Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, male (% of total male deaths ages 60+) by country
Number of male deaths ages 60+ due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all male 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
93.9%
China
Lowest
31.3%
Botswana
Median
68.6%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, male (% of total male deaths ages 60+) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 93.9% in China; the lowest is 31.3% in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 68.6%, and the mean is 68.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 171 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 41.8%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 52.0%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 93.9% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 92.7% | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Samoa | 92.6% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | New Zealand | 92.6% | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 5 | Australia | 91.6% | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Iceland | 91.4% | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 7 | Tonga | 90.4% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Micronesia (country) | 89.4% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Turkmenistan | 89.1% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 10 | Denmark | 87.7% | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 11 | Norway | 87.5% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 12 | Canada | 87.2% | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 85.9% | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 14 | Japan | 85.3% | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 84.4% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 16 | Mauritius | 84.2% | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 17 | Vietnam | 84.1% | 2021 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 18 | Malta | 84.1% | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 19 | Cyprus | 84.0% | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 20 | Sweden | 83.8% | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 21 | North Korea | 83.6% | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 22 | Barbados | 83.5% | 2021 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 23 | Brunei | 83.4% | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 24 | Austria | 83.1% | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 25 | Spain | 83.0% | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 26 | Ireland | 83.0% | 2021 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 27 | Bhutan | 82.9% | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | Syria | 82.8% | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 29 | Maldives | 82.8% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 82.7% | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 82.7% | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 32 | Mongolia | 82.5% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 33 | Switzerland | 81.7% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 34 | Estonia | 81.7% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 35 | Latvia | 81.6% | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 81.0% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 37 | Italy | 80.7% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 38 | Bahrain | 80.5% | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 39 | Algeria | 80.5% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 40 | Portugal | 80.3% | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 41 | Venezuela | 80.2% | 2021 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 42 | Kiribati | 80.2% | 2021 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 80.2% | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 44 | Iraq | 79.6% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 45 | France | 79.5% | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 46 | United Kingdom | 79.4% | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 79.3% | 2021 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 48 | Croatia | 79.3% | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 49 | Hungary | 79.3% | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 50 | United States | 79.0% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 51 | Lithuania | 78.3% | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 78.2% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 53 | Solomon Islands | 78.2% | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 54 | South Korea | 78.1% | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 55 | Netherlands | 77.8% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 56 | Morocco | 77.5% | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 57 | Belgium | 77.3% | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 58 | Belarus | 77.3% | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 59 | Jamaica | 77.3% | 2021 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 60 | Laos | 77.2% | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | Slovenia | 77.2% | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 76.8% | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 63 | Qatar | 76.6% | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 64 | Greece | 76.5% | 2021 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 65 | Moldova | 76.1% | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 76.0% | 2021 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 67 | Palestine | 74.7% | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 68 | Ukraine | 74.7% | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 69 | Chile | 74.4% | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 74.0% | 2021 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 71 | Philippines | 74.0% | 2021 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 72 | Singapore | 74.0% | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 73 | Armenia | 73.9% | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 74 | Panama | 73.2% | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 75 | Uruguay | 73.2% | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 76 | Israel | 72.7% | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 72.2% | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 71.7% | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 79 | Poland | 71.3% | 2021 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.0% | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 81 | Czechia | 70.9% | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 82 | Kuwait | 70.5% | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 83 | Turkey | 70.3% | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 84 | Georgia | 70.2% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 85 | Seychelles | 70.1% | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.9% | 2021 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 87 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.9% | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 88 | Egypt | 69.5% | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 89 | Cambodia | 69.3% | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 69.0% | 2021 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 91 | Fiji | 69.0% | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 92 | Rwanda | 69.0% | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 93 | Bangladesh | 68.6% | 2021 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 94 | Thailand | 68.6% | 2021 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 95 | Serbia | 68.6% | 2021 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.5% | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 97 | Pakistan | 67.9% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 98 | Libya | 67.7% | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 99 | Myanmar | 67.7% | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 100 | Yemen | 67.6% | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 67.5% | 2021 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 66.8% | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 103 | Ecuador | 66.5% | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 104 | Togo | 66.4% | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 105 | Nigeria | 66.3% | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 106 | Slovakia | 66.3% | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 107 | Haiti | 66.1% | 2021 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 108 | Malaysia | 66.1% | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 109 | Benin | 65.4% | 2021 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 110 | Burundi | 65.2% | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 111 | Tanzania | 64.2% | 2021 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 63.7% | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 113 | Brazil | 63.6% | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 114 | Russia | 63.4% | 2021 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 115 | Comoros | 63.2% | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 116 | Colombia | 63.1% | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 117 | East Timor | 63.1% | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 118 | Angola | 63.1% | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 62.8% | 2021 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 120 | Uganda | 62.6% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 121 | Madagascar | 62.3% | 2021 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 122 | Albania | 62.3% | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 123 | Argentina | 62.2% | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 62.2% | 2021 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 125 | Bahamas | 62.1% | 2021 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 126 | Cuba | 61.9% | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 127 | Ghana | 61.8% | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 128 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 61.5% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 129 | Senegal | 61.4% | 2021 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 130 | Cote d'Ivoire | 61.4% | 2021 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 131 | Djibouti | 61.1% | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 132 | Eritrea | 60.7% | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 133 | Honduras | 60.5% | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 60.3% | 2021 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 60.3% | 2021 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 136 | Guinea | 60.1% | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 137 | Mali | 60.0% | 2021 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 138 | Sudan | 59.5% | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 139 | Liberia | 59.3% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 140 | Belize | 59.2% | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 141 | El Salvador | 59.0% | 2021 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 142 | Grenada | 58.8% | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 143 | Nepal | 58.5% | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 144 | Montenegro | 58.2% | 2021 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 145 | Mauritania | 57.7% | 2021 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 146 | Cameroon | 57.2% | 2021 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 57.1% | 2021 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 148 | Tunisia | 56.7% | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 149 | South Sudan | 56.7% | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 150 | Iran | 56.1% | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 151 | Mexico | 55.9% | 2021 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 152 | Congo | 55.7% | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 55.7% | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 55.5% | 2021 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 155 | Jordan | 55.4% | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 156 | Malawi | 55.0% | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 157 | Lebanon | 54.9% | 2021 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 54.8% | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 159 | Niger | 54.7% | 2021 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 160 | Oman | 54.4% | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 161 | Gambia | 53.8% | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 162 | Paraguay | 53.4% | 2021 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 163 | Chad | 53.2% | 2021 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 52.8% | 2021 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 165 | Zambia | 52.4% | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 166 | Indonesia | 51.7% | 2021 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.3% | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 168 | Mozambique | 49.5% | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 169 | India | 49.4% | 2021 | down 32.4% | flat |
| 170 | Guyana | 48.5% | 2021 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 171 | Gabon | 48.2% | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 172 | Suriname | 47.9% | 2021 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 173 | Lesotho | 47.5% | 2021 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 174 | Kenya | 47.3% | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 47.1% | 2021 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 176 | Eswatini | 46.8% | 2021 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 46.1% | 2021 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 178 | Nicaragua | 42.5% | 2021 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 179 | Somalia | 41.5% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 180 | Bolivia | 39.2% | 2021 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 181 | Guatemala | 38.1% | 2021 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 182 | Peru | 36.7% | 2021 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 183 | Namibia | 36.1% | 2021 | down 37.5% | flat |
| 184 | South Africa | 31.9% | 2021 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 185 | Botswana | 31.3% | 2021 | down 49.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 85.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 85.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 85.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 83.8%
- Euro area 81.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 80.6%
- North America 79.7%
- European Union 79.5%
- Upper middle income 78.7%
- OECD members 78.3%
- High income 78.0%
- Pacific island small states 75.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 75.0%
- Other small states 73.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 73.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 72.1%
- World 71.3%
- Small states 71.1%
- Arab World 69.7%
- IBRD only 69.5%
- Middle income 69.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 68.9%
- Low & middle income 68.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 68.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 68.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 67.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 67.6%
- IDA blend 65.6%
- IDA total 63.9%
- IDA only 63.1%
- Least developed countries 62.2%
- Africa Western and Central 62.2%
- Low income 61.9%
- Caribbean Small States 61.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 60.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 60.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 60.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 60.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 58.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 56.2%
About this data
Number of male deaths ages 60+ due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all male deaths ages 60+, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.