Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) by country
Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
92.3%
Finland
Lowest
22.8%
Central African Republic
Median
63.7%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 92.3% in Finland; the lowest is 22.8% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 63.7%, and the mean is 60.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 177.9%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 38.5%).
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 92.3% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 90.7% | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 90.0% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Australia | 89.6% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 89.5% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Denmark | 87.7% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 7 | Norway | 86.6% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | Canada | 86.1% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 9 | Japan | 85.3% | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 85.0% | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 11 | Tonga | 84.6% | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 84.3% | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 13 | Malta | 83.6% | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 14 | Spain | 83.6% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 15 | Austria | 83.5% | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 16 | Samoa | 83.1% | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 82.9% | 2021 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 82.8% | 2021 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 19 | Switzerland | 82.1% | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 20 | Ireland | 81.7% | 2021 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 21 | Italy | 81.5% | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | 81.3% | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 23 | Latvia | 81.1% | 2021 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 24 | Mauritius | 80.9% | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 25 | Brunei Darussalam | 80.8% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 26 | Croatia | 80.5% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 27 | Portugal | 80.3% | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 80.1% | 2021 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 79.8% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 30 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 79.7% | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 31 | Barbados | 79.2% | 2021 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 32 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 79.1% | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 33 | France | 78.9% | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 34 | Hungary | 78.8% | 2021 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 35 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 78.3% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 78.2% | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 37 | Netherlands | 78.2% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 38 | Lithuania | 78.1% | 2021 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 39 | Maldives | 77.5% | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 40 | United States of America | 77.4% | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 41 | Korea | 77.2% | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 42 | Greece | 77.2% | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 43 | Israel | 76.9% | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 76.6% | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 45 | Belgium | 75.9% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 46 | Slovenia | 75.8% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 47 | Belarus | 75.3% | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 48 | Singapore | 74.9% | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 74.8% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.5% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.5% | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 52 | Bahrain | 74.4% | 2021 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 53 | Morocco | 74.0% | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 54 | Algeria | 73.9% | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 55 | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.7% | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 56 | Mongolia | 73.6% | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 57 | Chile | 73.2% | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 58 | Czechia | 73.0% | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 59 | Ukraine | 72.9% | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 60 | Romania | 72.8% | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 61 | Republic of Moldova | 72.7% | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 62 | Poland | 72.3% | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 63 | Serbia | 72.2% | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 64 | Armenia | 71.9% | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 65 | Uruguay | 71.9% | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 71.7% | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 67 | Bhutan | 71.6% | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 69.7% | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.6% | 2021 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 70 | Seychelles | 69.0% | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 71 | Türkiye | 68.8% | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 72 | Jamaica | 68.7% | 2021 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 73 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 68.7% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 74 | Georgia | 68.7% | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 75 | Philippines | 68.5% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 76 | Solomon Islands | 68.2% | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 68.1% | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 78 | Thailand | 67.8% | 2021 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia | 67.6% | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 80 | Fiji | 67.3% | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 67.2% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 82 | Albania | 66.9% | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 83 | Slovakia | 66.9% | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 66.9% | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 85 | Panama | 66.7% | 2021 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.5% | 2021 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 87 | Kiribati | 65.5% | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 88 | Montenegro | 65.3% | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 89 | Malaysia | 65.0% | 2021 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 90 | Palestine, State of | 64.8% | 2021 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 91 | Egypt | 64.2% | 2021 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 92 | Cape Verde | 64.1% | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 63.7% | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 94 | Cambodia | 63.6% | 2021 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 63.4% | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 63.1% | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 97 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 62.9% | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 98 | Libya | 62.7% | 2021 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 99 | Qatar | 62.4% | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 100 | Russian Federation | 62.3% | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 101 | Ecuador | 62.2% | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 102 | Myanmar | 61.6% | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.4% | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 104 | Cuba | 61.1% | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 105 | Argentina | 60.5% | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 59.9% | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 107 | Bahamas | 59.8% | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 59.3% | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 109 | Grenada | 59.1% | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 110 | Kuwait | 59.0% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 58.8% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 112 | Colombia | 57.7% | 2021 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 113 | Brazil | 57.5% | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 57.2% | 2021 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 115 | Tunisia | 56.9% | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 116 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 56.6% | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 117 | Nepal | 55.3% | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 118 | Haiti | 54.8% | 2021 | up 177.9% | rising |
| 119 | Jordan | 54.1% | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 120 | Belize | 54.0% | 2021 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 121 | El Salvador | 53.9% | 2021 | down 18.5% | flat |
| 122 | Mexico | 53.6% | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 123 | Lebanon | 53.2% | 2021 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 52.8% | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 125 | Indonesia | 52.2% | 2021 | down 26.4% | flat |
| 126 | Oman | 52.1% | 2021 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 127 | Pakistan | 52.0% | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 128 | Eritrea | 51.6% | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | 51.1% | 2021 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 130 | Rwanda | 50.3% | 2021 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 131 | Suriname | 50.0% | 2021 | down 27.6% | flat |
| 132 | Comoros | 49.7% | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 133 | India | 49.1% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 48.8% | 2021 | down 29.0% | flat |
| 135 | Paraguay | 48.4% | 2021 | down 30.3% | flat |
| 136 | Senegal | 47.7% | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 47.7% | 2021 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea | 47.6% | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 139 | Guyana | 47.2% | 2021 | down 26.5% | flat |
| 140 | Ghana | 46.8% | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 141 | Djibouti | 46.6% | 2021 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 142 | Togo | 43.5% | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 143 | Sudan | 42.9% | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 144 | Guatemala | 42.7% | 2021 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 145 | Mauritania | 42.7% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 146 | Peru | 41.6% | 2021 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 147 | Yemen | 41.5% | 2021 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 148 | Madagascar | 40.0% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 149 | Malawi | 39.6% | 2021 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 150 | Burundi | 38.8% | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 151 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 38.8% | 2021 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 152 | Gambia | 38.6% | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 38.3% | 2021 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 38.3% | 2021 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 155 | Kenya | 37.8% | 2021 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 156 | Gabon | 37.6% | 2021 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 157 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 37.5% | 2021 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 158 | South Africa | 37.2% | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 159 | Uganda | 36.9% | 2021 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 160 | Benin | 36.2% | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 161 | Cameroon | 35.7% | 2021 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 162 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.7% | 2021 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 35.6% | 2021 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 164 | Angola | 35.3% | 2021 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 165 | Liberia | 35.0% | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 166 | Eswatini | 34.8% | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 167 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 34.6% | 2021 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 34.5% | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 169 | Afghanistan | 34.3% | 2021 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 170 | Lesotho | 34.1% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 171 | Congo | 34.0% | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea | 33.0% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.9% | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 174 | Zambia | 31.2% | 2021 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.8% | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 176 | Mozambique | 30.6% | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 177 | Namibia | 29.9% | 2021 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 178 | Mali | 29.2% | 2021 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 179 | South Sudan | 28.9% | 2021 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 180 | Botswana | 28.3% | 2021 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 181 | Nigeria | 27.7% | 2021 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 182 | Somalia | 25.1% | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 183 | Niger | 23.9% | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 184 | Chad | 23.5% | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 22.8% | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 81.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 81.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 80.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 80.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 79.8%
- European Union 79.8%
- Late-demographic dividend 79.5%
- North America 78.1%
- OECD members 77.0%
- High income 76.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 74.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 73.8%
- Upper middle income 73.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 70.4%
- Pacific island small states 69.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 67.7%
- Other small states 65.4%
- IBRD only 65.1%
- Small states 64.5%
- World 63.4%
- Middle income 62.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 60.0%
- Low & middle income 59.7%
- Caribbean Small States 59.2%
- Arab World 58.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 56.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 56.7%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 56.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 56.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 55.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 52.4%
- South Asia 50.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 50.3%
- Lower middle income 48.8%
- IDA only 43.2%
- IDA total 42.5%
- Least developed countries 41.5%
- IDA blend 41.3%
- Low income 38.0%
About this data
Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.