Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+ (% of total deaths ages 60+) by country
Number of deaths ages 60+ due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all 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
94.0%
China
Lowest
39.5%
Botswana
Median
71.5%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+ (% of total deaths ages 60+) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 94.0% in China; the lowest is 39.5% in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.5%, and the mean is 71.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 171 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 44.7%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 47.8%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 94.0% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 93.6% | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 3 | New Zealand | 92.0% | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 4 | Samoa | 91.9% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Iceland | 91.9% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 91.8% | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 91.5% | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 8 | Tonga | 89.9% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 9 | Micronesia (country) | 89.6% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 88.9% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 11 | Denmark | 88.3% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 12 | Norway | 87.7% | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 13 | Canada | 87.5% | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 14 | Syria | 86.3% | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 15 | Japan | 86.1% | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 16 | North Korea | 86.0% | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 85.6% | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 18 | Algeria | 85.4% | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 19 | Sweden | 85.4% | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 20 | Mauritius | 84.6% | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 21 | Austria | 84.5% | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 22 | Vietnam | 84.5% | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 23 | Malta | 84.4% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 24 | Spain | 84.3% | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 25 | Puerto Rico | 84.3% | 2021 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 26 | Cyprus | 84.3% | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 27 | Estonia | 84.0% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 28 | Barbados | 83.7% | 2021 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 29 | Brunei | 83.5% | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 30 | Iraq | 83.2% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 31 | Latvia | 83.0% | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 32 | Mongolia | 83.0% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 33 | Maldives | 82.9% | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 34 | Switzerland | 82.8% | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 35 | Bahrain | 82.5% | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 36 | Ireland | 82.3% | 2021 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 37 | Venezuela | 82.1% | 2021 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 38 | Italy | 81.7% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 39 | Bhutan | 81.4% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Croatia | 81.4% | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 41 | Portugal | 81.1% | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 80.9% | 2021 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 80.8% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 44 | Morocco | 80.6% | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 80.6% | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 46 | United States | 80.6% | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 47 | Hungary | 80.4% | 2021 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 80.0% | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 49 | Kiribati | 79.9% | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 50 | Lithuania | 79.9% | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 51 | Qatar | 79.8% | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 79.8% | 2021 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 53 | Vanuatu | 79.7% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 54 | France | 79.4% | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 55 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 79.3% | 2021 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 56 | Jamaica | 79.1% | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 57 | South Korea | 78.8% | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 58 | Solomon Islands | 78.7% | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 59 | Israel | 78.6% | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 60 | Laos | 78.6% | 2021 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 61 | Netherlands | 78.3% | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 78.0% | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 63 | Belarus | 77.8% | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 64 | Greece | 77.5% | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 77.0% | 2021 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 66 | Palestine | 76.7% | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 67 | Chile | 76.7% | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 68 | Belgium | 76.7% | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.2% | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 76.1% | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 71 | Moldova | 76.1% | 2021 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 72 | Ukraine | 76.1% | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 73 | Panama | 75.8% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 74 | Slovenia | 75.8% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 75 | Uruguay | 75.1% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 76 | Romania | 74.4% | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 77 | Armenia | 74.2% | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 78 | Singapore | 73.9% | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 79 | Czechia | 73.6% | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 73.4% | 2021 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 81 | Poland | 73.3% | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 82 | Philippines | 73.2% | 2021 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 83 | Seychelles | 73.1% | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 84 | Serbia | 73.0% | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 85 | Pakistan | 72.7% | 2021 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 86 | Turkey | 72.7% | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 87 | Haiti | 72.6% | 2021 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 88 | Thailand | 72.6% | 2021 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 89 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.3% | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 90 | Myanmar | 72.2% | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 91 | Cape Verde | 72.1% | 2021 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 92 | Yemen | 71.9% | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.5% | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 94 | Cambodia | 71.5% | 2021 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 71.3% | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 96 | Fiji | 71.3% | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 97 | Rwanda | 71.2% | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 71.2% | 2021 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 99 | Egypt | 71.2% | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.1% | 2021 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 101 | Libya | 70.8% | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 102 | Georgia | 70.2% | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 103 | Albania | 69.6% | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 104 | Ecuador | 69.5% | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 105 | Togo | 68.7% | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 106 | Malaysia | 68.4% | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.4% | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 108 | Benin | 68.2% | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 109 | Sudan | 67.8% | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 110 | Slovakia | 67.5% | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 111 | East Timor | 67.5% | 2021 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 112 | Kuwait | 67.4% | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 113 | Colombia | 67.1% | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 114 | Burundi | 67.1% | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 115 | Comoros | 67.1% | 2021 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 116 | Nigeria | 66.7% | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 117 | Sierra Leone | 66.7% | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 118 | Angola | 66.3% | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 119 | Belize | 66.0% | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 120 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 65.9% | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 121 | Montenegro | 65.9% | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 122 | Tanzania | 65.4% | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 123 | Senegal | 65.4% | 2021 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 124 | Mali | 65.4% | 2021 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 125 | Madagascar | 65.3% | 2021 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 126 | Russia | 65.0% | 2021 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 127 | Ghana | 65.0% | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 128 | Eritrea | 64.9% | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 129 | Brazil | 64.9% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 130 | Nepal | 64.7% | 2021 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 64.7% | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 64.5% | 2021 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 133 | Uganda | 64.5% | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 134 | Kazakhstan | 64.4% | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 135 | Cote d'Ivoire | 64.4% | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 136 | Guinea | 64.3% | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 137 | Argentina | 64.2% | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 138 | Mauritania | 64.2% | 2021 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 63.7% | 2021 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 140 | Burkina Faso | 63.4% | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 141 | Djibouti | 63.2% | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 142 | Jordan | 63.1% | 2021 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 143 | Bahamas | 62.9% | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 144 | El Salvador | 62.8% | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 145 | Tunisia | 62.7% | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 146 | Liberia | 62.5% | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 147 | Iran | 62.0% | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 148 | Cuba | 61.9% | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 149 | Cameroon | 60.7% | 2021 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.7% | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 60.4% | 2021 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 152 | Grenada | 60.3% | 2021 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 59.8% | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 154 | Oman | 59.8% | 2021 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 155 | Mexico | 59.5% | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 156 | Niger | 59.5% | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 157 | Gambia | 59.3% | 2021 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 158 | Congo | 58.7% | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 159 | Honduras | 58.7% | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 160 | Malawi | 57.7% | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 161 | South Sudan | 57.2% | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 162 | Lebanon | 57.1% | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 163 | Saint Lucia | 57.0% | 2021 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 164 | Indonesia | 56.4% | 2021 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 165 | Chad | 56.1% | 2021 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 166 | Suriname | 55.6% | 2021 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 167 | Zambia | 55.3% | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 168 | Kenya | 55.2% | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 169 | Lesotho | 55.2% | 2021 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 170 | Paraguay | 54.9% | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 171 | Mozambique | 54.1% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 172 | Gabon | 53.7% | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 173 | India | 53.7% | 2021 | down 25.3% | flat |
| 174 | Nicaragua | 52.2% | 2021 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 175 | Guyana | 51.9% | 2021 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 176 | Eswatini | 51.8% | 2021 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.0% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 50.0% | 2021 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 179 | Guatemala | 47.2% | 2021 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 180 | Somalia | 46.3% | 2021 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 181 | South Africa | 44.4% | 2021 | down 36.2% | flat |
| 182 | Peru | 44.0% | 2021 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 183 | Namibia | 43.0% | 2021 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 184 | Bolivia | 41.1% | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 185 | Botswana | 39.5% | 2021 | down 41.4% | 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) 86.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 86.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 86.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 83.9%
- Euro area 82.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 81.6%
- North America 81.2%
- European Union 80.6%
- OECD members 79.8%
- Upper middle income 79.7%
- High income 78.9%
- Pacific island small states 77.1%
- Other small states 76.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 76.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 75.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 74.6%
- Small states 73.8%
- Arab World 73.5%
- World 73.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 72.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 72.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 72.0%
- Middle income 71.5%
- IBRD only 71.4%
- Low & middle income 71.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 70.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 70.8%
- IDA blend 69.7%
- IDA total 68.0%
- IDA only 67.2%
- Least developed countries 66.4%
- Low income 66.1%
- Caribbean Small States 65.2%
- Africa Western and Central 64.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 64.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 63.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 63.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 62.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 62.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 60.2%
About this data
Number of deaths ages 60+ due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all deaths ages 60+, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.