Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, male (% of total male deaths) by country
Number of male deaths ages due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all male deaths ages, 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
90.8%
Finland
Lowest
22.3%
Central African Republic
Median
60.2%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, male (% of total male deaths) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 90.8% in Finland; the lowest is 22.3% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 60.2%, and the mean is 57.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 146.9%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 44.1%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 90.8% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 89.6% | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 3 | New Zealand | 88.9% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 88.7% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Australia | 88.5% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Denmark | 86.8% | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 7 | Norway | 85.6% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 8 | Canada | 85.3% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 9 | Japan | 84.2% | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 83.6% | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 11 | Tonga | 83.5% | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 12 | Malta | 82.8% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 13 | Sweden | 82.3% | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 14 | Cyprus | 82.0% | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 15 | Spain | 81.9% | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 16 | Ireland | 81.8% | 2021 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 17 | Austria | 81.6% | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 18 | Samoa | 81.3% | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 19 | Switzerland | 80.6% | 2021 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 20 | Estonia | 80.2% | 2021 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 21 | Italy | 80.2% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 79.7% | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 23 | Mauritius | 79.6% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 24 | Brunei | 79.2% | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 79.0% | 2021 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 78.8% | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 27 | Latvia | 78.6% | 2021 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 28 | France | 78.5% | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 78.2% | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 30 | Croatia | 78.0% | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 31 | Netherlands | 77.4% | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 32 | Barbados | 77.1% | 2021 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 33 | Hungary | 77.0% | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 34 | Slovenia | 76.6% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 35 | Maldives | 76.3% | 2021 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 36 | Vietnam | 75.9% | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 37 | South Korea | 75.9% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 38 | Belgium | 75.8% | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 39 | Greece | 75.7% | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 40 | Lithuania | 75.7% | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 41 | Micronesia (country) | 75.3% | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 75.2% | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 75.2% | 2021 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 44 | United States | 75.0% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 45 | Singapore | 74.8% | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 46 | North Korea | 74.8% | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 73.8% | 2021 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 48 | Moldova | 71.4% | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 49 | Armenia | 71.3% | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 50 | Bhutan | 71.1% | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 51 | Vanuatu | 71.0% | 2021 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.4% | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 53 | Mongolia | 70.3% | 2021 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 54 | Czechia | 70.1% | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 70.1% | 2021 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 56 | Bahrain | 70.1% | 2021 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 57 | Israel | 70.0% | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 58 | Poland | 70.0% | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 59 | Romania | 69.9% | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 69.7% | 2021 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 69.6% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 62 | Morocco | 69.6% | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 68.7% | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 64 | Georgia | 68.5% | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 65 | Uruguay | 68.2% | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 66 | Serbia | 67.8% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 67 | Syria | 67.2% | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 67.2% | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 69 | Algeria | 67.1% | 2021 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 66.9% | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 71 | Solomon Islands | 66.7% | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 66.1% | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 73 | Turkey | 65.7% | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 74 | Slovakia | 65.5% | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 75 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.8% | 2021 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 76 | Fiji | 64.5% | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 77 | Seychelles | 64.5% | 2021 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 64.3% | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 79 | Jamaica | 63.9% | 2021 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 80 | Kiribati | 63.8% | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 81 | Thailand | 63.3% | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 82 | Venezuela | 62.4% | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 83 | Malaysia | 61.8% | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 84 | Kuwait | 61.6% | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 85 | Egypt | 61.5% | 2021 | down 21.5% | flat |
| 86 | Palestine | 61.5% | 2021 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 61.2% | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 88 | Panama | 61.2% | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 89 | Cuba | 61.0% | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 60.8% | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 91 | Laos | 60.6% | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.4% | 2021 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 93 | Cambodia | 60.2% | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 59.5% | 2021 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 95 | Russia | 59.5% | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 59.4% | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 97 | Albania | 59.3% | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 58.8% | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 58.8% | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 100 | Libya | 58.1% | 2021 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 101 | Montenegro | 57.7% | 2021 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 102 | Argentina | 57.4% | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 103 | Myanmar | 57.3% | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 104 | Qatar | 57.3% | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 105 | Iraq | 57.1% | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 106 | Ecuador | 57.1% | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 107 | Bahamas | 56.8% | 2021 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 108 | Grenada | 56.7% | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 55.1% | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 110 | Brazil | 54.0% | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 111 | Sao Tome and Principe | 53.9% | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 51.2% | 2021 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 51.0% | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 114 | Colombia | 50.7% | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 115 | Tunisia | 50.5% | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 116 | Lebanon | 50.4% | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 117 | Iran | 50.4% | 2021 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 118 | Nepal | 49.3% | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 119 | Mexico | 49.3% | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 120 | El Salvador | 48.7% | 2021 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 121 | Haiti | 47.6% | 2021 | up 146.9% | rising |
| 122 | East Timor | 47.4% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 47.3% | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 124 | Pakistan | 47.3% | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 125 | Rwanda | 47.3% | 2021 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 126 | Oman | 46.9% | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 127 | Indonesia | 46.9% | 2021 | down 30.7% | flat |
| 128 | Jordan | 46.7% | 2021 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 129 | Comoros | 46.1% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 130 | Honduras | 46.0% | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 131 | Paraguay | 45.5% | 2021 | down 29.9% | flat |
| 132 | India | 45.0% | 2021 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 133 | Belize | 44.3% | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 134 | Senegal | 43.9% | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 135 | Ghana | 43.9% | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 136 | Djibouti | 43.8% | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 43.8% | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 43.1% | 2021 | down 32.2% | flat |
| 139 | Guyana | 42.6% | 2021 | down 27.6% | flat |
| 140 | Togo | 42.1% | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 41.6% | 2021 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 142 | Suriname | 41.3% | 2021 | down 36.2% | flat |
| 143 | Sudan | 37.7% | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 144 | Madagascar | 37.6% | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 145 | Mauritania | 37.0% | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 146 | Burundi | 36.9% | 2021 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 147 | Malawi | 36.8% | 2021 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 148 | Yemen | 36.2% | 2021 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 149 | Tanzania | 36.0% | 2021 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 150 | Gambia | 35.2% | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 151 | Gabon | 35.0% | 2021 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 152 | Benin | 34.7% | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 34.6% | 2021 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 154 | Bolivia | 34.6% | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 155 | Guatemala | 34.5% | 2021 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 156 | Peru | 34.4% | 2021 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 157 | Uganda | 34.4% | 2021 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 158 | Ethiopia | 33.8% | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 159 | Cameroon | 33.8% | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 33.6% | 2021 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 161 | Angola | 33.3% | 2021 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 162 | Congo | 32.7% | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 163 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 32.4% | 2021 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 164 | Eswatini | 32.3% | 2021 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 165 | Zimbabwe | 32.2% | 2021 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 166 | Liberia | 31.6% | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 167 | Kenya | 31.5% | 2021 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 31.5% | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 169 | Zambia | 30.2% | 2021 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 170 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.2% | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.0% | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea | 28.9% | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 173 | South Sudan | 28.8% | 2021 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 174 | Mozambique | 28.2% | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 175 | Lesotho | 28.0% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 176 | Nigeria | 27.8% | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 27.5% | 2021 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 178 | South Africa | 27.0% | 2021 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 179 | Mali | 26.4% | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 180 | Namibia | 24.6% | 2021 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 181 | Somalia | 23.4% | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 182 | Botswana | 22.5% | 2021 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 183 | Chad | 22.5% | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 184 | Niger | 22.4% | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 22.3% | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 80.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 79.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 79.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 79.1%
- European Union 78.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 78.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 77.9%
- North America 75.8%
- High income 75.0%
- OECD members 74.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 71.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 71.7%
- Upper middle income 71.2%
- Pacific island small states 67.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 66.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 64.8%
- Other small states 62.4%
- IBRD only 62.2%
- Small states 61.0%
- World 60.5%
- Middle income 59.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 57.1%
- Low & middle income 56.8%
- Arab World 53.7%
- Caribbean Small States 53.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 52.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 51.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 51.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 51.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 51.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 51.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 48.0%
- South Asia 46.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 46.2%
- Lower middle income 45.1%
- IDA only 39.8%
- IDA total 39.3%
- IDA blend 38.3%
- Least developed countries 38.3%
- Low income 34.6%
About this data
Number of male deaths ages due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all male deaths ages, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.