Death rate from pneumonia by country
Estimated number of deaths from lower respiratory infections in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
159.53 deaths per 100,000 people
Somalia
Lowest
0.93 deaths per 100,000 people
Finland
Median
31.67 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from pneumonia is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 159.53 deaths per 100,000 people in Somalia; the lowest is 0.93 deaths per 100,000 people in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.67 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 36.92 deaths per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 172.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 139 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 346.6%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 88.3%).
Death rate from pneumonia: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 159.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 2 | Monaco | 147.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 3 | Chad | 122.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 4 | Guinea | 113.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 112.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 100.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 7 | Lesotho | 98.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 95.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 9 | Philippines | 92.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 10 | South Sudan | 90.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 11 | Argentina | 86.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 85.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 85.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 14 | Eritrea | 84.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 82.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 78.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 17 | Singapore | 77.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 18 | Georgia | 76.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 346.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Benin | 74.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 20 | Togo | 74.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 21 | Japan | 73.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 73.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 23 | Angola | 73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 70.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 25 | Eswatini | 70.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 70.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 28 | Greece | 65.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 32 | Comoros | 60.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 33 | Serbia | 60.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 343.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 35 | Burundi | 59.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 36 | Romania | 58.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 37 | Belgium | 58.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 58.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 39 | Malaysia | 57.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 39 | Niue | 57.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 55.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 42 | South Africa | 55.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 43 | Haiti | 54.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 44 | Gambia | 53.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 45 | South Korea | 52.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Poland | 52.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 47 | Thailand | 51.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 48 | Cambodia | 51.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 49 | Peru | 50.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 50 | Cuba | 50.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 51 | Mozambique | 48.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 52 | Rwanda | 48.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Liberia | 48.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 47.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 54 | Malta | 47.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 56 | Seychelles | 46.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 57 | Malawi | 46.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 58 | East Timor | 45.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 45.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 60 | Tanzania | 44.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 61 | Mauritania | 44.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 62 | Namibia | 43.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 63 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 64 | Ghana | 43.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 64 | Zambia | 43.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 66 | Mauritius | 42.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 41.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 68 | Kiribati | 40.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 69 | Moldova | 40.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 82.0% | falling |
| 70 | Paraguay | 40.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 71 | Grenada | 40.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 72 | Botswana | 39.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 73 | Slovakia | 38.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 74 | Micronesia (country) | 38.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 75 | Cook Islands | 37.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 76 | Kenya | 37.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 77 | Palau | 36.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 78 | Guatemala | 36.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 79 | Armenia | 36.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Czechia | 36.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 81 | Gabon | 35.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 82 | Senegal | 35.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 83 | Laos | 35.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 84 | Brazil | 35.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 85 | Congo | 34.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 86 | Bolivia | 34.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 86 | Tonga | 34.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 88 | Nauru | 34.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 89 | Uganda | 33.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 33.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 92 | Barbados | 33.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 93 | Afghanistan | 33.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 94 | Italy | 32.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 32.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 96 | Ecuador | 32.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 97 | Guyana | 32.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 98 | Samoa | 31.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 99 | Tuvalu | 31.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 100 | Yemen | 30.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 101 | Marshall Islands | 29.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 102 | Sudan | 29.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 103 | Ireland | 28.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 104 | India | 28.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 105 | Denmark | 27.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.1% | flat |
| 106 | Pakistan | 26.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 107 | Estonia | 26.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 116.9% | rising |
| 108 | Lebanon | 25.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 25.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 110 | Myanmar | 25.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 111 | Latvia | 24.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 112 | Dominica | 23.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 23.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 114 | Papua New Guinea | 22.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 115 | Fiji | 22.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 116 | Colombia | 22.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 117 | Bahamas | 22.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 118 | Maldives | 22.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 52.8% | falling |
| 118 | North Korea | 22.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 120 | Venezuela | 21.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 121 | Vietnam | 21.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 122 | Saint Lucia | 21.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 123 | Slovenia | 21.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 20.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 125 | Nepal | 20.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 126 | France | 20.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 19.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 128 | Israel | 19.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 129 | New Zealand | 19.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 18.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 131 | Croatia | 18.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 126.9% | falling |
| 132 | Egypt | 18.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 133 | Germany | 18.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 18.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 135 | Belize | 17.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 136 | Norway | 17.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 17.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 138 | Mexico | 17.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 139 | Netherlands | 16.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 140 | Iceland | 16.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 141 | Spain | 16.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 142 | Antigua and Barbuda | 16.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 143 | Jamaica | 15.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 144 | Albania | 15.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 145 | Suriname | 15.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 147 | Panama | 15.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 148 | Hungary | 15.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 149 | Morocco | 15.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 15.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Brunei | 15.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 152 | Bhutan | 14.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 153 | Kazakhstan | 14.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 154 | Chile | 14.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 155 | China | 14.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 156 | Honduras | 14.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 157 | Russia | 14.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 14.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 159 | Iraq | 13.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 160 | Algeria | 13.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 13.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 162 | Turkey | 13.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 163 | Indonesia | 12.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 164 | United States | 12.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 165 | Switzerland | 12.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 166 | Syria | 12.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 166 | Tunisia | 12.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 168 | Sweden | 12.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 169 | Canada | 11.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 170 | Ukraine | 11.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 171 | San Marino | 11.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 172 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 173 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 174 | Libya | 10.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 175 | Andorra | 9.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 176 | Mongolia | 9.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 177 | Uzbekistan | 9.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 178 | Kuwait | 9.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 179 | Australia | 9.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 180 | Cyprus | 8.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 181 | Iran | 8.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 182 | Austria | 8.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 183 | Oman | 8.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 184 | Belarus | 8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 185 | Nicaragua | 7.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 186 | Azerbaijan | 7.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 187 | Saudi Arabia | 7.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 188 | Jordan | 7.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 189 | Montenegro | 7.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 190 | Bahrain | 6.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 191 | North Macedonia | 5.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.1% | flat |
| 192 | United Arab Emirates | 3.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 193 | Qatar | 2.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 194 | Finland | 0.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 88.3% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from lower respiratory infections in both sexes, per 100,000 people.