% | 2021 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 140 | Cameroon | 42.8% | 2021 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 141 | Belize | 42.8% | 2021 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 142 | Cote d'Ivoire | 42.6% | 2021 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 143 | Mauritania | 42.3% | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 144 | Jordan | 42.0% | 2021 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 145 | Oman | 41.8% | 2021 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 41.7% | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 147 | Brazil | 41.0% | 2021 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 148 | Guatemala | 40.5% | 2021 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea | 40.3% | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 150 | El Salvador | 40.3% | 2021 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 151 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 40.1% | 2021 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 152 | Lebanon | 40.0% | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 153 | Niger | 40.0% | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 154 | Angola | 40.0% | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 155 | Liberia | 39.5% | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 156 | Tunisia | 39.3% | 2021 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 157 | Nigeria | 39.2% | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 158 | Malawi | 38.8% | 2021 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 159 | Uganda | 38.1% | 2021 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 160 | Yemen | 37.9% | 2021 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 161 | Paraguay | 37.8% | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 162 | Tanzania | 37.2% | 2021 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 163 | Peru | 36.3% | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 164 | Gambia | 36.3% | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 165 | Chad | 34.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 166 | Honduras | 34.3% | 2021 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 167 | Colombia | 33.6% | 2021 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 168 | Somalia | 33.3% | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 169 | Bolivia | 33.1% | 2021 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 170 | Zambia | 32.9% | 2021 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 171 | South Africa | 31.6% | 2021 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 172 | Kenya | 31.4% | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 173 | South Sudan | 31.3% | 2021 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 174 | Mozambique | 31.2% | 2021 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 175 | Gabon | 31.0% | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.7% | 2021 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 30.2% | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 29.6% | 2021 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 179 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.8% | 2021 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 180 | Eswatini | 28.4% | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 181 | Lesotho | 26.1% | 2021 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 182 | Congo | 25.9% | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 24.6% | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 184 | Namibia | 23.6% | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 185 | Botswana | 21.6% | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 76.4%
- European Union 73.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 69.4%
- Pacific island small states 68.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 68.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 67.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 67.9%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 66.9%
- North America 66.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 65.3%
- High income 65.1%
- OECD members 62.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 62.2%
- Upper middle income 58.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 57.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.5%
- IBRD only 53.7%
- Small states 53.5%
- World 53.0%
- Middle income 52.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 51.3%
- Low & middle income 51.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 51.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 50.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 50.9%
- Other small states 50.5%
- Caribbean Small States 50.2%
- Arab World 50.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 47.7%
- South Asia 47.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 47.2%
- Lower middle income 47.0%
- IDA blend 46.3%
- IDA total 44.4%
- IDA only 43.5%
- Least developed countries 42.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 42.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 42.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 42.0%
- Africa Western and Central 40.7%
About this data
Number of deaths ages 15-59 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all 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.