Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, female (% of total female deaths ages 5-14) by country
Number of female deaths ages 5-14 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 5-14, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
100.0%
Malta
Lowest
0.0%
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
39.2%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,386
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, female (% of total female deaths ages 5-14) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Malta; the lowest is 0.0% in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 39.2%, and the mean is 41.5%.
Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 602.3%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 2 | Cyprus | 89.1% | 2021 | up 434.7% | rising |
| 3 | Serbia | 83.2% | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 79.3% | 2021 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 79.1% | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 73.8% | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 73.6% | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Singapore | 73.2% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 9 | Hungary | 72.8% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 71.3% | 2021 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 11 | Brunei | 70.9% | 2021 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 12 | Switzerland | 70.7% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 13 | Ireland | 69.7% | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 14 | Austria | 69.0% | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 67.9% | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 16 | Portugal | 67.7% | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 17 | Cuba | 67.7% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 18 | Croatia | 67.2% | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 67.2% | 2021 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 67.1% | 2021 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 21 | Finland | 67.0% | 2021 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 22 | France | 66.8% | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 66.8% | 2021 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 24 | Bahrain | 66.6% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 25 | Netherlands | 66.4% | 2021 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 66.3% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 27 | Chile | 64.3% | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 64.2% | 2021 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 29 | Lithuania | 63.0% | 2021 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 62.9% | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 62.8% | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 32 | Estonia | 61.7% | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 61.7% | 2021 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 34 | Turkey | 61.0% | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 35 | Czechia | 61.0% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Denmark | 60.6% | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 59.9% | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 59.1% | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 59.1% | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 40 | Israel | 58.8% | 2021 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 58.2% | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 42 | Mexico | 57.6% | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 43 | Qatar | 57.4% | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 44 | South Korea | 56.9% | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 45 | Argentina | 56.8% | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 46 | Slovakia | 56.5% | 2021 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 55.7% | 2021 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.5% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 49 | Ecuador | 54.9% | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 54.9% | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 51 | Egypt | 54.7% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Palestine | 53.8% | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 53 | Canada | 53.2% | 2021 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 54 | New Zealand | 53.0% | 2021 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 55 | Brazil | 53.0% | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 56 | Australia | 52.5% | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 57 | Slovenia | 52.0% | 2021 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.8% | 2021 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 59 | Colombia | 51.3% | 2021 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 60 | Libya | 50.9% | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 61 | United States | 50.2% | 2021 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 62 | Belarus | 50.0% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 63 | Latvia | 49.5% | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 49.4% | 2021 | down 32.0% | flat |
| 65 | Albania | 48.8% | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 66 | Morocco | 47.6% | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 67 | Tonga | 47.3% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | Tunisia | 47.2% | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 69 | Iran | 47.1% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 70 | Moldova | 47.0% | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 71 | Lebanon | 46.2% | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 45.9% | 2021 | up 128.3% | rising |
| 73 | Barbados | 45.8% | 2021 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 74 | Oman | 45.6% | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 75 | Ukraine | 45.1% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 76 | Kuwait | 44.7% | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 44.6% | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 78 | El Salvador | 44.5% | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 79 | Algeria | 44.3% | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 43.7% | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 81 | Sudan | 43.2% | 2021 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 42.4% | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 83 | Paraguay | 42.4% | 2021 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 84 | Venezuela | 42.1% | 2021 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 85 | Romania | 41.9% | 2021 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 86 | Jordan | 41.8% | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 41.3% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 88 | Fiji | 41.1% | 2021 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 89 | Suriname | 39.9% | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 39.6% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 91 | Jamaica | 39.5% | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 92 | Peru | 39.4% | 2021 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 93 | Mongolia | 39.1% | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 94 | Montenegro | 38.9% | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 38.6% | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.3% | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 97 | Syria | 38.2% | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 98 | China | 38.0% | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 99 | Philippines | 37.5% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 100 | Iraq | 37.5% | 2021 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 101 | Malaysia | 37.4% | 2021 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 37.2% | 2021 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.1% | 2021 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 104 | Grenada | 36.9% | 2021 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 36.6% | 2021 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 106 | Cambodia | 36.5% | 2021 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 107 | Guatemala | 35.7% | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 108 | Vietnam | 35.7% | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 109 | Laos | 35.3% | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 110 | Russia | 35.3% | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 111 | North Korea | 35.2% | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 112 | Thailand | 34.9% | 2021 | up 99.7% | rising |
| 113 | Saint Lucia | 34.9% | 2021 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 114 | Bahamas | 34.4% | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 115 | Micronesia (country) | 34.0% | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 116 | Iceland | 33.3% | 2021 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 117 | Samoa | 33.3% | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 33.2% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 119 | Pakistan | 32.4% | 2021 | up 138.6% | rising |
| 120 | Belize | 31.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 121 | Yemen | 30.9% | 2021 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 122 | Comoros | 30.3% | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 123 | Bolivia | 29.8% | 2021 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 29.7% | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 28.9% | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 126 | Senegal | 28.8% | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 127 | Bhutan | 28.7% | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 128 | Cameroon | 28.3% | 2021 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 129 | Benin | 28.2% | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 130 | Haiti | 28.1% | 2021 | up 465.2% | rising |
| 131 | Mauritania | 28.1% | 2021 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 132 | Kiribati | 27.8% | 2021 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 133 | Ghana | 27.2% | 2021 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 134 | Togo | 26.9% | 2021 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 26.0% | 2021 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 136 | Myanmar | 26.0% | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 25.9% | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 138 | Cote d'Ivoire | 25.4% | 2021 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 139 | East Timor | 25.3% | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 140 | Gambia | 25.2% | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 141 | Eritrea | 25.2% | 2021 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 24.8% | 2021 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 143 | Rwanda | 24.8% | 2021 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 144 | Indonesia | 24.3% | 2021 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 24.3% | 2021 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 24.3% | 2021 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 147 | Liberia | 24.0% | 2021 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 148 | Mali | 23.8% | 2021 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 149 | Mozambique | 23.3% | 2021 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 23.1% | 2021 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 22.5% | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 152 | Djibouti | 22.3% | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 153 | Malawi | 20.8% | 2021 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 154 | Nepal | 20.4% | 2021 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 155 | Uganda | 20.3% | 2021 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 156 | Tanzania | 20.1% | 2021 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 157 | India | 19.8% | 2021 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 158 | Guinea | 19.7% | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 19.6% | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 160 | Burundi | 19.3% | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 161 | Niger | 18.9% | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 18.7% | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.4% | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 164 | Chad | 17.3% | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 165 | Madagascar | 17.3% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 166 | Maldives | 17.3% | 2021 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 167 | Namibia | 17.0% | 2021 | up 147.8% | rising |
| 168 | South Africa | 16.8% | 2021 | up 101.2% | rising |
| 169 | Afghanistan | 16.7% | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 170 | Eswatini | 16.7% | 2021 | up 602.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Kenya | 16.6% | 2021 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 172 | Lesotho | 16.6% | 2021 | up 419.6% | rising |
| 173 | Zimbabwe | 16.3% | 2021 | up 361.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Zambia | 16.2% | 2021 | up 242.5% | rising |
| 175 | Gabon | 15.8% | 2021 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 15.8% | 2021 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.7% | 2021 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 178 | Somalia | 14.5% | 2021 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 179 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.3% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 180 | South Sudan | 14.0% | 2021 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 181 | Seychelles | 12.7% | 2021 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 182 | Botswana | 10.4% | 2021 | up 205.5% | rising |
| 183 | Congo | 6.4% | 2021 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 69.7%
- European Union 65.9%
- OECD members 57.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 57.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 55.4%
- High income 54.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 50.8%
- North America 50.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 47.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 47.2%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 47.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 46.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 45.1%
- Caribbean Small States 42.8%
- Late-demographic dividend 41.2%
- Upper middle income 37.5%
- Arab World 35.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 34.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 34.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 34.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 33.4%
- Pacific island small states 33.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 32.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 32.8%
- IBRD only 29.8%
- Small states 28.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 27.6%
- Middle income 27.3%
- IDA blend 26.3%
- World 26.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 25.6%
- Low & middle income 25.5%
- Other small states 25.2%
- Lower middle income 24.8%
- IDA total 23.9%
- Africa Western and Central 23.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 22.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 22.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 22.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 22.6%
About this data
Number of female deaths ages 5-14 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 5-14, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.