Death rate from stroke by country
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from stroke in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
253.72 deaths per 100,000 people
Nauru
Lowest
14.47 deaths per 100,000 people
Switzerland
Median
83.51 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from stroke is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 253.72 deaths per 100,000 people in Nauru; the lowest is 14.47 deaths per 100,000 people in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 83.51 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 89.1 deaths per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 163 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 79.6%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 52.9%).
Death rate from stroke: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 253.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 2 | Lesotho | 242.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 3 | Maldives | 238.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 4 | Mozambique | 217.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 5 | Micronesia (country) | 210.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 206.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 202.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | 190.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 9 | Madagascar | 181.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 10 | Eritrea | 180.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 11 | Vietnam | 177.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 12 | Kiribati | 173.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 13 | Haiti | 173.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 14 | Indonesia | 172.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 15 | Vanuatu | 172.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 16 | Tuvalu | 169.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 165.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 164.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 19 | Cambodia | 162.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 20 | Philippines | 162.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 21 | Georgia | 158.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 22 | Somalia | 157.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 23 | Laos | 157.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 24 | North Korea | 157.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 25 | Ghana | 154.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 151.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 27 | Malawi | 149.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 146.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 29 | Benin | 146.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 30 | Togo | 145.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 31 | Jamaica | 144.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 143.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 143 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 142.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 35 | Iraq | 142.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 36 | East Timor | 142.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 37 | Myanmar | 141.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea | 140.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 39 | Eswatini | 140.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 40 | Niger | 138.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 41 | Gambia | 137.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 42 | Zambia | 137.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 43 | Burundi | 136.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 44 | Chad | 135.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 132.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 46 | Yemen | 129.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 47 | Liberia | 126.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 48 | Niue | 126.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 49 | Mongolia | 121.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 50 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 121.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 51 | Rwanda | 121 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 52 | Angola | 120.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 53 | Samoa | 120.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 54 | Palau | 119.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 119.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 118.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 57 | China | 117.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 58 | Albania | 117.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 59 | Montenegro | 116.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 115.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 61 | South Sudan | 115.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 115.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 63 | Cape Verde | 114.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 65 | Senegal | 113.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 113.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 112.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 68 | Moldova | 112.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 69 | Mauritania | 109.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 70 | Comoros | 108.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 71 | Congo | 108.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 72 | Burkina Faso | 108.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 73 | Mali | 108.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 74 | Russia | 106.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 106.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 76 | Romania | 104.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 77 | Morocco | 104.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 78 | Namibia | 102.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 79 | Fiji | 101.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 80 | Latvia | 100.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 81 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 98.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 83 | Sudan | 98.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 84 | Honduras | 94.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 85 | Serbia | 93.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 86 | Tanzania | 93.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 87 | Pakistan | 93.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 88 | Guyana | 92.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 89 | Botswana | 90.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 90 | Malaysia | 90.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 91 | Algeria | 89.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 92 | Nigeria | 88.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 93 | Syria | 87.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 85.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 95 | Ukraine | 84.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 83.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 97 | Belarus | 83.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 98 | Kenya | 81.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 78.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 100 | South Africa | 76.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 101 | Gabon | 75.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 102 | Suriname | 75.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 75.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 104 | Equatorial Guinea | 73.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 105 | Tunisia | 73.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 107 | Tonga | 70.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 108 | Uganda | 69.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 110 | Bahrain | 69.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 111 | Mauritius | 68.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 112 | Lithuania | 68.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 113 | Nepal | 68.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 114 | Oman | 68.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 115 | India | 68.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 116 | Libya | 64.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 117 | Thailand | 64.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 62.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 119 | Paraguay | 62.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 62.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 61.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 122 | Cook Islands | 59.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 123 | Bolivia | 59.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 59.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 125 | Venezuela | 59.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 26.9% | flat |
| 126 | Dominica | 58.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 127 | Seychelles | 57.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 128 | Grenada | 57.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 129 | Brunei | 56.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 130 | Armenia | 56.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 131 | Bhutan | 55.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 132 | Barbados | 55.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 133 | Belize | 54.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 134 | Qatar | 53.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 135 | Brazil | 51.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 136 | Jordan | 51.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 137 | Iran | 49.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 138 | Cuba | 49.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 139 | Turkey | 48.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 140 | Hungary | 48.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 141 | Slovakia | 45.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 142 | Croatia | 44.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 144 | Ecuador | 42.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 145 | Guatemala | 41.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 146 | Bahamas | 41.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 147 | Poland | 41.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 148 | Uruguay | 38.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 149 | Colombia | 37.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 150 | Lebanon | 36.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 152 | Greece | 35.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 153 | Monaco | 34.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 154 | El Salvador | 34.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 155 | Chile | 32.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 156 | Kuwait | 32.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 157 | Argentina | 31.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 158 | Portugal | 31.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 159 | Estonia | 30.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Slovenia | 30.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 161 | Czechia | 29.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 162 | Peru | 26.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 164 | Finland | 25.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 165 | Saudi Arabia | 25.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 166 | South Korea | 24.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 167 | United States | 24.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 168 | Italy | 23.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 169 | Japan | 22.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 170 | Costa Rica | 22.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 171 | Denmark | 21.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 172 | Germany | 20.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 174 | New Zealand | 20.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 175 | Netherlands | 20.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 176 | United Kingdom | 20.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 177 | Cyprus | 19.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 178 | Belgium | 19.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 179 | Austria | 18.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 180 | Malta | 18.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 181 | Sweden | 18.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 182 | San Marino | 17.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 183 | Spain | 17.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 184 | Nicaragua | 17.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 185 | France | 17.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 186 | Iceland | 17.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 187 | Andorra | 17.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 188 | Israel | 16.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 189 | Ireland | 16.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 190 | Norway | 16.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 191 | Australia | 16.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 192 | Luxembourg | 16.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 193 | Canada | 14.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 194 | Switzerland | 14.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
About this data
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from stroke in both sexes, per 100,000 people.