Death rate from diarrheal diseases who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
111.7
Somalia
Lowest
0
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
3.3
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from diarrheal diseases who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 111.7 in Somalia; the lowest is 0 in Antigua and Barbuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.3, and the mean is 12.7.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 140 fell. The largest increase was in Slovak Republic (up 1,528.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Death rate from diarrheal diseases who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 111.7 2021 down 33.5% falling
1 Niue 14.46 2021 up 9.0% falling
2 Niger 97.77 2021 down 31.4% falling
2 Cook Islands 2.41 2021 up 29.6% flat
3 Chad 87.69 2021 down 39.7% falling
4 South Sudan, Republic of 79.08 2021 up 7.5% falling
5 Nigeria 74.74 2021 down 40.6% falling
6 Central African Republic 66.88 2021 down 28.4% falling
7 Lesotho 66.14 2021 down 21.7% falling
8 Guinea 58.71 2021 down 33.2% falling
9 Mali 56.59 2021 down 46.1% falling
10 Sierra Leone 54.03 2021 down 46.4% falling
11 Eritrea, The State of 48.99 2021 down 28.1% falling
12 Madagascar, Republic of 48.24 2021 down 25.6% falling
13 Benin 47.03 2021 down 44.1% falling
14 Burkina Faso 46.72 2021 down 22.6% falling
15 Kiribati 43.61 2021 down 19.3% falling
16 Burundi 41.78 2021 down 40.6% falling
17 Angola 41.61 2021 down 56.8% volatile
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 39.94 2021 down 48.3% falling
19 Guinea-Bissau 39.03 2021 down 45.4% falling
20 Togo 38.69 2021 down 42.8% falling
21 Cameroon 36.99 2021 down 49.6% falling
22 India 35.46 2021 down 36.5% falling
23 Malawi 34.94 2021 down 38.8% falling
24 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 33.59 2021 down 44.7% falling
25 Eswatini, Kingdom of 33.31 2021 down 26.0% falling
26 Mozambique 32.15 2021 down 39.9% falling
27 Tanzania 30.95 2021 down 31.5% falling
28 Zimbabwe 30.91 2021 down 30.1% falling
29 Côte d’Ivoire 29.39 2021 down 34.9% falling
30 Djibouti 29.16 2021 down 26.2% falling
31 South Africa 27.24 2021 down 16.9% falling
32 Liberia 25.9 2021 down 57.5% falling
33 Comoros, Union of the 25.66 2021 down 40.6% falling
34 Zambia 25.04 2021 down 38.4% falling
35 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 24.01 2021 down 59.3% falling
36 Namibia 23.51 2021 down 32.9% falling
37 Pakistan 23.37 2021 down 43.5% falling
38 Rwanda 22.83 2021 down 44.3% volatile
39 Botswana 22.18 2021 down 39.9% falling
40 Palau, Republic of 21.47 2021 up 22.0% flat
41 Haiti 21.17 2021 down 52.2% falling
42 Gambia, The 20.41 2021 down 51.2% falling
43 Papua New Guinea 19.45 2021 down 33.6% falling
44 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 19.29 2021 down 39.4% falling
45 Ghana 19.26 2021 down 33.4% falling
46 Senegal 19.22 2021 down 57.6% volatile
47 Kenya 18.88 2021 down 41.0% falling
48 Bhutan 18.85 2021 down 27.2% falling
49 Indonesia 17.72 2021 down 39.6% falling
50 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 17.68 2021 down 51.9% falling
51 Bangladesh 17.22 2021 down 23.6% falling
52 Uganda 17.05 2021 down 40.6% falling
53 Congo, Republic of 16.23 2021 down 51.2% falling
54 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.48 2021 down 54.5% volatile
55 Fiji, Republic of 13.76 2021 up 1.5% rising
56 Myanmar 13.67 2021 down 27.0% falling
57 Vanuatu 13.61 2021 down 32.6% falling
58 Gabon 13.6 2021 down 45.6% falling
59 Sudan 12.95 2021 down 54.6% falling
60 Guatemala 12.9 2021 down 29.4% falling
61 Nepal 12.86 2021 down 36.4% falling
62 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 12.53 2021 down 31.8% falling
63 Yemen, Republic of 12.24 2021 down 43.8% falling
64 Tuvalu 10.62 2021 down 25.7% falling
65 Micronesia, Federated States of 10.54 2021 down 17.5% falling
66 Solomon Islands 10.4 2021 down 35.2% falling
67 Philippines 9.58 2021 down 14.1% falling
68 Thailand 9.53 2021 up 33.3% rising
69 Cambodia 9.01 2021 down 44.9% volatile
70 Honduras 7.26 2021 down 24.6% falling
71 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 7.18 2021 down 62.0% volatile
72 Cabo Verde 7.15 2021 down 41.2% falling
73 Naoero, Republic of 7.11 2021 down 40.1% falling
74 Slovak Republic 6.84 2021 up 1,528.6% volatile
75 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 6.64 2021 down 61.4% volatile
76 Tajikistan, Republic of 6.22 2021 down 46.3% volatile
77 Bolivia 6.02 2021 down 42.8% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 5.97 2021 down 30.1% falling
79 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 5.47 2021 up 59.9% falling
80 Samoa 5.36 2021 down 15.2% falling
81 Turkmenistan 5 2021 down 36.7% falling
82 Hungary 4.87 2021 up 94.0% volatile
83 Maldives 4.84 2021 up 48.0% volatile
84 Panama 4.49 2021 up 3.5% falling
85 Belgium 3.99 2021 up 10.8% rising
86 Suriname 3.72 2021 down 9.3% falling
87 El Salvador 3.7 2021 down 23.7% falling
88 Seychelles 3.66 2021 down 13.3% flat
89 Tonga 3.64 2021 up 4.6% falling
90 Guyana 3.63 2021 down 55.2% volatile
91 Germany 3.57 2021 down 36.7% volatile
92 St. Kitts and Nevis 3.51 2021 down 6.6% falling
93 Jamaica 3.48 2021 up 66.5% rising
94 Sri Lanka 3.42 2021 down 20.1% falling
95 Malaysia 3.37 2021 up 9.4% rising
96 Poland 3.33 2021 up 825.0% volatile
97 Uruguay 3.27 2021 down 7.1% rising
98 Cyprus 3.19 2021 up 26.6% volatile
99 Vietnam 3.05 2021 down 25.1% falling
100 France 3.04 2021 down 28.1% rising
101 Italy 2.87 2021 up 226.1% volatile
102 Netherlands 2.86 2021 up 169.8% volatile
103 Portugal 2.75 2021 up 157.0% volatile
104 Denmark 2.56 2021 down 45.4% rising
105 Czechia 2.44 2021 down 7.6% volatile
106 Lithuania 2.35 2021 up 879.2% volatile
106 Paraguay 2.35 2021 down 47.5% falling
108 United States 2.2 2021 down 40.2% rising
109 Mexico 2.19 2021 down 35.2% falling
110 Switzerland 2.17 2021 up 12.4% volatile
111 Brazil 2.12 2021 down 9.8% falling
112 Sweden 2.11 2021 down 46.9% rising
113 Spain 2.08 2021 up 30.0% rising
114 Austria 2.07 2021 up 195.7% volatile
115 Luxembourg 2.02 2021 up 134.9% rising
116 Iraq 1.99 2021 down 74.7% volatile
117 Japan 1.96 2021 down 3.9% rising
118 Algeria 1.95 2021 down 40.5% falling
118 Korea 1.95 2021 up 15.4% volatile
120 Dominica 1.91 2021 down 17.0% falling
121 United Kingdom 1.89 2021 down 41.3% volatile
122 Monaco 1.88 2021 up 72.5% rising
123 Chile 1.84 2021 up 27.8% rising
124 Canada 1.78 2021 down 65.5% rising
125 Costa Rica 1.73 2021 up 21.8% falling
126 New Zealand 1.72 2021 down 7.5% volatile
127 Colombia 1.69 2021 up 17.4% falling
128 Norway 1.67 2021 down 62.0% falling
129 Moldova, Republic of 1.6 2021 up 742.1% volatile
130 St. Lucia 1.55 2021 up 17.4% falling
130 Trinidad and Tobago 1.55 2021 up 14.8% falling
132 Belize 1.51 2021 down 57.0% falling
133 Nicaragua 1.49 2021 down 63.9% volatile
134 Romania 1.47 2021 up 444.4% volatile
135 Lebanon 1.43 2021 up 31.2% rising
136 Serbia, Republic of 1.42 2021 up 89.3% volatile
137 Cuba 1.4 2021 down 39.4% falling
138 Peru 1.39 2021 down 52.1% volatile
139 Ireland 1.34 2021 up 97.1% rising
140 Egypt 1.31 2021 down 69.3% volatile
141 Australia 1.27 2021 up 111.7% volatile
142 Israel 1.24 2021 down 50.2% rising
143 Greece 1.23 2021 volatile
144 Bahamas, The 1.22 2021 up 79.4% rising
145 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.2 2021 down 78.6% volatile
146 Kyrgyz Republic 1.18 2021 down 70.8% volatile
147 Iceland 1.12 2021 down 12.5% volatile
147 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.12 2021 down 13.8% volatile
149 Morocco 1.08 2021 down 67.4% volatile
150 Croatia 1.06 2021 up 89.3% volatile
151 Grenada 1.02 2021 up 5.2% volatile
152 Barbados 0.99 2021 down 2.0% falling
153 Argentina 0.98 2021 down 16.9% falling
154 Armenia, Republic of 0.94 2021 up 6.8% volatile
155 Syrian Arab Republic 0.93 2021 down 21.2% volatile
156 Libya 0.89 2021 down 60.3% volatile
157 Ecuador 0.88 2021 down 48.5% falling
158 Malta 0.84 2021 up 40.0% volatile
159 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.83 2021 up 29.7% rising
159 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.83 2021 down 64.2% volatile
161 Uzbekistan 0.82 2021 down 79.4% volatile
162 Mongolia 0.8 2021 down 79.0% volatile
163 Tunisia 0.78 2021 down 12.4% falling
164 Estonia 0.68 2021 volatile
165 Brunei Darussalam 0.64 2021 up 357.1% volatile
166 Saudi Arabia 0.63 2021 down 18.2% falling
167 Türkiye 0.61 2021 down 6.2% rising
168 Bulgaria 0.57 2021 up 103.6% flat
169 Georgia 0.56 2021 up 12.0% volatile
170 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.55 2021 down 19.1% volatile
171 Singapore 0.51 2021 down 15.0% rising
172 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.48 2021 up 26.3% falling
172 China, People's Republic of 0.48 2021 down 52.0% volatile
174 Mauritius 0.46 2021 down 80.6% falling
175 Oman 0.45 2021 down 13.5% falling
176 Albania 0.43 2021 down 29.5% volatile
177 Jordan 0.38 2021 down 50.6% volatile
178 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.36 2021 down 71.0% volatile
179 San Marino, Republic of 0.33 2021 down 2.9% rising
180 Latvia 0.3 2021 up 76.5% volatile
181 Russian Federation 0.28 2021 down 28.2% falling
182 United Arab Emirates 0.23 2021 down 4.2% falling
183 Finland 0.2 2021 down 76.2% volatile
184 Andorra, Principality of 0.15 2021 up 7.1% flat
184 Qatar 0.15 2021 down 16.7% falling
186 Ukraine 0.12 2021 down 29.4% falling
187 Belarus, Republic of 0.11 2021 down 8.3% volatile
187 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.11 2021 up 10.0% volatile
189 Kuwait 0.08 2021 down 38.5% volatile
190 Slovenia 0.07 2021 down 69.6% volatile
191 Montenegro 0.04 2021 unchanged flat
192 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Death rate from diarrheal diseases who
Source
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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