Death rate from diabetes by country

Estimated number of deaths from diabetes mellitus in both sexes, per 100,000 people.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
188.44 deaths per 100,000 people
Niue
Lowest
1.53 deaths per 100,000 people
Singapore
Median
19.6 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from diabetes is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 188.44 deaths per 100,000 people in Niue; the lowest is 1.53 deaths per 100,000 people in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.6 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 30.38 deaths per 100,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 123.

Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 340.5%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 72.1%).

Death rate from diabetes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niue 188.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 26.8% rising
2 Fiji 177.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 12.3% rising
3 Mauritius 146.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.3% rising
4 Cook Islands 137.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 26.2% rising
5 Palau 121.45 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 30.7% rising
6 Trinidad and Tobago 110.77 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 40.5% rising
7 Kiribati 109.94 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 19.9% rising
8 Croatia 105.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 323.0% volatile
9 Marshall Islands 100.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 42.7% rising
10 Jamaica 90.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 27.2% rising
11 Micronesia (country) 84.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 40.5% rising
12 Barbados 84.54 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 3.1% falling
13 Tonga 84.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 17.5% rising
14 Tuvalu 78.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 3.5% rising
15 Mexico 76.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 44.6% rising
16 North Macedonia 74.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 101.1% rising
17 Dominica 70.57 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 24.5% falling
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64.27 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 30.0% rising
19 Nauru 63.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 20.2% rising
20 Solomon Islands 63.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 20.8% rising
21 Saint Lucia 62.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 12.3% falling
22 Eswatini 60.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 42.2% rising
23 Lesotho 59.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 15.9% rising
24 Saint Kitts and Nevis 55.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.3% rising
25 Grenada 54.84 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 39.5% flat
26 South Africa 54.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 11.7% rising
27 Samoa 54.16 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 20.0% rising
28 Bahrain 53.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 28.1% rising
29 Sri Lanka 50.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.6% rising
30 Serbia 49.73 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 22.9% rising
31 Haiti 48.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 10.3% rising
32 Guyana 46.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.8% rising
33 Czechia 46.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 119.3% rising
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.9% falling
35 Vanuatu 45.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.5% rising
36 Venezuela 43.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 105.0% rising
37 Antigua and Barbuda 42.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.2% falling
38 Cyprus 41.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 17.8% falling
39 Malta 40.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 196.3% rising
40 Paraguay 39.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 38.4% rising
41 Bahamas 38.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 10.9% rising
42 Guatemala 38.57 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 21.4% rising
43 El Salvador 38.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 29.0% rising
44 Myanmar 37.61 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 21.2% rising
45 Hungary 37.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 48.2% rising
46 Thailand 36.65 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 64.2% rising
47 Latvia 36.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 67.8% rising
48 Belize 35.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.0% flat
49 Suriname 34.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 16.2% rising
50 Vietnam 33.48 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 29.2% rising
51 Italy 33.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.0% rising
52 Brunei 32.72 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 26.9% rising
53 Philippines 32.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 103.4% rising
54 Portugal 31.27 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.7% falling
55 Eritrea 31.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 11.8% rising
56 Papua New Guinea 31.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 17.5% rising
57 Panama 31.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 50.2% rising
58 Bolivia 30.49 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 11.8% rising
59 Georgia 30.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.6% rising
60 Lebanon 29.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 36.3% rising
61 Brazil 29.36 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 19.1% rising
62 Austria 28.95 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.9% flat
63 Poland 28.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 74.9% rising
64 Botswana 28.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 7.3% rising
65 Namibia 27.94 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 20.9% rising
66 Zimbabwe 27.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 9.2% rising
67 Djibouti 27.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 34.2% rising
68 Gabon 27.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 16.7% flat
69 Cape Verde 26.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 28.6% rising
70 Russia 25.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 340.5% volatile
71 Israel 25.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.4% falling
72 Germany 25.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 8.8% flat
73 Bulgaria 24.99 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 21.0% falling
74 Monaco 24.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 57.3% rising
75 Lithuania 24.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 210.5% rising
76 India 23.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 48.1% rising
77 Ecuador 23.69 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.8% rising
78 Pakistan 23.65 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 13.5% rising
79 Egypt 23.49 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 11.3% rising
80 Comoros 23.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.9% rising
81 Maldives 23.21 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 68.9% rising
82 Cambodia 23.16 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 47.6% rising
83 Equatorial Guinea 23.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 12.8% rising
83 Seychelles 23.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 16.9% rising
85 Uruguay 22.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 11.1% rising
86 Dominican Republic 22.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 40.1% rising
87 Montenegro 22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 8.2% rising
88 Turkey 21.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.6% rising
89 Indonesia 21.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 8.1% rising
90 Somalia 21.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.3% falling
91 South Sudan 20.67 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 69.4% rising
92 Estonia 20.65 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 161.7% rising
93 Denmark 20.21 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.5% falling
94 Uzbekistan 20.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 12.1% rising
95 Central African Republic 20.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.3% rising
96 Costa Rica 19.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 147.3% rising
97 Australia 19.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 11.0% rising
98 Nicaragua 19.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.6% rising
99 Ghana 19.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 6.1% rising
100 Democratic Republic of Congo 19.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.7% flat
101 Congo 19.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.9% falling
102 Cameroon 19.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.3% rising
103 Laos 19.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 13.8% rising
104 Mozambique 18.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.7% rising
105 Bhutan 18.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 21.7% rising
106 Bangladesh 18.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 29.8% rising
107 Rwanda 18.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.3% falling
108 Spain 18.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.0% falling
109 United States 18.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 9.8% falling
110 Sweden 17.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.0% falling
111 Morocco 17.94 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 52.0% rising
112 France 17.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 8.0% falling
113 Malaysia 17.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 41.3% rising
114 Iraq 17.51 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 26.1% rising
115 Angola 17.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 22.7% flat
116 Nepal 17.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 51.2% rising
117 Malawi 16.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.1% falling
118 North Korea 16.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 6.2% rising
119 Argentina 16.67 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 3.9% falling
120 Guinea 16.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 3.0% rising
121 Senegal 16.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.0% rising
122 Qatar 16.16 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.1% falling
123 Chile 15.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.9% rising
124 New Zealand 15.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.8% falling
125 Liberia 15.77 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.0% rising
126 Benin 15.67 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.1% rising
127 Libya 15.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 21.0% rising
128 Canada 15.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.6% falling
129 Togo 15.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 6.2% rising
130 Burundi 15.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 8.7% falling
131 Guinea-Bissau 15.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.6% falling
132 Colombia 15.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 36.2% falling
133 Oman 15.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.2% rising
134 Andorra 14.99 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.8% flat
135 Sierra Leone 14.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.5% rising
136 Greece 14.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 74.9% rising
137 Netherlands 14.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.2% falling
138 Peru 14.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 123.3% volatile
138 Romania 14.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 41.0% rising
140 Cuba 14.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 17.6% rising
141 Turkmenistan 14.41 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 57.3% rising
142 Moldova 14.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 67.9% rising
143 Tunisia 14.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 29.3% rising
144 South Korea 14.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.4% falling
144 Slovenia 14.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 11.3% falling
146 Iran 14.21 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 55.5% rising
147 Ethiopia 13.99 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 16.7% falling
148 Madagascar 13.73 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 13.8% rising
149 Saudi Arabia 13.72 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 22.7% falling
150 Cote d'Ivoire 13.61 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.7% rising
151 Afghanistan 13.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 14.3% rising
151 Tanzania 13.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 27.6% rising
153 Gambia 13.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.8% falling
153 Slovakia 13.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 12.0% rising
155 Nigeria 13.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.7% falling
156 Burkina Faso 13.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 3.9% falling
157 Jordan 13.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 16.3% falling
158 Mali 12.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.0% falling
159 Mauritania 12.96 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.4% rising
160 Norway 12.94 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.3% falling
161 Armenia 12.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 72.1% falling
162 Honduras 12.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 31.2% rising
163 China 12.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 18.9% rising
164 East Timor 12.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.5% rising
165 Kenya 11.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 28.9% rising
165 Kuwait 11.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 135.1% rising
167 Azerbaijan 11.84 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.9% falling
168 Zambia 11.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 25.4% falling
169 Algeria 10.99 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 48.3% rising
170 Uganda 10.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 14.8% falling
171 Iceland 10.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 73.9% rising
172 San Marino 10.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.2% rising
173 Finland 10.32 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 49.8% flat
174 United Kingdom 10.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 36.1% falling
175 Belgium 10.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 15.7% falling
176 Switzerland 10.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.4% falling
177 Chad 9.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 7.5% falling
178 Niger 9.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 6.1% rising
179 Syria 9.31 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.8% rising
180 Ireland 9.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 6.6% falling
181 Luxembourg 8.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.6% flat
182 Kazakhstan 7.49 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.2% falling
183 Sao Tome and Principe 7.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 17.4% rising
184 Albania 7.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 14.5% rising
185 Sudan 7.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.9% rising
186 Tajikistan 7.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.7% falling
187 United Arab Emirates 6.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 40.2% rising
188 Belarus 6.82 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 93.8% rising
189 Mongolia 6.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 19.1% rising
190 Ukraine 5.79 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 28.1% falling
191 Yemen 5.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 8.3% rising
192 Japan 4.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.5% flat
193 Kyrgyzstan 4.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.8% flat
194 Singapore 1.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 58.4% volatile

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Indicator
Death rate from diabetes
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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Estimated number of deaths from diabetes mellitus in both sexes, per 100,000 people.