Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, female (% of total female deaths ages 60+) by country
Number of female deaths ages 60+ due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 60+, 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
94.5%
Finland
Lowest
43.7%
Bolivia
Median
74.5%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, female (% of total female deaths ages 60+) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 94.5% in Finland; the lowest is 43.7% in Bolivia.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.5%, and the mean is 73.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 163 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 47.1%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 45.5%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 94.5% | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 94.2% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 93.3% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 92.3% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | Australia | 91.9% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | New Zealand | 91.4% | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 7 | Samoa | 91.3% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 91.3% | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 9 | Micronesia (country) | 89.8% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Tonga | 89.5% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Syria | 89.1% | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 12 | Algeria | 89.1% | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 13 | Denmark | 88.9% | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 14 | North Korea | 88.0% | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 15 | Norway | 87.9% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Canada | 87.8% | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 17 | Sweden | 86.9% | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 18 | Japan | 86.9% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 86.7% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 20 | Iraq | 86.6% | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 86.0% | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 22 | Austria | 85.8% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 23 | Estonia | 85.7% | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 24 | Spain | 85.7% | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 25 | Mauritius | 85.0% | 2021 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 26 | Bahrain | 84.9% | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 27 | Vietnam | 84.8% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 28 | Malta | 84.6% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 29 | Qatar | 84.6% | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 30 | Cyprus | 84.5% | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 31 | Venezuela | 84.2% | 2021 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 32 | Latvia | 84.1% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 33 | Barbados | 83.9% | 2021 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 34 | Switzerland | 83.9% | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 35 | Morocco | 83.7% | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 36 | Brunei | 83.6% | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 37 | Mongolia | 83.5% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 83.3% | 2021 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 39 | Maldives | 83.2% | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 40 | Croatia | 83.1% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 41 | Italy | 82.7% | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 42 | United States | 82.2% | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 43 | Portugal | 81.7% | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 81.6% | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 45 | Ireland | 81.5% | 2021 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 46 | Israel | 81.5% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 47 | Hungary | 81.4% | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 48 | Lithuania | 81.1% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 49 | Jamaica | 80.9% | 2021 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 80.6% | 2021 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 80.6% | 2021 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 52 | Vanuatu | 80.3% | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 80.2% | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 54 | Laos | 79.9% | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 79.9% | 2021 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 56 | Bhutan | 79.8% | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 57 | Kiribati | 79.7% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 58 | South Korea | 79.7% | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.6% | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 79.5% | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 61 | France | 79.3% | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 79.2% | 2021 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 63 | Solomon Islands | 79.2% | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 64 | Palestine | 79.0% | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 65 | Chile | 78.9% | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 66 | Panama | 78.7% | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 67 | Netherlands | 78.7% | 2021 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 68 | Belarus | 78.3% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 78.3% | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 70 | Greece | 78.3% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 78.2% | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 72 | Haiti | 77.6% | 2021 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 73 | Sudan | 77.6% | 2021 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 74 | Ukraine | 77.1% | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 75 | Pakistan | 77.1% | 2021 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 76 | Serbia | 77.1% | 2021 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 77 | Myanmar | 77.1% | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 78 | Romania | 77.0% | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 79 | Albania | 76.9% | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 80 | Uruguay | 76.8% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 81 | Czechia | 76.5% | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 82 | Belgium | 76.1% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 83 | Moldova | 76.1% | 2021 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 84 | Thailand | 76.0% | 2021 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 75.9% | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 86 | Yemen | 75.8% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 87 | Seychelles | 75.4% | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 88 | Poland | 75.2% | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 75.1% | 2021 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 90 | Turkey | 75.0% | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 74.9% | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 92 | Armenia | 74.5% | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 93 | Slovenia | 74.5% | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 74.5% | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.1% | 2021 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 96 | Libya | 73.9% | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 97 | Belize | 73.7% | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 98 | Singapore | 73.7% | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.5% | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 100 | Fiji | 73.5% | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 101 | Cambodia | 73.4% | 2021 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 102 | Rwanda | 73.2% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 103 | Egypt | 73.1% | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 104 | Ecuador | 72.9% | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 105 | Montenegro | 72.8% | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 106 | Philippines | 72.5% | 2021 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.4% | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 108 | East Timor | 71.9% | 2021 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 109 | Togo | 71.5% | 2021 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Colombia | 71.4% | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 111 | Nepal | 71.1% | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 112 | Benin | 71.0% | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 113 | Comoros | 70.8% | 2021 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 114 | Malaysia | 70.8% | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 115 | Jordan | 70.7% | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 70.6% | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 70.5% | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 70.4% | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 119 | Georgia | 70.2% | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 120 | Mali | 70.0% | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 121 | Senegal | 69.9% | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 122 | Tunisia | 69.8% | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 69.8% | 2021 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 124 | Mauritania | 69.6% | 2021 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 125 | Angola | 69.6% | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 69.2% | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 69.2% | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 128 | Burundi | 68.9% | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 129 | Eritrea | 68.7% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 130 | Slovakia | 68.7% | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 131 | Ghana | 68.4% | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 132 | Madagascar | 68.2% | 2021 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 68.1% | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 134 | Kazakhstan | 67.9% | 2021 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 135 | Iran | 67.8% | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 136 | Guinea | 67.6% | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 67.5% | 2021 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 138 | Nigeria | 67.2% | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 66.9% | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 140 | Oman | 66.6% | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 141 | Tanzania | 66.4% | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 142 | Argentina | 66.3% | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 143 | Uganda | 66.3% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 144 | Brazil | 66.3% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 145 | Russia | 66.3% | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 146 | El Salvador | 66.2% | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 147 | Djibouti | 65.4% | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 148 | Liberia | 65.3% | 2021 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 65.0% | 2021 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 150 | Burkina Faso | 64.4% | 2021 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 151 | Cameroon | 64.3% | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 152 | Mexico | 63.9% | 2021 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 153 | Niger | 63.9% | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 154 | Suriname | 63.9% | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 155 | Bahamas | 63.7% | 2021 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 156 | Kenya | 63.7% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 63.7% | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 158 | Grenada | 62.0% | 2021 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 159 | Cuba | 61.8% | 2021 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 160 | Kuwait | 61.7% | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 161 | Congo | 61.4% | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 162 | Lesotho | 61.1% | 2021 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 163 | Nicaragua | 61.0% | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 164 | Indonesia | 60.9% | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 165 | Gabon | 60.3% | 2021 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 166 | Malawi | 60.2% | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 167 | Lebanon | 59.6% | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 168 | Chad | 58.9% | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 169 | Mozambique | 58.2% | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 170 | India | 58.2% | 2021 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 171 | Zambia | 57.9% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 172 | Guatemala | 57.8% | 2021 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 173 | South Sudan | 57.7% | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 174 | Honduras | 57.0% | 2021 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 175 | Eswatini | 56.8% | 2021 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 176 | Paraguay | 56.5% | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 177 | Guyana | 55.4% | 2021 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 53.4% | 2021 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 179 | Peru | 52.7% | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 180 | South Africa | 52.7% | 2021 | down 29.3% | flat |
| 181 | Somalia | 51.2% | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 182 | Guinea-Bissau | 49.8% | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 183 | Namibia | 49.0% | 2021 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 184 | Botswana | 47.7% | 2021 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 185 | Bolivia | 43.7% | 2021 | down 45.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 86.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 86.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 86.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 84.1%
- Euro area 82.8%
- North America 82.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 82.6%
- European Union 81.7%
- OECD members 81.3%
- Upper middle income 80.8%
- High income 79.8%
- Other small states 78.7%
- Pacific island small states 78.4%
- Arab World 77.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 77.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 77.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 76.8%
- Small states 76.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 76.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 76.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 76.1%
- World 75.4%
- Middle income 73.8%
- Low & middle income 73.6%
- IDA blend 73.6%
- IBRD only 73.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 73.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 72.4%
- IDA total 71.9%
- IDA only 71.1%
- Least developed countries 70.4%
- Low income 70.0%
- Caribbean Small States 69.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 67.4%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 66.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 66.7%
- Africa Western and Central 66.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 65.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 65.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 64.1%
About this data
Number of female deaths ages 60+ due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 60+, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.