Death rate from ischaemic heart disease by country

Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from ischaemic heart disease in both sexes, per 100,000 people.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
455.17 deaths per 100,000 people
Nauru
Lowest
19.48 deaths per 100,000 people
San Marino
Median
97.88 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from ischaemic heart disease is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 455.17 deaths per 100,000 people in Nauru; the lowest is 19.48 deaths per 100,000 people in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.88 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 114.19 deaths per 100,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 138 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 139.6%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 51.0%).

Death rate from ischaemic heart disease: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nauru 455.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.7% falling
2 Uzbekistan 311.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 41.5% falling
3 Turkmenistan 294.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 10.0% falling
4 Ukraine 293.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.4% falling
5 Vanuatu 293.78 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 15.3% falling
6 Belarus 290.76 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 18.5% falling
7 Micronesia (country) 285.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 9.6% rising
8 Syria 281.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.9% falling
9 Moldova 277.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.3% falling
10 Philippines 271.65 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 21.2% flat
11 Marshall Islands 264.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.5% falling
12 Tuvalu 264.83 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.2% flat
13 Egypt 262.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 3.8% flat
14 Afghanistan 254.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.9% falling
15 Bulgaria 250.96 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.1% falling
16 Solomon Islands 248.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.5% flat
17 Armenia 246.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 12.5% falling
18 Maldives 231.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 91.2% rising
19 Niue 225.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.1% flat
20 Morocco 218.79 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.1% falling
21 Fiji 215.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 11.5% falling
22 Iraq 210.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 9.9% falling
23 Tajikistan 209.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.3% falling
24 Yemen 207.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 3.7% falling
25 Palau 204.37 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 11.0% falling
26 Sudan 202.87 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.0% flat
27 Kiribati 195.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.3% flat
28 Haiti 193.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.8% falling
29 Mongolia 185.51 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 27.1% falling
30 Lithuania 184.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.8% falling
31 Samoa 182.72 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.1% rising
32 Russia 177.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.9% falling
33 Kyrgyzstan 175.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 43.2% falling
34 Pakistan 172.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.2% flat
35 Slovakia 171.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 12.7% falling
36 Azerbaijan 169.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.1% falling
37 Algeria 168.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 3.7% falling
38 Kazakhstan 163.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 24.9% falling
39 Central African Republic 162.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.4% rising
40 Oman 162.54 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.8% falling
41 Romania 159.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 11.5% falling
42 Latvia 158.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 27.1% falling
43 Hungary 157.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 11.9% falling
44 Laos 148.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.0% falling
45 Libya 148.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 12.8% flat
46 Malaysia 143.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.5% falling
47 Venezuela 143.67 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.9% rising
48 Bahrain 141.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.7% falling
49 Tunisia 140.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.3% falling
50 India 139.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.5% rising
51 Sierra Leone 134.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 7.0% flat
52 Honduras 134.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.8% rising
53 Poland 134.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 17.1% falling
54 Mauritius 132.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 9.7% falling
55 Mexico 131.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 49.7% rising
56 Cape Verde 131.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.8% rising
57 Saudi Arabia 130.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.9% falling
58 Tonga 128.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.0% flat
59 East Timor 124.72 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 37.8% falling
60 Qatar 123.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 28.0% falling
61 Serbia 122.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.3% falling
62 Dominican Republic 121.83 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 3.9% rising
63 Colombia 121.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 25.5% falling
64 Albania 120.36 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.0% rising
65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 119.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.2% falling
66 Czechia 118 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 27.4% falling
67 United Arab Emirates 117.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 24.4% falling
68 Ecuador 116.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 139.6% falling
69 Congo 115.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.7% falling
70 Cuba 115.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 18.8% falling
71 Kuwait 112.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 27.7% falling
72 Iran 111.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.1% falling
73 Gambia 111.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 15.0% falling
74 Montenegro 110.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 17.8% falling
75 Georgia 110.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 51.0% falling
76 Zimbabwe 110.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.6% rising
77 Angola 109.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 14.0% falling
78 Guyana 109.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 41.3% falling
79 Indonesia 108.79 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 12.3% rising
80 Lesotho 106.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 10.8% rising
81 Trinidad and Tobago 106.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.5% falling
82 Myanmar 106.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.7% falling
83 Eritrea 105.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.0% flat
84 Nepal 105.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.8% rising
85 El Salvador 104.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 11.9% flat
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 104.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.8% falling
87 Guinea-Bissau 102.32 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.3% falling
88 Togo 101.96 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.6% falling
89 Cook Islands 101.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.3% falling
90 North Korea 100.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.6% rising
91 Papua New Guinea 99.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 3.0% rising
92 Paraguay 99.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 3.6% flat
93 Cambodia 99.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.9% falling
94 Democratic Republic of Congo 98.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.4% falling
95 Burkina Faso 98.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.7% flat
96 Equatorial Guinea 98.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.2% falling
97 North Macedonia 98.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 20.3% falling
98 Cameroon 97.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 11.4% falling
99 Eswatini 97.31 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.4% rising
100 Guinea 96.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.6% rising
101 Liberia 95.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.9% flat
102 Cote d'Ivoire 94.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 18.7% falling
103 Guatemala 93.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.8% rising
104 Mauritania 93.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 8.6% flat
105 Nigeria 92.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.9% falling
106 Senegal 91.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.6% falling
107 China 90.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 12.0% flat
108 Turkey 89.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.7% falling
109 Madagascar 87.99 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 3.4% flat
110 Jamaica 86.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 36.3% rising
111 Croatia 85.82 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 40.6% falling
112 Grenada 85.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.0% falling
113 Bhutan 85.37 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.5% falling
114 Chad 85.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.4% falling
115 Djibouti 85.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 9.6% rising
116 Burundi 83.61 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.9% falling
117 Tanzania 83.61 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 31.0% rising
118 Gabon 82.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 20.8% falling
119 Bangladesh 81.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.0% falling
120 Ghana 81.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.7% falling
121 Nicaragua 81.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 18.9% flat
122 Malawi 80.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 19.1% rising
123 Sao Tome and Principe 80.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.0% rising
124 Argentina 80.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.9% falling
125 Estonia 77.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 45.4% falling
126 Lebanon 75.95 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 17.0% falling
127 Saint Kitts and Nevis 75.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.9% falling
128 Benin 74.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.3% rising
129 Sri Lanka 74.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 30.5% falling
130 Singapore 74.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 15.1% falling
131 Zambia 74.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 35.5% rising
132 United States 74.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.1% falling
133 Niger 73.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.1% rising
134 South Sudan 72.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 34.2% rising
135 Suriname 71.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.1% falling
136 Comoros 70.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.1% falling
137 Somalia 70.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.1% flat
138 Brazil 69.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.2% falling
139 Jordan 69.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.2% falling
140 Bolivia 69.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.1% falling
141 Vietnam 68.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.1% rising
142 Greece 67.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 28.4% falling
143 Namibia 66.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.9% falling
144 Brunei 66.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 15.7% falling
145 Mali 66.54 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 3.9% rising
146 Panama 66.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.2% falling
147 Belize 65.79 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.8% falling
148 Botswana 65.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 30.4% rising
149 Malta 63.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 47.1% falling
150 Seychelles 62.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.5% falling
151 Austria 61.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 26.6% falling
152 Rwanda 61.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 36.2% falling
153 Germany 60.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.5% falling
154 Finland 58.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.1% falling
155 Dominica 57.69 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 30.6% falling
156 Bahamas 57.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.0% falling
157 Antigua and Barbuda 56.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 36.8% falling
158 South Africa 55.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.0% flat
159 Uruguay 55.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 24.4% falling
160 Slovenia 52.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 27.3% falling
161 Ethiopia 51.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.3% falling
162 Ireland 51.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 30.1% falling
163 Kenya 49.27 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.8% rising
164 Uganda 48.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 1.1% falling
165 Barbados 47.77 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 0.2% falling
166 New Zealand 47.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 31.3% falling
167 Iceland 46.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.3% falling
168 Mozambique 45.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.5% rising
169 Thailand 45.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.9% falling
170 Canada 44.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.1% falling
171 Sweden 43.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 39.7% falling
172 United Kingdom 43.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.8% falling
173 Monaco 42.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.2% falling
174 Cyprus 42.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 47.5% falling
175 Saint Lucia 42.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 7.5% falling
176 Peru 41.84 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 8.6% falling
177 Costa Rica 40.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 33.9% falling
178 Chile 39.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.9% falling
179 Italy 36.75 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 31.1% falling
180 Switzerland 36.37 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 31.8% falling
181 Norway 35.83 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 39.8% falling
182 Portugal 35.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.2% falling
183 Netherlands 35.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 32.3% falling
184 Australia 35.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.1% falling
185 Belgium 34.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 40.2% falling
186 Andorra 34.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.1% falling
187 Denmark 34.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 32.6% falling
188 Spain 33.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 27.8% falling
189 Israel 33.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 29.8% falling
190 Luxembourg 33.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 41.5% falling
191 Japan 32 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.9% falling
192 France 29.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 20.2% falling
193 South Korea 25.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 29.5% falling
194 San Marino 19.48 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 38.0% falling

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Indicator
Death rate from ischaemic heart disease
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 age-standardized deaths from ischaemic heart disease in both sexes, per 100,000 people.