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Death rate from strokes who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
253.72
Nauru
Lowest
14.47
Switzerland
Median
82.56
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from strokes who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 253.72 in Nauru; the lowest is 14.47 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 82.56, and the mean is 88.32.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 167 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 79.6%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 52.9%).

Death rate from strokes who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nauru 253.72 2021 down 15.5% falling
2 Lesotho 242.98 2021 up 5.0% rising
3 Maldives 238.12 2021 up 79.6% rising
4 Mozambique 217.03 2021 down 1.3% rising
5 Micronesia (country) 210.56 2021 up 4.0% falling
6 Central African Republic 206.56 2021 down 7.1% rising
7 Solomon Islands 202.9 2021 down 12.2% falling
8 Marshall Islands 190.34 2021 down 16.0% falling
9 Madagascar 181.51 2021 down 2.8% falling
10 Eritrea 180.55 2021 down 7.3% falling
11 Vietnam 177.03 2021 down 12.8% flat
12 Kiribati 173.94 2021 down 5.5% falling
13 Haiti 173.74 2021 down 11.0% falling
14 Indonesia 172.65 2021 down 20.3% falling
15 Vanuatu 172.43 2021 down 19.6% falling
16 Tuvalu 169.53 2021 down 8.2% falling
17 Sierra Leone 165.61 2021 down 11.0% flat
18 Afghanistan 164.24 2021 down 15.7% falling
19 Cambodia 162.47 2021 down 9.0% falling
20 Philippines 162.45 2021 up 8.1% rising
21 Georgia 158.51 2021 up 10.2% falling
22 Somalia 157.53 2021 down 5.5% falling
23 Laos 157.43 2021 down 9.2% falling
24 North Korea 157.4 2021 down 15.4% flat
25 Ghana 154.48 2021 down 16.6% flat
26 Zimbabwe 151.24 2021 down 1.8% rising
27 Malawi 149.47 2021 up 16.7% falling
28 Guinea-Bissau 146.77 2021 down 13.3% falling
29 Benin 146.07 2021 down 9.0% falling
30 Togo 145.75 2021 down 6.5% falling
31 Jamaica 144.58 2021 up 29.3% rising
32 Cameroon 143.33 2021 down 12.5% falling
33 Bulgaria 143 2021 up 2.8% falling
34 Turkmenistan 142.88 2021 up 1.5% falling
35 Iraq 142.51 2021 up 5.7% falling
36 East Timor 142.16 2021 down 37.6% falling
37 Myanmar 141.95 2021 down 12.9% falling
38 Guinea 140.98 2021 down 9.4% rising
39 Eswatini 140.1 2021 down 5.6% flat
40 Niger 138.27 2021 down 0.2% rising
41 Gambia 137.91 2021 down 15.4% falling
42 Zambia 137.19 2021 up 16.6% flat
43 Burundi 136.74 2021 up 0.9% falling
44 Chad 135.4 2021 down 12.4% falling
45 Egypt 132.44 2021 down 5.8% falling
46 Yemen 129.33 2021 down 3.1% falling
47 Liberia 126.65 2021 down 13.0% falling
48 Niue 126.14 2021 down 1.5% falling
49 Mongolia 121.31 2021 down 38.2% falling
50 Democratic Republic of Congo 121.17 2021 down 6.4% falling
51 Rwanda 121 2021 down 41.3% falling
52 Angola 120.62 2021 up 3.2% falling
53 Samoa 120.2 2021 down 2.0% falling
54 Palau 119.87 2021 down 13.8% falling
55 Papua New Guinea 119.08 2021 down 3.4% flat
56 North Macedonia 118.23 2021 down 28.1% falling
57 China 117.45 2021 down 22.3% falling
58 Albania 117.14 2021 down 7.6% falling
59 Montenegro 116.66 2021 down 16.7% falling
60 Kazakhstan 115.61 2021 down 34.2% falling
61 South Sudan 115.24 2021 up 35.9% rising
62 Bangladesh 115.11 2021 down 23.4% falling
63 Cape Verde 114.89 2021 up 1.0% rising
64 Djibouti 113.77 2021 down 2.3% falling
65 Senegal 113.47 2021 down 0.9% falling
66 Cote d'Ivoire 113.09 2021 down 22.1% falling
67 Tajikistan 112.82 2021 down 26.6% falling
68 Moldova 112.41 2021 down 18.9% falling
69 Mauritania 109.91 2021 up 0.9% falling
70 Comoros 108.37 2021 down 8.4% falling
71 Congo 108.32 2021 down 21.7% falling
72 Burkina Faso 108.29 2021 down 11.6% falling
73 Mali 108.28 2021 down 2.9% flat
74 Russia 106.9 2021 down 28.4% falling
75 Sao Tome and Principe 106.49 2021 down 6.5% falling
76 Romania 104.94 2021 down 21.9% falling
77 Morocco 104.62 2021 down 5.4% falling
78 Namibia 102.59 2021 down 16.4% falling
79 Fiji 101.94 2021 down 15.2% falling
80 Latvia 100.86 2021 down 1.2% falling
81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 99.55 2021 down 23.4% falling
82 Uzbekistan 98.59 2021 down 44.5% falling
83 Sudan 98.09 2021 down 4.2% falling
84 Honduras 94.92 2021 down 8.7% rising
85 Serbia 93.96 2021 down 15.2% falling
86 Tanzania 93.73 2021 up 13.1% flat
87 Pakistan 93.13 2021 down 11.0% falling
88 Guyana 92.16 2021 down 36.6% falling
89 Botswana 90.45 2021 down 32.9% falling
90 Malaysia 90.07 2021 down 10.4% falling
91 Algeria 89.79 2021 down 1.2% falling
92 Nigeria 88.08 2021 down 4.3% falling
93 Syria 87.84 2021 down 1.8% falling
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 85.92 2021 down 9.9% falling
95 Ukraine 84.45 2021 down 25.5% falling
96 Sri Lanka 83.64 2021 down 33.8% falling
97 Belarus 83.38 2021 down 26.5% falling
98 Kenya 81.74 2021 down 4.4% rising
99 Saint Lucia 78.35 2021 up 4.9% falling
100 South Africa 76.75 2021 down 22.5% flat
101 Gabon 75.49 2021 down 27.0% falling
102 Suriname 75.2 2021 down 19.6% falling
103 Ethiopia 75.12 2021 down 7.8% falling
104 Equatorial Guinea 73.89 2021 down 14.7% falling
105 Tunisia 73.17 2021 down 14.7% falling
106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.47 2021 down 10.7% falling
107 Tonga 70.67 2021 down 7.3% falling
108 Uganda 69.97 2021 down 3.5% falling
109 Trinidad and Tobago 69.9 2021 up 2.7% falling
110 Bahrain 69.63 2021 down 22.9% falling
111 Mauritius 68.92 2021 down 2.4% falling
112 Lithuania 68.66 2021 down 19.9% falling
113 Nepal 68.48 2021 up 3.1% rising
114 Oman 68.23 2021 down 14.7% falling
115 India 68.01 2021 down 3.5% flat
116 Libya 64.91 2021 down 8.7% flat
117 Thailand 64.73 2021 down 1.8% falling
118 United Arab Emirates 62.16 2021 up 20.0% falling
119 Paraguay 62.16 2021 down 12.3% falling
120 Kyrgyzstan 62.09 2021 down 52.9% falling
121 Dominican Republic 61.66 2021 down 4.0% flat
122 Cook Islands 59.3 2021 down 4.6% falling
123 Bolivia 59.3 2021 down 13.5% falling
124 Azerbaijan 59.13 2021 down 50.6% falling
125 Venezuela 59.08 2021 up 26.9% flat
126 Dominica 58.14 2021 down 32.1% falling
127 Seychelles 57.95 2021 down 22.9% falling
128 Grenada 57.32 2021 down 41.1% falling
129 Brunei 56.69 2021 up 14.4% falling
130 Armenia 56.21 2021 down 25.3% falling
131 Bhutan 55.19 2021 down 13.7% falling
132 Barbados 55.11 2021 down 9.1% falling
133 Belize 54.1 2021 down 4.9% falling
134 Qatar 53.58 2021 down 26.0% falling
135 Brazil 51.8 2021 down 29.5% falling
136 Jordan 51.67 2021 down 22.9% falling
137 Iran 49.16 2021 down 6.4% falling
138 Cuba 49.12 2021 up 5.1% falling
139 Turkey 48.49 2021 down 10.6% falling
140 Hungary 48.21 2021 down 25.4% falling
141 Slovakia 45.61 2021 down 29.8% falling
142 Croatia 44.27 2021 down 42.4% falling
143 Panama 43.41 2021 down 15.0% falling
144 Ecuador 42.11 2021 down 28.1% falling
145 Guatemala 41.82 2021 down 17.9% falling
146 Bahamas 41.69 2021 down 10.4% falling
147 Poland 41.16 2021 down 25.4% falling
148 Uruguay 38.92 2021 down 22.2% falling
149 Colombia 37.4 2021 down 8.4% falling
150 Lebanon 36.73 2021 down 21.8% falling
151 Antigua and Barbuda 35.3 2021 down 37.5% falling
152 Greece 35.19 2021 down 34.0% falling
153 Monaco 34.88 2021 down 24.3% falling
154 El Salvador 34.8 2021 up 4.9% falling
155 Chile 32.55 2021 down 20.3% falling
156 Kuwait 32.41 2021 down 3.8% falling
157 Argentina 31.84 2021 down 21.4% falling
158 Portugal 31.01 2021 down 42.2% falling
159 Estonia 30.71 2021 down 27.8% volatile
160 Slovenia 30.08 2021 down 24.0% falling
161 Czechia 29.27 2021 down 42.8% falling
162 Peru 26.96 2021 up 2.3% falling
163 Mexico 26.96 2021 down 25.0% falling
164 Finland 25.78 2021 down 22.0% falling
165 Saudi Arabia 25.3 2021 down 12.1% falling
166 South Korea 24.7 2021 down 46.6% volatile
167 United States 24.66 2021 up 6.8% falling
168 Italy 23.52 2021 down 26.3% falling
169 Japan 22.98 2021 down 28.5% falling
170 Costa Rica 22.73 2021 down 18.2% falling
171 Denmark 21.96 2021 down 28.0% falling
172 Germany 20.99 2021 down 20.6% falling
173 Singapore 20.87 2021 down 38.7% falling
174 New Zealand 20.68 2021 down 32.0% falling
175 Netherlands 20.62 2021 down 13.5% falling
176 United Kingdom 20.07 2021 down 25.0% falling
177 Cyprus 19.5 2021 down 37.0% falling
178 Belgium 19.29 2021 down 26.6% falling
179 Austria 18.39 2021 down 22.3% falling
180 Malta 18.3 2021 down 49.8% falling
181 Sweden 18.1 2021 down 36.8% falling
182 San Marino 17.75 2021 down 34.2% falling
183 Spain 17.72 2021 down 30.1% falling
184 Nicaragua 17.68 2021 down 49.4% falling
185 France 17.35 2021 down 16.9% falling
186 Iceland 17.14 2021 down 31.5% falling
187 Andorra 17.01 2021 down 0.4% falling
188 Israel 16.98 2021 down 27.6% falling
189 Ireland 16.63 2021 down 38.7% falling
190 Norway 16.53 2021 down 42.0% falling
191 Australia 16.29 2021 down 31.4% falling
192 Luxembourg 16.11 2021 down 44.1% falling
193 Canada 14.57 2021 down 20.4% falling
194 Switzerland 14.47 2021 down 21.7% falling

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Indicator
Death rate from strokes who
Source
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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