Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, female (% of total female deaths) by country
Number of female deaths due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths, 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
93.7%
Finland
Lowest
23.3%
Central African Republic
Median
68.8%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, female (% of total female deaths) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 93.7% in Finland; the lowest is 23.3% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 68.8%, and the mean is 64.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 207.2%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 36.6%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 93.7% | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 2 | China | 92.1% | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 91.3% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 4 | Australia | 90.8% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 90.2% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Denmark | 88.6% | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 7 | Norway | 87.5% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 8 | Canada | 87.1% | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 9 | Japan | 86.5% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 86.5% | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 11 | Sweden | 86.3% | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 12 | Tonga | 85.9% | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 13 | Austria | 85.5% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 14 | Spain | 85.4% | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 15 | Estonia | 85.2% | 2021 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 16 | Puerto Rico | 85.1% | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 85.0% | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 18 | Samoa | 84.9% | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 19 | Malta | 84.5% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 20 | Cyprus | 83.6% | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 21 | North Korea | 83.6% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Switzerland | 83.5% | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 23 | Latvia | 83.2% | 2021 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 24 | Italy | 82.8% | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 25 | Croatia | 82.8% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 26 | Brunei | 82.8% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 27 | Mauritius | 82.6% | 2021 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 28 | Micronesia (country) | 81.7% | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 81.6% | 2021 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 30 | Portugal | 81.5% | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 31 | Barbados | 81.1% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 32 | Vietnam | 80.9% | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 33 | Israel | 80.9% | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 80.6% | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 80.6% | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 36 | Syria | 80.5% | 2021 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 37 | Hungary | 80.5% | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 38 | Bahrain | 80.4% | 2021 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 39 | Lithuania | 80.2% | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 40 | United States | 80.2% | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 80.0% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 42 | Algeria | 79.9% | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 79.7% | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 44 | France | 79.3% | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 45 | Maldives | 79.1% | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands | 78.9% | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 47 | South Korea | 78.7% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 48 | Morocco | 78.7% | 2021 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.6% | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 50 | Greece | 78.3% | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 78.1% | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 52 | Mongolia | 77.9% | 2021 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 53 | Venezuela | 77.5% | 2021 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 77.2% | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 55 | Belarus | 77.0% | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 56 | Serbia | 76.5% | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 57 | Czechia | 76.1% | 2021 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 58 | Qatar | 76.0% | 2021 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 59 | Romania | 76.0% | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 60 | Belgium | 75.9% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 61 | Uruguay | 75.8% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 62 | Ukraine | 75.4% | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 63 | Singapore | 75.0% | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 64 | Slovenia | 74.9% | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 65 | Poland | 74.9% | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 66 | Albania | 74.8% | 2021 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 67 | Jamaica | 74.2% | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 74.2% | 2021 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 74.0% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 70 | Moldova | 73.9% | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 71 | Panama | 73.7% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 72 | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.5% | 2021 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 73 | Seychelles | 73.4% | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 73.2% | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 75 | Thailand | 73.2% | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 73.1% | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 72.8% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 78 | Montenegro | 72.7% | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 79 | Armenia | 72.7% | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 80 | Turkey | 72.2% | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 81 | Bhutan | 72.2% | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 72.0% | 2021 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 83 | Iraq | 70.9% | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 70.9% | 2021 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 85 | Fiji | 70.5% | 2021 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 86 | Cape Verde | 70.4% | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 70.3% | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 88 | Philippines | 70.0% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 70.0% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 90 | Malaysia | 69.2% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 91 | Palestine | 69.2% | 2021 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 92 | Ecuador | 68.9% | 2021 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 93 | Georgia | 68.8% | 2021 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 94 | Libya | 68.4% | 2021 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 95 | Slovakia | 68.2% | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 67.9% | 2021 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 97 | Egypt | 67.7% | 2021 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 98 | Kiribati | 67.4% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 99 | Cambodia | 67.3% | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 100 | Myanmar | 67.1% | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 67.0% | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 66.8% | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 103 | Belize | 66.6% | 2021 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 104 | Colombia | 66.3% | 2021 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 105 | Laos | 65.7% | 2021 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 106 | Tunisia | 65.4% | 2021 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 65.0% | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 108 | Russia | 64.9% | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 64.9% | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.1% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 111 | Argentina | 64.0% | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 112 | Iran | 63.9% | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 63.8% | 2021 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 114 | Bahamas | 63.2% | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 115 | Jordan | 62.7% | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 116 | Nepal | 62.0% | 2021 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 117 | Brazil | 61.9% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 118 | Grenada | 61.9% | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 119 | Haiti | 61.4% | 2021 | up 207.2% | rising |
| 120 | Oman | 61.3% | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 121 | Cuba | 61.1% | 2021 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 122 | Suriname | 60.5% | 2021 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 123 | El Salvador | 60.5% | 2021 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 124 | Mexico | 59.5% | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 125 | Indonesia | 57.9% | 2021 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 126 | Pakistan | 57.1% | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 127 | Lebanon | 56.6% | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 128 | Eritrea | 56.4% | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 55.7% | 2021 | down 26.1% | flat |
| 130 | East Timor | 55.3% | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 131 | India | 54.0% | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 132 | Guatemala | 53.7% | 2021 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 133 | Comoros | 53.6% | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 134 | Rwanda | 53.4% | 2021 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 135 | Guyana | 52.8% | 2021 | down 25.9% | flat |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 52.5% | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 137 | Senegal | 52.4% | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 138 | Kuwait | 52.3% | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 139 | Paraguay | 52.0% | 2021 | down 31.0% | flat |
| 140 | Peru | 51.1% | 2021 | down 21.7% | flat |
| 141 | Ghana | 50.3% | 2021 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 142 | Djibouti | 49.6% | 2021 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 143 | Honduras | 49.5% | 2021 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 144 | Sudan | 49.2% | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 145 | Yemen | 48.5% | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritania | 48.2% | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 147 | South Africa | 46.9% | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 148 | Kenya | 45.3% | 2021 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 149 | Togo | 45.2% | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 150 | Zimbabwe | 44.4% | 2021 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 43.5% | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 152 | Malawi | 42.8% | 2021 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 153 | Gambia | 42.5% | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 154 | Madagascar | 42.5% | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 42.0% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 156 | Bolivia | 41.7% | 2021 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 157 | Tanzania | 41.6% | 2021 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 158 | Burundi | 41.1% | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 159 | Gabon | 41.0% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 160 | Lesotho | 40.6% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 161 | Uganda | 40.0% | 2021 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 162 | Liberia | 38.5% | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 163 | Benin | 38.0% | 2021 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 164 | Cameroon | 38.0% | 2021 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 165 | Burkina Faso | 37.9% | 2021 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 166 | Eswatini | 37.8% | 2021 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 167 | Angola | 37.6% | 2021 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 37.5% | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 169 | Guinea | 37.2% | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 170 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 37.1% | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 171 | Cote d'Ivoire | 37.0% | 2021 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 172 | Namibia | 35.9% | 2021 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 35.4% | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 174 | Congo | 35.3% | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 175 | Botswana | 34.9% | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 176 | Mozambique | 33.2% | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.7% | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 178 | Zambia | 32.3% | 2021 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 179 | Mali | 32.2% | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 180 | South Sudan | 29.0% | 2021 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 181 | Nigeria | 27.6% | 2021 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 182 | Somalia | 27.2% | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 183 | Niger | 25.5% | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 184 | Chad | 24.6% | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 23.3% | 2021 | up 32.7% | 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 83.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 82.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 82.7%
- Euro area 82.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 81.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 81.5%
- European Union 81.4%
- North America 80.7%
- OECD members 79.6%
- High income 78.7%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 76.6%
- Upper middle income 76.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 75.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 74.1%
- Pacific island small states 72.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 70.6%
- Other small states 68.7%
- IBRD only 68.6%
- Small states 68.6%
- World 66.7%
- Caribbean Small States 66.0%
- Middle income 65.4%
- Arab World 63.5%
- IDA & IBRD total 63.4%
- Low & middle income 63.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 62.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 62.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 62.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 62.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 61.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 61.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 57.6%
- South Asia 55.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 55.3%
- Lower middle income 53.2%
- IDA only 47.1%
- IDA total 46.2%
- Least developed countries 45.3%
- IDA blend 44.6%
- Low income 41.8%
About this data
Number of female deaths due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.