Deaths from lower respiratory infections ghe by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
400,780
India
Lowest
3.54
Tuvalu
Median
2,251
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Deaths from lower respiratory infections ghe is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 400,780 in India; the lowest is 3.54 in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,251, and the mean is 12,664.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 339.2%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 88.0%).

Deaths from lower respiratory infections ghe: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 400,780 2021 down 15.5% falling
1 Cook Islands 6.43 2021 up 17.3% rising
2 China 207,919 2021 up 4.4% falling
2 Niue 1.12 2021 up 20.4% flat
3 Nigeria 203,970 2021 down 3.8% rising
4 Philippines 105,200 2021 up 74.0% rising
5 Japan 92,037 2021 down 34.9% rising
6 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 79,558 2021 down 3.7% rising
7 Brazil 75,145 2021 up 12.5% rising
8 Pakistan 62,197 2021 down 27.1% falling
9 Ethiopia 57,116 2021 down 20.2% falling
10 United States 43,578 2021 down 22.5% falling
11 Argentina 39,360 2021 up 61.8% rising
12 United Kingdom 39,322 2021 up 26.8% falling
13 Thailand 36,734 2021 up 56.8% rising
14 Indonesia 35,453 2021 down 26.6% falling
15 South Africa 32,876 2021 down 12.0% rising
16 Niger 28,505 2021 up 21.3% rising
17 Tanzania, United Republic of 28,356 2021 up 5.7% falling
18 Korea 27,438 2021 up 165.9% volatile
19 Somalia 27,225 2021 down 7.6% rising
20 Bangladesh 25,540 2021 down 29.0% falling
21 Angola 25,189 2021 down 17.2% falling
22 Mexico 21,775 2021 up 9.5% rising
23 Viet Nam 21,113 2021 down 2.6% rising
24 Chad 21,035 2021 down 9.6% rising
25 Russian Federation 20,509 2021 down 47.5% falling
26 Madagascar 20,342 2021 up 4.4% flat
27 Egypt 20,195 2021 down 19.1% falling
28 Poland 20,148 2021 up 84.0% rising
29 Kenya 20,018 2021 up 9.5% flat
30 Cameroon 19,908 2021 down 14.7% falling
31 Italy 19,540 2021 up 95.7% rising
32 Malaysia 19,413 2021 up 21.5% rising
33 Mali 18,675 2021 down 7.9% falling
34 Burkina Faso 17,303 2021 up 6.5% flat
35 Peru 17,044 2021 down 3.1% rising
36 Côte d'Ivoire 16,587 2021 down 14.3% rising
37 Mozambique 15,686 2021 down 4.5% rising
38 Uganda 15,538 2021 down 16.1% falling
39 Guinea 15,398 2021 up 13.5% rising
40 Germany 15,353 2021 down 24.2% flat
41 Ghana 14,190 2021 down 16.3% falling
42 Myanmar 13,480 2021 down 24.2% falling
43 Sudan 13,293 2021 down 26.4% falling
44 Afghanistan 13,265 2021 down 27.6% falling
45 France 12,922 2021 down 10.8% rising
46 Colombia 11,506 2021 up 68.4% rising
47 Türkiye 11,393 2021 up 45.9% rising
48 Romania 11,361 2021 up 109.1% rising
49 Zimbabwe 11,312 2021 down 8.7% rising
50 Yemen 10,037 2021 down 3.2% falling
51 Benin 9,728 2021 down 7.7% rising
52 South Sudan 9,722 2021 up 5.3% falling
53 Malawi 9,206 2021 down 18.9% falling
54 Cambodia 8,476 2021 up 3.5% falling
55 Zambia 8,417 2021 down 1.0% falling
56 Spain 7,967 2021 down 19.6% rising
57 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,755 2021 up 3.8% falling
58 Burundi 7,468 2021 down 20.9% falling
59 Sierra Leone 7,182 2021 down 11.9% falling
60 Greece 6,876 2021 up 31.0% rising
61 Belgium 6,794 2021 up 56.9% rising
62 Rwanda 6,520 2021 down 10.9% falling
63 Guatemala 6,497 2021 down 18.2% falling
64 Togo 6,444 2021 down 6.6% rising
65 Haiti 6,237 2021 down 19.3% falling
66 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,145 2021 up 54.4% rising
67 Nepal 6,098 2021 down 20.8% falling
68 Algeria 6,030 2021 up 4.7% falling
69 Senegal 5,977 2021 down 30.9% falling
70 Iraq 5,961 2021 down 21.4% falling
71 Ecuador 5,754 2021 up 23.2% rising
72 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,751 2021 up 1.5% falling
73 Portugal 5,743 2021 down 17.5% rising
74 Cuba 5,681 2021 up 6.1% rising
75 Morocco 5,594 2021 down 11.7% falling
76 Central African Republic 5,463 2021 down 11.6% rising
77 Ukraine 4,902 2021 down 2.4% falling
78 Singapore 4,589 2021 up 42.6% rising
79 Serbia 4,431 2021 up 324.1% volatile
80 Canada 4,308 2021 down 28.3% rising
81 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,146 2021 down 24.1% falling
82 Czechia 3,807 2021 up 48.4% rising
83 Uzbekistan 3,299 2021 down 49.5% falling
84 Eritrea 3,072 2021 down 9.4% falling
85 Sri Lanka 3,057 2021 down 21.5% falling
86 Netherlands 2,941 2021 down 48.0% falling
87 Georgia 2,872 2021 up 339.2% volatile
88 Chile 2,847 2021 down 13.5% rising
89 Kazakhstan 2,811 2021 down 3.4% falling
90 Paraguay 2,734 2021 up 96.1% rising
91 Syrian Arab Republic 2,665 2021 down 27.6% rising
92 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,622 2021 down 30.2% falling
93 Liberia 2,510 2021 down 34.4% falling
94 Australia 2,395 2021 down 9.8% rising
95 Saudi Arabia 2,309 2021 down 14.0% falling
96 Papua New Guinea 2,265 2021 up 0.9% rising
97 Tajikistan 2,252 2021 down 9.8% falling
98 Lesotho 2,250 2021 down 6.2% rising
99 Slovakia 2,109 2021 up 5.6% rising
100 Mauritania 2,041 2021 down 3.7% falling
101 Congo 2,005 2021 down 25.9% falling
102 Dominican Republic 1,962 2021 down 0.4% rising
103 Israel 1,716 2021 up 76.3% rising
104 Denmark 1,616 2021 down 23.5% rising
105 El Salvador 1,610 2021 down 12.1% flat
106 Tunisia 1,533 2021 down 2.2% rising
107 Hungary 1,473 2021 up 43.3% rising
108 Honduras 1,467 2021 down 9.4% rising
109 Lebanon 1,445 2021 up 28.0% rising
110 Ireland 1,440 2021 up 12.3% falling
111 Uruguay 1,436 2021 up 6.1% rising
112 Gambia 1,405 2021 down 17.3% falling
113 Guinea-Bissau 1,366 2021 down 21.6% falling
114 Bulgaria 1,335 2021 down 16.6% falling
115 Sweden 1,297 2021 down 41.0% falling
116 Republic of Moldova 1,251 2021 up 54.9% falling
117 Turkmenistan 1,189 2021 down 0.8% falling
118 Switzerland 1,119 2021 down 13.8% falling
119 Namibia 1,101 2021 down 8.5% flat
120 Equatorial Guinea 1,026 2021 down 17.0% flat
121 Botswana 1,020 2021 down 32.9% flat
122 Armenia 1,018 2021 up 119.2% rising
123 New Zealand 985.12 2021 up 45.1% rising
124 Norway 954.79 2021 down 44.2% falling
125 Costa Rica 941.8 2021 up 108.7% rising
126 Eswatini 841.79 2021 down 8.0% flat
127 Gabon 833.22 2021 down 19.5% rising
128 Jordan 794.8 2021 down 2.9% flat
129 Azerbaijan 777.89 2021 down 59.5% falling
130 Belarus 766.13 2021 down 32.8% falling
131 Austria 763.19 2021 down 33.8% falling
132 Croatia 756.47 2021 up 111.9% volatile
133 Libya 684.11 2021 down 17.9% rising
134 Kyrgyzstan 679.19 2021 down 47.4% falling
135 Djibouti 677.16 2021 up 7.6% flat
136 Panama 661.76 2021 down 19.9% rising
137 Timor-Leste 606.5 2021 down 28.0% falling
138 Lithuania 584.29 2021 up 29.3% rising
139 Mauritius 550.7 2021 up 50.1% rising
140 Nicaragua 536.65 2021 down 37.4% falling
141 Comoros 500.05 2021 down 9.8% falling
142 Latvia 452.91 2021 up 17.5% flat
143 Slovenia 451.66 2021 down 24.4% falling
144 Albania 451.02 2021 down 8.8% falling
145 Jamaica 450.27 2021 up 24.6% rising
146 Solomon Islands 431.78 2021 up 3.2% rising
147 Kuwait 400.44 2021 up 96.9% rising
148 Oman 382.2 2021 up 1.5% rising
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 364.37 2021 down 6.5% rising
150 Estonia 346.68 2021 up 117.1% rising
151 United Arab Emirates 341.19 2021 up 10.5% rising
152 Mongolia 326.47 2021 down 31.5% falling
153 Cabo Verde 269.57 2021 up 2.2% rising
154 Guyana 257.72 2021 up 9.3% rising
155 Malta 250.12 2021 up 60.3% rising
156 Trinidad and Tobago 233.46 2021 up 16.2% rising
157 Fiji 210.13 2021 down 7.5% rising
158 Bhutan 115.94 2021 down 32.8% falling
159 Maldives 115.47 2021 up 112.9% rising
160 Cyprus 111.57 2021 up 5.8% falling
161 Vanuatu 107.15 2021 up 0.3% rising
162 North Macedonia 106.92 2021 down 34.9% flat
163 Bahrain 101.7 2021 up 1.0% rising
164 Sao Tome and Principe 96.54 2021 down 9.9% falling
165 Suriname 95.18 2021 down 8.4% rising
166 Barbados 93.25 2021 down 21.8% falling
167 Bahamas 90.85 2021 up 4.6% rising
168 Luxembourg 87.2 2021 down 3.0% falling
169 Qatar 73.54 2021 down 18.7% rising
170 Belize 71.01 2021 up 9.9% flat
171 Samoa 69.28 2021 up 6.2% rising
172 Brunei Darussalam 67.16 2021 up 74.9% rising
173 Iceland 62.19 2021 down 10.0% rising
174 Monaco 54.11 2021 up 38.0% rising
175 Kiribati 52.68 2021 down 7.4% rising
176 Finland 51.59 2021 down 88.0% volatile
177 Grenada 50.01 2021 down 28.4% flat
178 Seychelles 50 2021 down 6.4% rising
179 Montenegro 44.09 2021 down 19.2% falling
180 Micronesia (Federated States of) 43.01 2021 up 4.4% falling
181 Saint Lucia 38.47 2021 up 19.3% flat
182 Tonga 36.38 2021 down 0.0% flat
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35.25 2021 up 3.8% rising
184 Dominica 16.77 2021 down 48.0% falling
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.48 2021 down 18.3% falling
186 Antigua and Barbuda 15.04 2021 down 1.4% rising
187 Marshall Islands 12.36 2021 down 50.9% falling
188 Andorra 7.81 2021 down 13.6% falling
189 Palau 6.66 2021 up 6.2% falling
190 Nauru 4.26 2021 down 5.8% falling
191 San Marino 3.79 2021 down 27.0% rising
192 Tuvalu 3.54 2021 down 22.5% falling

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Indicator
Deaths from lower respiratory infections ghe
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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