Deaths from diabetes by country
Estimated number of deaths from diabetes mellitus in both sexes.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
335,820 deaths
India
Lowest
3.55 deaths
San Marino
Median
1,683 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths from diabetes is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 335,820 deaths in India; the lowest is 3.55 deaths in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,683 deaths, and the mean is 8,341 deaths.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 94,597.
Over the past decade 178 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 346.1%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 73.4%).
Deaths from diabetes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 335,820 deaths | 2021 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 2 | China | 172,867 deaths | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 3 | Mexico | 96,428 deaths | 2021 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 62,933 deaths | 2021 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 60,987 deaths | 2021 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 58,164 deaths | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 54,723 deaths | 2021 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 8 | Russia | 37,586 deaths | 2021 | up 346.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Philippines | 37,246 deaths | 2021 | up 140.5% | rising |
| 10 | Vietnam | 32,628 deaths | 2021 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 11 | South Africa | 32,552 deaths | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 31,150 deaths | 2021 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 27,997 deaths | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 14 | Thailand | 26,245 deaths | 2021 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 25,665 deaths | 2021 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 21,000 deaths | 2021 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 17 | Myanmar | 20,236 deaths | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 19,625 deaths | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18,541 deaths | 2021 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 20 | Turkey | 18,060 deaths | 2021 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 16,827 deaths | 2021 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 22 | Iran | 12,498 deaths | 2021 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 23 | Venezuela | 12,221 deaths | 2021 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 24 | France | 11,408 deaths | 2021 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 25 | Poland | 10,940 deaths | 2021 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 10,916 deaths | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 8,629 deaths | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 28 | Tanzania | 8,556 deaths | 2021 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 7,753 deaths | 2021 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 30 | Iraq | 7,621 deaths | 2021 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 7,548 deaths | 2021 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 32 | South Korea | 7,371 deaths | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 6,922 deaths | 2021 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 6,854 deaths | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 6,792 deaths | 2021 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 36 | Morocco | 6,653 deaths | 2021 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 37 | Ghana | 6,402 deaths | 2021 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 38 | Kenya | 6,319 deaths | 2021 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 39 | Japan | 6,110 deaths | 2021 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 40 | Mozambique | 6,067 deaths | 2021 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 41 | Angola | 6,015 deaths | 2021 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 42 | Canada | 5,902 deaths | 2021 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 43 | Malaysia | 5,896 deaths | 2021 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 44 | Haiti | 5,587 deaths | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 5,399 deaths | 2021 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 46 | Nepal | 5,228 deaths | 2021 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cameroon | 5,175 deaths | 2021 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 48 | Australia | 5,087 deaths | 2021 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 49 | Uganda | 5,009 deaths | 2021 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 50 | Czechia | 4,930 deaths | 2021 | up 119.6% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 4,879 deaths | 2021 | up 155.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Algeria | 4,855 deaths | 2021 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 4,461 deaths | 2021 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 54 | North Korea | 4,389 deaths | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 4,298 deaths | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 56 | Croatia | 4,266 deaths | 2021 | up 294.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Ecuador | 4,216 deaths | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 58 | Madagascar | 3,970 deaths | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 59 | Cambodia | 3,842 deaths | 2021 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 60 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3,740 deaths | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 61 | Bolivia | 3,683 deaths | 2021 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 62 | Hungary | 3,650 deaths | 2021 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 63 | Serbia | 3,629 deaths | 2021 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 64 | Somalia | 3,586 deaths | 2021 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 65 | Malawi | 3,363 deaths | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 66 | Sudan | 3,299 deaths | 2021 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 67 | Portugal | 3,218 deaths | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 68 | Chile | 3,116 deaths | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 3,095 deaths | 2021 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 70 | Burkina Faso | 2,895 deaths | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 71 | Mali | 2,843 deaths | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 2,797 deaths | 2021 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 73 | Senegal | 2,737 deaths | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 74 | Paraguay | 2,649 deaths | 2021 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 75 | Austria | 2,583 deaths | 2021 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 76 | Jamaica | 2,569 deaths | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 77 | Netherlands | 2,543 deaths | 2021 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 78 | Ukraine | 2,519 deaths | 2021 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 2,460 deaths | 2021 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 80 | Rwanda | 2,458 deaths | 2021 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 81 | El Salvador | 2,413 deaths | 2021 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 82 | Niger | 2,405 deaths | 2021 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 83 | Zambia | 2,271 deaths | 2021 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 84 | Israel | 2,246 deaths | 2021 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 85 | Guinea | 2,239 deaths | 2021 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 86 | South Sudan | 2,222 deaths | 2021 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,102 deaths | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 88 | Benin | 2,036 deaths | 2021 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 89 | Syria | 1,986 deaths | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritius | 1,903 deaths | 2021 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 91 | Burundi | 1,902 deaths | 2021 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 92 | Sweden | 1,881 deaths | 2021 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 93 | Tunisia | 1,751 deaths | 2021 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 1,721 deaths | 2021 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 95 | Chad | 1,713 deaths | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,690 deaths | 2021 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 97 | Yemen | 1,683 deaths | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 98 | Lebanon | 1,661 deaths | 2021 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 99 | Fiji | 1,642 deaths | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 100 | Cuba | 1,624 deaths | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 1,561 deaths | 2021 | up 101.6% | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 1,536 deaths | 2021 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 103 | Jordan | 1,451 deaths | 2021 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 1,438 deaths | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 105 | Laos | 1,413 deaths | 2021 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 1,351 deaths | 2021 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 107 | Lesotho | 1,350 deaths | 2021 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 1,342 deaths | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 109 | Togo | 1,312 deaths | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 1,276 deaths | 2021 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 1,251 deaths | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 1,221 deaths | 2021 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 113 | Belgium | 1,190 deaths | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 114 | Denmark | 1,183 deaths | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 115 | Georgia | 1,145 deaths | 2021 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 116 | Eritrea | 1,131 deaths | 2021 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 117 | Congo | 1,126 deaths | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 1,092 deaths | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 119 | Libya | 1,050 deaths | 2021 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 1,023 deaths | 2021 | up 172.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Turkmenistan | 914.07 deaths | 2021 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 122 | Switzerland | 889.94 deaths | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 123 | New Zealand | 819.09 deaths | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 124 | Liberia | 819.04 deaths | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 125 | Bahrain | 781.9 deaths | 2021 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 126 | Uruguay | 759.74 deaths | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 127 | Botswana | 732.22 deaths | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 128 | Eswatini | 723.87 deaths | 2021 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 129 | Slovakia | 721.85 deaths | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 130 | Namibia | 706.92 deaths | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 131 | Norway | 699.25 deaths | 2021 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 690.5 deaths | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 133 | Latvia | 686.14 deaths | 2021 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 683.38 deaths | 2021 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 135 | Oman | 679.86 deaths | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 136 | Lithuania | 669.56 deaths | 2021 | up 179.1% | rising |
| 137 | Belarus | 653.37 deaths | 2021 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 138 | Gabon | 641.22 deaths | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 139 | Mauritania | 598.17 deaths | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 140 | Finland | 571.25 deaths | 2021 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 141 | Cyprus | 515.94 deaths | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 142 | Kuwait | 506.73 deaths | 2021 | up 217.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Ireland | 450.74 deaths | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 446.18 deaths | 2021 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 145 | Moldova | 439.15 deaths | 2021 | up 43.0% | falling |
| 146 | Qatar | 434.37 deaths | 2021 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 147 | Guyana | 377.93 deaths | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 377.06 deaths | 2021 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 149 | Armenia | 352.69 deaths | 2021 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 150 | Gambia | 349.92 deaths | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 310.75 deaths | 2021 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 301.37 deaths | 2021 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 154 | Kyrgyzstan | 277.53 deaths | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 155 | Estonia | 274.37 deaths | 2021 | up 162.1% | rising |
| 156 | Barbados | 237.72 deaths | 2021 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 157 | Mongolia | 225.77 deaths | 2021 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 158 | Suriname | 214.36 deaths | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 159 | Malta | 211.15 deaths | 2021 | up 268.6% | rising |
| 160 | Albania | 207.16 deaths | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 161 | Comoros | 192.84 deaths | 2021 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 162 | East Timor | 159.85 deaths | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 163 | Bahamas | 158.72 deaths | 2021 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 158.11 deaths | 2021 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 165 | Brunei | 145.72 deaths | 2021 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 166 | Bhutan | 145.45 deaths | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 143.96 deaths | 2021 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 168 | Kiribati | 141.69 deaths | 2021 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 169 | Belize | 140.22 deaths | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 170 | Montenegro | 138.15 deaths | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 171 | Maldives | 121.03 deaths | 2021 | up 135.2% | rising |
| 172 | Samoa | 118.48 deaths | 2021 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 113.15 deaths | 2021 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 174 | Micronesia (country) | 95.83 deaths | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 175 | Singapore | 91.07 deaths | 2021 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Tonga | 89.23 deaths | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 177 | Grenada | 68.34 deaths | 2021 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 54.1 deaths | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 179 | Dominica | 51.1 deaths | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.37 deaths | 2021 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 181 | Marshall Islands | 42.11 deaths | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 39.54 deaths | 2021 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 183 | Iceland | 39.48 deaths | 2021 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26.27 deaths | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 185 | Seychelles | 24.56 deaths | 2021 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 186 | Cook Islands | 23.44 deaths | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 187 | Palau | 21.89 deaths | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.38 deaths | 2021 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 189 | Andorra | 11.85 deaths | 2021 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 190 | Monaco | 9.13 deaths | 2021 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 8.8 deaths | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 192 | Nauru | 7.97 deaths | 2021 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 193 | Niue | 3.65 deaths | 2021 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 194 | San Marino | 3.55 deaths | 2021 | down 16.1% | rising |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from diabetes mellitus in both sexes.