Death rate from hypertensive heart diseases by country
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from hypertensive heart disease in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
85.17 deaths per 100,000 people
Lesotho
Lowest
0.9377 deaths per 100,000 people
Belarus
Median
21.26 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000β2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from hypertensive heart diseases is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 85.17 deaths per 100,000 people in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.9377 deaths per 100,000 people in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.26 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 24.1 deaths per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 91.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 242.5%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 90.7%).
Death rate from hypertensive heart diseases: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 85.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 2 | Estonia | 76.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 75.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 69.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 68.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 6 | Mozambique | 65.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 7 | Eritrea | 62.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 59.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 9 | Philippines | 58.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 10 | Eswatini | 54.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 11 | Angola | 54.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 54.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 13 | Somalia | 54.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 14 | Cook Islands | 53.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 52.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 16 | Moldova | 52.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 154.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Yemen | 52.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 18 | Zambia | 51.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.0% | flat |
| 19 | Congo | 51.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 20 | Jamaica | 50.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 21 | Egypt | 49.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 22 | Bahamas | 46.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 45.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 45.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 25 | Djibouti | 43.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 26 | Malawi | 41.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 27 | Algeria | 40.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 28 | Oman | 40.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 29 | Gabon | 40.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 30 | Seychelles | 39.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 39.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 32 | Morocco | 39.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Botswana | 39.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 34 | Sudan | 39.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 35 | Namibia | 38.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 36 | Burundi | 38.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 37 | Rwanda | 37.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 38 | South Sudan | 37.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.2% | flat |
| 39 | Micronesia (country) | 36.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 40 | Hungary | 36.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 41 | South Africa | 35.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 42 | Nauru | 35.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 43 | Equatorial Guinea | 35.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 44 | Liberia | 34.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 45 | Tunisia | 34.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 46 | Guyana | 34.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 47 | Tanzania | 34.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 48 | Croatia | 33.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Haiti | 33.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 51 | Gambia | 32.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 53 | Syria | 32.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 54 | Sierra Leone | 31.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 55 | Guinea | 31.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 56 | Mauritania | 31.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 57 | Marshall Islands | 31.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 58 | Chad | 31.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 59 | Georgia | 31.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Togo | 31.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 31.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Cameroon | 30.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 63 | Ethiopia | 30.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 64 | Dominica | 30.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 65 | Kenya | 30.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 29.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 67 | Laos | 29.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 68 | Libya | 29.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Cambodia | 28.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 28.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 71 | Iraq | 28.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 72 | Jordan | 27.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 27.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 74 | Niger | 27.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 75 | Maldives | 27.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 76 | Lithuania | 27.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 224.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Ghana | 27.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 78 | East Timor | 27.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 79 | Mali | 26.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 80 | Cote d'Ivoire | 26.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 81 | Belize | 26.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 82 | Indonesia | 25.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 83 | Senegal | 25.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 85 | Cuba | 24.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 100.8% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 24.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 24.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 88 | Benin | 24.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 22.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 22.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 91 | Romania | 22.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 92 | Iran | 22.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 93 | Myanmar | 22.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 94 | Samoa | 21.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 95 | Bahrain | 21.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 96 | Pakistan | 21.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 97 | Venezuela | 21.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 98 | Niue | 21.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 99 | North Korea | 20.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 100 | Nigeria | 20.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 101 | Mauritius | 20.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.0% | flat |
| 102 | Vietnam | 20.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 103 | Fiji | 20 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 104 | Armenia | 19.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 19.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 107 | Finland | 19.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Uganda | 18.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 18.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 18.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 111 | Grenada | 17.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 112 | Suriname | 17.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 113 | Nepal | 17.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 114 | Turkey | 17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 16.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 116 | Ecuador | 16.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.1% | rising |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 16.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 118 | Paraguay | 16.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 119 | Colombia | 15.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 120 | Serbia | 15.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 167.4% | rising |
| 121 | China | 15.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 122 | Kuwait | 15.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 15.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 124 | United States | 14.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 125 | Mexico | 14.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 126 | India | 14.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 127 | Bhutan | 14.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 129 | Kiribati | 14.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 130 | Qatar | 13.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 131 | Poland | 13.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 122.6% | rising |
| 132 | Barbados | 12.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 133 | Austria | 12.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 12.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 135 | Panama | 12.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 136 | Chile | 12.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 137 | Singapore | 12.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.5% | flat |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 12.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 139 | Brazil | 12.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 140 | Germany | 11.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 11.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 143 | Brunei | 11.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 144 | Italy | 11.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 11.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 146 | Bolivia | 10.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 148 | Slovenia | 10.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 149 | Lebanon | 9.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 150 | Greece | 9.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 151 | Czechia | 9.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 127.6% | rising |
| 152 | Argentina | 8.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 153 | Slovakia | 8.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 154 | Uruguay | 8.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 155 | Switzerland | 8.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 156 | Albania | 8.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 157 | Mongolia | 7.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 158 | Palau | 7.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 159 | Tonga | 6.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 160 | Kazakhstan | 6.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 161 | Montenegro | 6.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 162 | Denmark | 6.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 163 | El Salvador | 5.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 164 | Andorra | 5.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 165 | Ukraine | 5.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 166 | Monaco | 5.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 167 | Malaysia | 5.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 168 | Cyprus | 5.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 169 | Sweden | 5.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 170 | Russia | 5.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 171 | Spain | 5.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 172 | Guatemala | 4.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 173 | Norway | 4.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 242.5% | rising |
| 174 | Portugal | 4.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 175 | Peru | 4.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 225.8% | volatile |
| 176 | San Marino | 4.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 177 | Iceland | 3.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 178 | Canada | 3.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 179 | United Kingdom | 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 180 | Israel | 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 181 | Luxembourg | 3.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 141.2% | falling |
| 182 | Malta | 3.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 183 | South Korea | 3.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 184 | Thailand | 3.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 185 | Ireland | 2.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 186 | Australia | 2.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 187 | New Zealand | 2.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 188 | France | 2.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 90.7% | falling |
| 190 | North Macedonia | 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 87.4% | falling |
| 191 | Netherlands | 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 192 | Belgium | 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 193 | Japan | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 194 | Belarus | 0.9377 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.3% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from hypertensive heart disease in both sexes, per 100,000 people.