Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by type by country
Estimated number of deaths from rheumatic heart disease in both sexes.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
171,125 deaths
India
Lowest
0.12 deaths
Niue
Median
108.79 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by type is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 171,125 deaths in India; the lowest is 0.12 deaths in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 108.79 deaths, and the mean is 1,910 deaths.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 3,891.3%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 93.2%).
Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 171,125 deaths | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 1 | Ireland | 56.65 deaths | 2021 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 2 | China | 77,975 deaths | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 5.37 deaths | 2021 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 26,250 deaths | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Malta | 2.07 deaths | 2021 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 16,270 deaths | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 5,974 deaths | 2021 | up 146.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 4,000 deaths | 2021 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 7 | Nepal | 3,045 deaths | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 8 | Philippines | 2,892 deaths | 2021 | up 47.9% | flat |
| 9 | Indonesia | 2,721 deaths | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 10 | Japan | 2,539 deaths | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 11 | Russia | 2,413 deaths | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 2,352 deaths | 2021 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 13 | Egypt | 2,270 deaths | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 14 | Italy | 2,074 deaths | 2021 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 1,863 deaths | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,836 deaths | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 17 | North Korea | 1,701 deaths | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 1,562 deaths | 2021 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 19 | Spain | 1,406 deaths | 2021 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 1,379 deaths | 2021 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 1,082 deaths | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 1,024 deaths | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 23 | Madagascar | 979.61 deaths | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 24 | France | 959.95 deaths | 2021 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 25 | Iran | 903.27 deaths | 2021 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 26 | Tanzania | 808.78 deaths | 2021 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 806.9 deaths | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 28 | Vietnam | 796.78 deaths | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 29 | Mozambique | 756.44 deaths | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 752.07 deaths | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 741.19 deaths | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 32 | Ukraine | 731.32 deaths | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 33 | Afghanistan | 728.72 deaths | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 34 | Angola | 717.9 deaths | 2021 | up 22.7% | flat |
| 35 | Sudan | 684.72 deaths | 2021 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 36 | Canada | 629.03 deaths | 2021 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 37 | Turkey | 588.61 deaths | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 38 | Yemen | 551.51 deaths | 2021 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 39 | Haiti | 551.3 deaths | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 544.93 deaths | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 487 deaths | 2021 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 42 | Niger | 475.73 deaths | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 44 | Somalia | 449.37 deaths | 2021 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 448.19 deaths | 2021 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 46 | Poland | 442.54 deaths | 2021 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 47 | Kenya | 409.52 deaths | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 406.41 deaths | 2021 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 49 | Algeria | 402.03 deaths | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 50 | Austria | 396.33 deaths | 2021 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 51 | Iraq | 378.14 deaths | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 52 | Australia | 343.91 deaths | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 53 | Uganda | 323.83 deaths | 2021 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 54 | Cameroon | 320.81 deaths | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 302.06 deaths | 2021 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 297.6 deaths | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 57 | Chad | 283.61 deaths | 2021 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 58 | Malaysia | 279.79 deaths | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 59 | Mali | 254.19 deaths | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 60 | Czechia | 239.79 deaths | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 61 | Malawi | 239.67 deaths | 2021 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 62 | Belgium | 234.95 deaths | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 63 | Croatia | 227.38 deaths | 2021 | up 195.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Cambodia | 226.93 deaths | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 65 | Hungary | 220.11 deaths | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 66 | South Sudan | 220.03 deaths | 2021 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 219.11 deaths | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 68 | Burundi | 218.9 deaths | 2021 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 69 | Syria | 214.97 deaths | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 70 | Guinea | 206.52 deaths | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 71 | Rwanda | 198.1 deaths | 2021 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 72 | Portugal | 196.7 deaths | 2021 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 73 | Netherlands | 192.61 deaths | 2021 | up 2,209.5% | volatile |
| 74 | South Korea | 189.39 deaths | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 75 | Zambia | 186.78 deaths | 2021 | up 30.6% | flat |
| 76 | Denmark | 182.42 deaths | 2021 | up 219.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Belarus | 171.96 deaths | 2021 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 78 | Senegal | 167.23 deaths | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 79 | Peru | 151.08 deaths | 2021 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 150.3 deaths | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 81 | Benin | 149.81 deaths | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 82 | Israel | 149 deaths | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 147.76 deaths | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 84 | Bolivia | 141.15 deaths | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 139.6 deaths | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 86 | Slovenia | 139.19 deaths | 2021 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 87 | Greece | 133.31 deaths | 2021 | up 3,891.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Tunisia | 130.76 deaths | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 129.45 deaths | 2021 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 90 | Argentina | 126.51 deaths | 2021 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 91 | Togo | 126.19 deaths | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 92 | Venezuela | 123.78 deaths | 2021 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 93 | New Zealand | 114.57 deaths | 2021 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 94 | Eritrea | 113.52 deaths | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 95 | Serbia | 113.03 deaths | 2021 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 111.8 deaths | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 105.78 deaths | 2021 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 98 | Ecuador | 104.79 deaths | 2021 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 99 | Mongolia | 104.36 deaths | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 101.27 deaths | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 101 | Switzerland | 101 deaths | 2021 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 95.92 deaths | 2021 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 84.83 deaths | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 104 | Lesotho | 84.6 deaths | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 105 | Cuba | 84.32 deaths | 2021 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 106 | Georgia | 80.97 deaths | 2021 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Congo | 79.59 deaths | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 76.31 deaths | 2021 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 109 | Bhutan | 71.91 deaths | 2021 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 110 | Sweden | 69.93 deaths | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 111 | Norway | 67.2 deaths | 2021 | up 109.7% | falling |
| 112 | Fiji | 63.27 deaths | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 113 | Liberia | 62.3 deaths | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 114 | Libya | 60.38 deaths | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 115 | Lebanon | 57.32 deaths | 2021 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 116 | Slovakia | 54.59 deaths | 2021 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 53.04 deaths | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 118 | Saudi Arabia | 51.62 deaths | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 119 | Albania | 51.46 deaths | 2021 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 50.09 deaths | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 121 | Colombia | 46.27 deaths | 2021 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.47 deaths | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 123 | Moldova | 40.44 deaths | 2021 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Uruguay | 39.84 deaths | 2021 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 125 | Mauritania | 38.42 deaths | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 126 | Latvia | 37.14 deaths | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 127 | Jamaica | 36.59 deaths | 2021 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 36.52 deaths | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 129 | Honduras | 34.1 deaths | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 130 | Lithuania | 33.45 deaths | 2021 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 131 | Cyprus | 33.33 deaths | 2021 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.13 deaths | 2021 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 133 | Namibia | 33.09 deaths | 2021 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 134 | Botswana | 29.82 deaths | 2021 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 135 | Eswatini | 29.67 deaths | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 27.46 deaths | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 137 | Chile | 27.01 deaths | 2021 | down 79.5% | falling |
| 138 | Gambia | 26.87 deaths | 2021 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 139 | East Timor | 24.48 deaths | 2021 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 140 | Gabon | 23.94 deaths | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 141 | Paraguay | 23.8 deaths | 2021 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 143 | Jordan | 21.84 deaths | 2021 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 146 | Oman | 20.92 deaths | 2021 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 147 | Guatemala | 20.35 deaths | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.82 deaths | 2021 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 149 | El Salvador | 16.8 deaths | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 150 | Estonia | 16.2 deaths | 2021 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 151 | Armenia | 16.12 deaths | 2021 | down 88.8% | falling |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.29 deaths | 2021 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 153 | Comoros | 14.07 deaths | 2021 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 154 | Kiribati | 12.01 deaths | 2021 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 155 | Samoa | 10.63 deaths | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 156 | Montenegro | 10.23 deaths | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 157 | Qatar | 10.03 deaths | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 158 | Kuwait | 9.52 deaths | 2021 | up 112.5% | flat |
| 159 | Micronesia (country) | 8.85 deaths | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 160 | Guyana | 7.39 deaths | 2021 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 161 | Suriname | 6.75 deaths | 2021 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 162 | Bahrain | 6.04 deaths | 2021 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 5.78 deaths | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 164 | Nicaragua | 4.92 deaths | 2021 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.91 deaths | 2021 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 166 | Brunei | 3.66 deaths | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 167 | Bahamas | 3.58 deaths | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 168 | Marshall Islands | 3.55 deaths | 2021 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 169 | Finland | 3.28 deaths | 2021 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Mauritius | 3.03 deaths | 2021 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 2.74 deaths | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 172 | Belize | 2.58 deaths | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 173 | Tonga | 2.51 deaths | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 174 | Maldives | 2.21 deaths | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 2.15 deaths | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Barbados | 1.75 deaths | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 177 | Palau | 1.39 deaths | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 178 | Grenada | 1.38 deaths | 2021 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Monaco | 1.33 deaths | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 180 | Dominica | 1.1 deaths | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 181 | Nauru | 0.96 deaths | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 182 | San Marino | 0.9 deaths | 2021 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 183 | Andorra | 0.76 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 0.76 deaths | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 185 | Iceland | 0.54 deaths | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 186 | Seychelles | 0.53 deaths | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.42 deaths | 2021 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.38 deaths | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.29 deaths | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 0.29 deaths | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 191 | Niue | 0.12 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from rheumatic heart disease in both sexes.