Death rate from rheumatic heart diseases by country
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from rheumatic heart disease in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
17.71 deaths per 100,000 people
Pakistan
Lowest
0.0207 deaths per 100,000 people
Finland
Median
1.19 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from rheumatic heart diseases is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 17.71 deaths per 100,000 people in Pakistan; the lowest is 0.0207 deaths per 100,000 people in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.19 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 2.44 deaths per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 855.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 166 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 2,546.9%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 93.4%).
Death rate from rheumatic heart diseases: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 17.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 2 | India | 14.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 3 | Nepal | 14.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 12.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 5 | Vanuatu | 12.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 6 | Kiribati | 12.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 7 | Bhutan | 11.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 8 | Naoero | 11.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 11.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 10 | Micronesia (country) | 10.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 11 | Solomon Islands | 9.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 9.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 13 | Tuvalu | 8.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 7.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 15 | Fiji | 7.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 7.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 17 | Palau | 6.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 18 | Madagascar | 6.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 19 | Samoa | 6.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 20 | Somalia | 6.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 21 | Eritrea | 6.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 22 | Niue | 6.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 5.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 24 | Haiti | 5.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 25 | Lesotho | 5.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 4.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 27 | North Korea | 4.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 4.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 29 | South Sudan | 4.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 30 | Burundi | 4.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 31 | Angola | 4.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 32 | Niger | 3.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 33 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 3.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 35 | Mongolia | 3.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 36 | China | 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 37 | Chad | 3.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 38 | Eswatini | 3.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 3.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 40 | Egypt | 3.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 42 | Djibouti | 3.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 43 | Zambia | 3.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 44 | Malawi | 3.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 45 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 46 | Comoros | 3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 47 | Rwanda | 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 49 | Philippines | 2.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 2.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 51 | Tonga | 2.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 52 | Congo | 2.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 53 | Guinea | 2.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 54 | Yemen | 2.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 55 | Togo | 2.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 56 | Mali | 2.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 57 | Turkmenistan | 2.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 58 | Slovenia | 2.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.5% | flat |
| 59 | Cameroon | 2.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 60 | Sudan | 2.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 61 | Liberia | 2.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 62 | Timor-Leste | 2.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 63 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 64 | Benin | 2.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 65 | Gambia | 2.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 66 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 67 | Germany | 1.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 69 | South Africa | 1.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 70 | Kenya | 1.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 71 | Croatia | 1.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 132.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Botswana | 1.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 73 | Uganda | 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 74 | Senegal | 1.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 75 | Namibia | 1.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 76 | Gabon | 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 77 | Mauritania | 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 78 | Cook Islands | 1.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 79 | Morocco | 1.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 80 | Iraq | 1.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 81 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 82 | Syria | 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 83 | Nigeria | 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 85 | Cambodia | 1.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 1.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 87 | Myanmar | 1.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 91 | Austria | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 92 | Saint Lucia | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 93 | Dominica | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 94 | Jamaica | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 95 | New Zealand | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 96 | Cyprus | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 34.4% | falling |
| 97 | Ghana | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 98 | Algeria | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 99 | Iran | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 100 | Romania | 1.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 101 | Georgia | 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Grenada | 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Suriname | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 104 | Tunisia | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 106 | Belarus | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 107 | Libya | 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 108 | Indonesia | 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 109 | Albania | 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 110 | Italy | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 111 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 112 | Guyana | 0.9947 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 0.9869 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 114 | Spain | 0.9855 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 115 | Ukraine | 0.9825 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 116 | Montenegro | 0.9742 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 117 | Denmark | 0.9687 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 136.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Brazil | 0.965 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 119 | Russian Federation | 0.9605 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Czechia | 0.9436 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 121 | Israel | 0.9317 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 0.9121 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 123 | Lebanon | 0.9094 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 124 | Qatar | 0.9087 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 125 | Hungary | 0.8959 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 126 | San Marino | 0.8731 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 127 | Malaysia | 0.8549 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 128 | Republic of Moldova | 0.814 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 0.7968 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 130 | Bahamas | 0.7871 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 131 | Viet Nam | 0.7863 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 132 | Belize | 0.7616 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 133 | Latvia | 0.7382 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 134 | Maldives | 0.7099 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 135 | Bahrain | 0.6887 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Uruguay | 0.6812 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 137 | Canada | 0.6792 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 138 | Belgium | 0.6748 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 139 | Serbia | 0.6401 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 140 | Ecuador | 0.6376 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 141 | Australia | 0.6346 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 142 | Portugal | 0.625 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 143 | Türkiye | 0.6142 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 144 | United States | 0.6127 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 145 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.6032 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5889 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 147 | Ireland | 0.5877 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 148 | Honduras | 0.5609 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 149 | Costa Rica | 0.5582 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 150 | Poland | 0.5285 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 151 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5103 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 152 | Norway | 0.4953 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 109.2% | falling |
| 153 | Slovakia | 0.4925 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 154 | Panama | 0.4865 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 155 | Thailand | 0.4852 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 156 | Lithuania | 0.4825 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Cuba | 0.4733 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 158 | France | 0.4698 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 159 | Monaco | 0.4578 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 160 | Peru | 0.4502 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 48.9% | falling |
| 161 | Estonia | 0.4495 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 0.4474 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 163 | Barbados | 0.4461 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 164 | Andorra | 0.4446 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 165 | Paraguay | 0.4445 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 166 | Bulgaria | 0.4433 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 167 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.4348 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 168 | Netherlands | 0.4002 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1,425.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Armenia | 0.4001 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 89.7% | falling |
| 170 | Switzerland | 0.3905 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 0.3902 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Mexico | 0.3862 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 173 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3756 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 174 | Seychelles | 0.3708 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 175 | Japan | 0.351 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 176 | Greece | 0.3484 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2,546.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Kuwait | 0.3416 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Jordan | 0.3265 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.311 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3022 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 181 | El Salvador | 0.292 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 182 | Singapore | 0.2546 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 183 | Sweden | 0.2205 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 184 | Argentina | 0.2033 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 185 | Malta | 0.1836 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Mauritius | 0.182 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 187 | Guatemala | 0.1747 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 188 | Republic of Korea | 0.1678 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 189 | Nicaragua | 0.123 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Iceland | 0.1107 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Chile | 0.0939 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Colombia | 0.0862 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 193 | North Macedonia | 0.0593 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Finland | 0.0207 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 93.4% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from rheumatic heart disease in both sexes, per 100,000 people.